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I think Mike Rizzo has some very loud music to face in the off season. Letting Clippard go was bad enough but then destroying Drew Storen's psyche, again, by demoting him when he was the only bright spot in that dark hole of a bullpen is the last straw for me. Storen was 29 for 31 in save situations! You perform like that and then get demoted?

Indeed.

And it gets even worse, if you can believe that. From this morning's Washington Post I find this:

Williams was asked at length about this week’s dugout unpleasantness, mostly repeating answers he had given previously. He said he doesn’t know or have an opinion on whether Jonathan Papelbon will be on the roster next season, that the organization has taken steps to make sure he would be better informed during a future incident, and that this episode shouldn’t define the team. He also declined to discuss what Harper said in the dugout after the fight, what coaches told him in real time, and whether the incident had roots in the Manny Machado business.
Near the end of the interview, Williams was asked about the “punishment” levied against Harper, who was held out of Monday’s lineup for his role in the Papelbon scuffle but was not formally suspended. Prompted by fans, who have largely taken Harper’s side, [radio host Eric]Bickel asked Williams what Harper could have done differently in the incident to avoid a reprimand from the organization.
“I don’t know. I don’t know what he could have done differently,” Williams said. “The fact of the matter is, that’s an organizational decision. And I don’t know. There’s no good that comes out of any [situation] like that, right? So a skirmish is something we don’t want. That type of behavior from Pap is unacceptable. All of those things we talked about.
“So what could he have done differently? Don’t know,” Williams said. “But he was involved, and the organization decided to do that. So it’s over, it’s done, we have a season to finish, and Bryce will have a fantastic career."

Note the phrasings.

The organisation will keep Williams better informed about things in his own dugout that he should be on top of no matter what he's seeing out on the field?!?

Williams is still sticking to his story about benching Harper for his "involvement" in the Sunday scrum on a day that Harper was originally scheduled to have a day off in the first place?!?

Rizzo and Williams are turning into the Abbott and Costello of baseball and they're not even half as funny. And they don't have a clue who's on first, either.