Yeah, I just came to post about that. I don't have the interest to waste time looking into the specifics, though I just saw the detestable Biertempfel saying that "it's nothing new." Still, Hurdle seemed to be saying it was a recent thing, and between Polanco's incredible struggles and Meadows emergence, it makes no sense at all not to have given him a stint on the 10-day DL.
In the abstract, I think that there's too much attention being directed at both Polanco and this outfield rotation in general, but given this news, it's really insane. However, what gets lost in the scapegoating of Polanco is that none of Marte, Meadows, or Polanco are exactly paragons of staying fully healthy, and Dickerson also seems to benefit from a bit of rest.
Polanco's strikeouts have been a big issue, and I get the argument about the lineup, but I think the season failures come down to equally Hurdle and pitching. Without wanting to in any way excuse Hurdle, who I think should be fired, he's not fully to blame for how inept a lot of the pitching has been. Outside of a brief spurt, the bullpen is in the bottom five in baseball, and the starting pitching mostly only hovers around adequate. Together they are a nightmare, and I think in the end even more important than whatever a new manager would do.
