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Got to admit that was witty... am sure they feel the same about us...
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The annoyance there is over removing Smoak and Cust from the lineup, but just to take a few things real quick:
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1.  Cust's fastball and change run values are a train wreck this year, and Verlander is pitching.  
Even if the Scrub Rotation wasn't a factor, the aging Cust would definitely need to be spotted against guys who don't throw 100 mph.
This aging-warhorse-vs-high-octane-gas factor is one that Eric Wedge has experienced -- it's perfectly obvious to him, while perfectly opaque to non-athletes.
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2.  Have to plan lineups w/r/t a long series of games, and not as if you were playing a single Strat-O game for pink slips.  
For example, when DO you rest Justin Smoak?  Maybe his tongue's hanging out a bit and his bat is a little sluggish right now (against Verlander)?
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3.  There is information to be gathered.  This is a decision-rich season and winter.
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The usual SSI mantra pops up again:  life is more complicated than we tend to assume.
Though oblivious to factors like the above (and 100's more) --- > that (very widely-read) article is nothing less than a condescending indictment of Eric Wedge's understanding of baseball.  
I don't understand why the classiest guys in the cyber-sphere enable this.