2021-2022 MLB Hot Stove Discussions
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First of all, you have no clue as to what would be a good fit for Showalter or the Mets. You wish you had that clown playing SS for your team.
I wasnt really talking about Torre being a terrible manager for the Yankees, although he was, I was talking about before he got there and was a terrible manager.
I wasnt really talking about Torre being a terrible manager for the Yankees, although he was, I was talking about before he got there and was a terrible manager.
I have to get in on this Torre thing before it goes cold. He was an AWFUL manager prior to managing the Yankees. He fucked the golden goose when he took that Yankee job. That team was built by Stick, Watson, and Showalter. Torre was good at managing the clubhouse and the personalities, not the real game stuff. Like BillyS said, thats why he had Zimmer on his bench with him.
When the foundation of that team started to wear out/away after the run through 2001, he made some terrible in game decisions in key playoff spots. But not all his fault, because Cashman was the one then providing the talent, which he didn't.
Torre is an ok manager who rode the coattails to success that was laid out for him by Buck, Stick, and Watson.
When the foundation of that team started to wear out/away after the run through 2001, he made some terrible in game decisions in key playoff spots. But not all his fault, because Cashman was the one then providing the talent, which he didn't.
Torre is an ok manager who rode the coattails to success that was laid out for him by Buck, Stick, and Watson.
Yes, Again, Basically my point, where you spelled it out more. I agree with everything you said. The only thing about managing personalities, That also may be over rated, only because They had so many leaders, and so many, we can say, associate captains. I think that club house was so good that many of the players, ran the clubhouse and Torre didnt even have to do that. Not another knock on Torre, but more of a honest complement to a many leaders on that team.
from the Bleecher Report....
Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reported the Mets have cut their manager list to three.
Buck Showalter, Joe Espada and Matt Quatraro have been invited back for a second-round of interviews by the team, per the report.
Showalter is considered the favorite and should be, if for no other than his experience in the role and his ability to build playoff teams. That new Met and future Hall of Fame pitcher Max Scherzer reportedly wants Showalter and has made it clear, per Mets beat writer for Sports Illustrated Pat Ragazzo, only ramps up speculation that the veteran skipper will be tapped to turn the Mets into a consistent playoff contender.
An old school manager, he knows how to handle media, which will be of great benefit in New York. Where he potentially faces issues is his ability to adapt to a front office that will very much want its hands in personnel decisions. Showalter, during his time in Baltimore, produced four winning seasons out of eight, a .500 record that will not fly in The Big Apple.
Espada has a history of interviewing for manager positions but never getting them while Quatraro has been a bench coach for the Rays.
Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reported the Mets have cut their manager list to three.
Buck Showalter, Joe Espada and Matt Quatraro have been invited back for a second-round of interviews by the team, per the report.
Showalter is considered the favorite and should be, if for no other than his experience in the role and his ability to build playoff teams. That new Met and future Hall of Fame pitcher Max Scherzer reportedly wants Showalter and has made it clear, per Mets beat writer for Sports Illustrated Pat Ragazzo, only ramps up speculation that the veteran skipper will be tapped to turn the Mets into a consistent playoff contender.
An old school manager, he knows how to handle media, which will be of great benefit in New York. Where he potentially faces issues is his ability to adapt to a front office that will very much want its hands in personnel decisions. Showalter, during his time in Baltimore, produced four winning seasons out of eight, a .500 record that will not fly in The Big Apple.
Espada has a history of interviewing for manager positions but never getting them while Quatraro has been a bench coach for the Rays.
I'm no Mets fan, but after the incredible run the Yanks had, I'm not as hateful of them as I had been in the past. That hatred began when they won the 1969 world series and the Yankees sucked so badly in the mid to late 60's which was my orientation as a Yankee fan. Not to mention that oddly enough, I was blessed to know the late great Mike Cuellar as a kid/teen and Mike pitched his eyeballs out against the Mets that series winning game one and a no decision in game four.
If Buck becomes the manager, I hope that they make it to the World Series.
If Buck becomes the manager, I hope that they make it to the World Series.
Just read a report (as I am sure most of you have) Yanks were looking at Matt Chapman to be a possible trade candidate to play SS. This guy is a gold glove 3B, probably 2nd best in defense only to Arenado. So lets make him a SS, why is it that Cashman and his crew always have to think they're smarter then everyone else in baseball?
Anyway, if any of you could have a player or two you would like to see added to the roster for 2022, who would they be?
For me:
Olsen - 1B
Merrifield - CF
Anyway, if any of you could have a player or two you would like to see added to the roster for 2022, who would they be?
For me:
Olsen - 1B
Merrifield - CF
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