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OT: MLB Thread XLIII

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jas said:
Thoughts on AJ Hinch?
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Wouldn't we have to trade for him?

I've heard this name propped up before. Not that I don't think Hinch would be ok but he's going to have half the talent crop he does in Houston and will no longer have a hotline to their internal analytics department that acquires all these players.
 
I’m sort of surprised Girardi didn’t tell Philly sorry guys I'm waiting on the Mets first since it’s obvious at the moment Buck and Dusty didn’t have interviews anywhere else. So it wasn’t like the Phillies were going to lose their other candidates
 
Bob Richards said:
Wouldn't we have to trade for him?

I've heard this name propped up before. Not that I don't think Hinch would be ok but he's going to have half the talent crop he does in Houston and will no longer have a hotline to their internal analytics department that acquires all these players.
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Yes, the Mets would have to trade for him. But, that’s the speculation on the other site you and I frequent.

This team won 86 games with Calloway as manager. The manager matters a hell of a lot less than fixing the bullpen.
 
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BMOK33 said:
I’m sort of surprised Girardi didn’t tell Philly sorry guys I'm waiting on the Mets first since it’s obvious at the moment Buck and Dusty didn’t have interviews anywhere else. So it wasn’t like the Phillies were going to lose their other candidates
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This is why

 
jas said:
Yes, the Mets would have to trade for him. But, that’s the speculation on the other site you and I frequent.

This team won 86 games with Calloway as manager. The manager matters a hell of a lot less than fixing the bullpen.
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According to someone I work with there has been a guy posting on a forum who claims to work for the Mets saying Hinch is going to end up here. I doubt it’s a trade. Supposedly the relationship with management in Houston has been souring all year and they might just release him from the contract. I’m sure if they get swept that doesn’t hurt the cause
 
jas said:
Yes, the Mets would have to trade for him. But, that’s the speculation on the other site you and I frequent.

This team won 86 games with Calloway as manager. The manager matters a hell of a lot less than fixing the bullpen.
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Oh no that was a point I should have emphasized better. I think the importance of managers are way overstated. I'd be happy with someone who just isn't a complete clown.
 
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Bob Richards said:
Oh no that was a point I should have emphasized better. I think the importance of managers are way overstated. I'd be happy with someone who just isn't a complete clown.
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Callaway was undoubtedly a rare version of bad. The only manager I’m aware of in recent years to be as bad was Ventura in Chicago and he was allowed to go 5 years because the team wasn’t really planning to contend most of those years. It’ll be tough to find someone who is as bad as Callaway was. We should be able to tell by May though how much VanWegenen is pulling strings because if we start seeing similar oddball moves with pitchers and the pen that’ll give it away
 
BMOK33 said:
According to someone I work with there has been a guy posting on a forum who claims to work for the Mets saying Hinch is going to end up here. I doubt it’s a trade. Supposedly the relationship with management in Houston has been souring all year and they might just release him from the contract. I’m sure if they get swept that doesn’t hurt the cause
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@Bob Richards and I likely browse that same website.
 
I would have been fine with Girardi, but as @Bob Richards said, the manager position is becoming more and more irrelevant. And, I’m torturing myself listening to Evan and Joe rant.
 
The Astros could have be had in the last round. Yankees made their pen look outstanding. Fouling off or swinging through FBs right down the middle. (I'm looking at you Sanchez)
 
jas said:
I would have been fine with Girardi, but as @Bob Richards said, the manager position is becoming more and more irrelevant. And, I’m torturing myself listening to Evan and Joe rant.
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I’m sure it’s all a cyclical change too. Don’t be surprised if in a decade the manager is back to having the power he had in 2000 or 2005 again. I think a lot of this change is these middle or elder aged owners and GMs feeling they needed to change things. As we get younger GMs and owners coming in they may revert back to the old style
 
BroadwayBlues said:
The Astros could have be had in the last round. Yankees made their pen look outstanding. Fouling off or swinging through FBs right down the middle. (I'm looking at you Sanchez)
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It's funny, I was having a similar conversation last night with a business associate.

I don't think the Astros were a significantly better team than the Yankees, and frankly, the Yankees could've, and maybe even should've, won that series.
 
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JimmyG89 said:
Not going to 100% say that it's the Mets, but it could be a big reason why it took FOREVER for Cano to not bat 3rd.
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Oh it's 100% the Mets.

I think Girardi wanted Philly all along. Girardi worked here for what, 10+ years? He knows how the Mets work.

Wasn't the big rub with the Yankees at the end that Girardi wanted to fully manage the team and on field product, and the Yankees front office wanted input in decisions?
 
Edge said:
It's funny, I was having a similar conversation last night with a business associate.

I don't think the Astros were a significantly better team than the Yankees, and frankly, the Yankees could've, and maybe even should've, won that series.
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The Yankees don't have enough players who raise their level of play in big moments. The late 90s teams had plenty of those guys. Coincidentally the Rangers post lockout playoff teams had the same problem.
 
ZuccsFluffierFluffer said:
Yankees had better numbers across the board than the Astros did in the ALCS.

The difference was the Astros seemed to be able to land that hurtful blow while the Yankees didn’t. Plus BABIP luck.
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The Yankees though probably weren’t as good as their record. I mean winning 103 games with all those injury replacements in their for seemingly half the season is probably something they don’t duplicate again. I actually felt if you don’t compare the bullpen the Mets offense and starting pitching is actually better than the Yankees
 
BMOK33 said:
The Yankees though probably weren’t as good as their record. I mean winning 103 games with all those injury replacements in their for seemingly half the season is probably something they don’t duplicate again. I actually felt if you don’t compare the bullpen the Mets offense and starting pitching is actually better than the Yankees
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Not a chance.
 
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