Madden opts out

[BSN07]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11754873/tampa-bay-rays-manager-joe-maddon-exercises-opt-clause-leaving-team

 

Wow didn't see that coming

[BSN07]

oops my bad Maddon lol

[Palodios]

Rumors are linking him to the Dodgers. Say what you will about him, but if there ever was a guy who could get the best out of bad players, its this guy.

 

He's also very good at pulling a very good bullpen out of nowhere, which makes the Tigers seem like the best fit for him.

[Spudboy]

Kind of a surprise. I wonder what he has cooking? Another manager gig? Retirement?

[seabeachfred]

If the Red Sox could envision doing something great that would set them up for the next decade or so they would find a way to create a job for Farrell by kicking him upstairs and then inking one of the two or three best managers in baseball. Of course, we know that will never happen because the Red Sox want a skipper they can control to a point and Maddon would never allow himself to be jerked around by a ******** like Lucchino. It is a nice thought though.

[MNSoxChief102]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/10/latest-on-joe-maddon.html

 

Most recent scuttlebutt is that the Cubs will be front and center for Maddon's services... interesting that the Rays feel tampering might be in play though. Not sure how they'd be able to prove it, but interesting nonetheless.

[Youk Of The Nation]

If the Red Sox could envision doing something great that would set them up for the next decade or so they would find a way to create a job for Farrell by kicking him upstairs and then inking one of the two or three best managers in baseball. Of course, we know that will never happen because the Red Sox want a skipper they can control to a point and Maddon would never allow himself to be jerked around by a ******** like Lucchino. It is a nice thought though.

 

And no matter how well Maddon does; for instance, if he wins a World Series in his very first year as the Red Sox' manager, the first time the Sox begin playing poorly you will excoriate him with all of the usual insults: "********", "s*** warmed over", and the like. Maddon is a douchebag. He has done a lot for a Tampa franchise that was the joke of the league for a decade, but he hasn't actually won them anything besides a single ALCS and that could have gone either way up to the wire. Farrell has had one poor season and one World Series winning season, I wouldn't give up on him so soon.

[a700hitter]

And no matter how well Maddon does; for instance, if he wins a World Series in his very first year as the Red Sox' manager, the first time the Sox begin playing poorly you will excoriate him with all of the usual insults: "********", "s*** warmed over", and the like. Maddon is a douchebag. He has done a lot for a Tampa franchise that was the joke of the league for a decade, but he hasn't actually won them anything besides a single ALCS and that could have gone either way up to the wire. Farrell has had one poor season and one World Series winning season, I wouldn't give up on him so soon.

lol! I will not even wait that long. Maddon is overrated in my opinion. He thinks he is a genius manager with his shifts and 5 infielder maneuvers, but he is no genius. A genius doesn't submit a lineup card with 2 third basemen losing his DH for the game. I don't want him. No manager is worth big bucks.

[Youk Of The Nation]

lol! I will not even wait that long. Maddon is overrated in my opinion. He thinks he is a genius manager with his shifts and 5 infielder maneuvers, but he is no genius. A genius doesn't submit a lineup card with 2 third basemen losing his DH for the game. I don't want him. No manager is worth big bucks.

 

Plus, those f***ing glasses. Can you imagine having to look at that guy in the dugout all season? He looks like the kind of guy who makes everyone at the convenience store late for work while he argues with the manager about the lack of organic options.

[a700hitter]

Plus, those f***ing glasses. Can you imagine having to look at that guy in the dugout all season? He looks like the kind of guy who makes everyone at the convenience store late for work while he argues with the manager about the lack of organic options.

it looks like he is wearing a funny nose and eyeglasses.

[Bellhorn04]

Plus, those f***ing glasses. Can you imagine having to look at that guy in the dugout all season? He looks like the kind of guy who makes everyone at the convenience store late for work while he argues with the manager about the lack of organic options.

 

Love it.

[seabeachfred]

And no matter how well Maddon does; for instance, if he wins a World Series in his very first year as the Red Sox' manager, the first time the Sox begin playing poorly you will excoriate him with all of the usual insults: "********", "s*** warmed over", and the like. Maddon is a douchebag. He has done a lot for a Tampa franchise that was the joke of the league for a decade, but he hasn't actually won them anything besides a single ALCS and that could have gone either way up to the wire. Farrell has had one poor season and one World Series winning season, I wouldn't give up on him so soon.

 

I notice a lot of people, including you, really throw dirt on the managers in the AL East, Maddon, Showalter and Girardi. I've heard it as much as you've heard me batter Farrell this year and Francona his last year with the Sox. Fact is Farrell did a crappy job this past season no matter how you look at it. First of all the team was put through a country club type of Spring Training in March and many posters here and elsewhere were aware of it from the start. He was holding this guy out, taking it slowly with that guy, and going at it like he had all the time in the world. The team WAS NOT READY for the season. During the regular campaign he simply couldn't bring himself to realize that Jackie Bradley was a total drag on a team that suddenly couldn't score, and even when he said he was benching him it was for a game or two at the most and then BOOM, right back in the lineup to zap it even more. He jerked Bogaerts around saying he was the shortstop for sure, then not so sure, then maybe, then the disastrous, totally disastrous signing of Stephen Drew who he kept playing despite hitting dozen of points below the Mendoza Line while Xander's confidence took a tumble. The guy simply couldn't make up his mind who should play and who shouldn't. Now was it just a bad year for him and maybe he will get it together next year as he did in 2013? We'll see---but let's be frank about this. In his four years as a Major League manager he has had three crappy seasons, two of the worst in Toronto's last decade of competition. It is only MY opinion but I think either Girardi (not available), Showalter (not available) or Maddon (available) would be a much better fit for the Sox than Farrell is. We'll see next season if he proves me and others who feel the same way about him wrong.