Yankees managerial search

[Carpin]

MLBTR seems to think it's between Boone and Meulens.

 

My favorite is Beltran, but between those two I hope is Meulens

[Carpin]

Beltran is out too

[moonslav59]

MLB reports Aaron Boone is the man.

[a700hitter]

MLB reports Aaron Boone is the man.

I will be happy that he will no longer be on Sunday Night Baseball.

[jacksonianmarch]

Intriguing to say the least

[moonslav59]

I will be happy that he will no longer be on Sunday Night Baseball.

 

I was going to say the exact same thing!

[Spudboy]

I will be happy that he will no longer be on Sunday Night Baseball.

 

Me too. That team sucks.

[a700hitter]

Me too. That team sucks.

Maybe Jessica Mendoza will b named his bench coach so we can get her out of the booth too.

[jacksonianmarch]

The Yankees were looking for a young voice who used analytics. I’m sure Boone proved that in the interview. Other than that, not a soul knows if he’ll be any good, so we all have to reserve judgement

[Kimmi]

I will be happy that he will no longer be on Sunday Night Baseball.

 

Agreed.

[Kimmi]

The Yankees were looking for a young voice who used analytics. I’m sure Boone proved that in the interview. Other than that, not a soul knows if he’ll be any good, so we all have to reserve judgement

 

The trend in managers seems to be moving away from the old school guys and moving towards younger guys who can supposedly relate to the players better and who will embrace analytics. I don't know if will work or not, but I like it.

[Bellhorn04]

It's a very interesting and surprising choice. I'd like to say it's a mistake because of the lack of experience, but Cashman has been making all the right moves lately, so I'm in no position to criticize him.

[Carpin]

I don't know how to feel about this, he was a solid clubhouse guy, but other than that... I see no obvious qualifications for the job. I need to trust Cashman on this

[Fan_since_Boggs]

If Boone had any interest in sabermetics, he hid it from the world, unlike D.Cone who quoted sabermetic stats on a regular basis.

 

I continue to believe that Cashman has made two huge mistakes:

(1) Trading A.Miller for a hyped prospect in C.Frazier and a few other pieces. If the Yankees have A.Miller, they might have won the W.S. last year.

(2) Firing a quality manager in Joe Girardi just to save a few bucks for a guy with no managerial experience. I could be wrong (caveat), but I think the Yankees will pay the price for this decision in 2018.

[jacksonianmarch]

Lol. Troll!

[SCM33]

Not sure why the Yankees or the Redsox never considered Mike Stanley as a manager. Very intelligent baseball mind with coaching experience.

[jacksonianmarch]

I’m not sure SCM. There were lots of well respected candidates not considered. I’m not sure what the ultimate motivation was. It seemed the conventional choices were shunned for a new age approach. The undertones I’ve gleamed on Girardi seem to point towards an underlying issue with multiple players, a fair amount of them Latin. This is why I anticipated Beltran. One of the concerns I have with Boone is if any players take umbrage with some of his criticisms when he was in the media. Regardless, this isn’t the typical “steady hand” approach that I expected. I think Cash wants a players manager who incorporates analytics. We have the talent for sure. Who knows if this is the right move

[Bellhorn04]

Not sure why the Yankees or the Redsox never considered Mike Stanley as a manager. Very intelligent baseball mind with coaching experience.

 

His Wikipedia page says he's currently the assistant baseball coach at a prep school in Florida. That Mike Stanley?

[mvp 78]

His Wikipedia page says he's currently the assistant baseball coach at a prep school in Florida. That Mike Stanley?

 

He was the bench coach for the 2002 Sox, but hasn't done much since then. I'm pretty sure that if you dangled a Butch Husky or Reggie Jefferson in front of SCM, that they'd be hired right away.

[SCM33]

He was the bench coach for the 2002 Sox, but hasn't done much since then. I'm pretty sure that if you dangled a Butch Husky or Reggie Jefferson in front of SCM, that they'd be hired right away.

 

Well, it seems like you still like men, and for your information.....I only approve of Reggie Jefferson.

 

 

......come to think of it, he'd probably make a decent hitting coach

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Joe Girardi incorporated analytics--this is why he was called by some, "bookbinder Joe." In contrast, I never once heard Boone refer to analytics when he announced games, whereas a guy like D.Cone did this on a regular basis.

 

It's funny, most of the GMs in baseball today, including Brian Cashman, devalue the role of manager. I can certainly understand that line of thinking. But what they forget to tell you is that a high school kid with basic math skills and knowledge of the game could be a competent and quality GM. It doesn't take much skill or talent.

Edited December 7, 2017 by Fan_since_Boggs