If I may add my 2 cents. I've followed baseball for quite a while, as have many of you. As we we all know, everyone loves a winner this was true in 2004 and everyone hates a loser ala 2003. Fans are prone to 2nd guess every move a manager makes, especially if it doesn't turn out right, or agree with the fan's choice. Basically the manager is screwed regardless of what he does :
.. Pull a pitcher to soon, put in a reliever that fails, he's an *******, leave a pitcher in too long and he gives it up, he' an *******.
...Pitch hit and he fails, he's an *******. Don't pitch hit and he fails, he's an *******.
...Don't start the "correct" line-up, he's an *******.
...The list goes on and on.
Tito has no ( or little ) control as to what player moves occur. That's up to Theo and the management. Tito is in a position of low to middle management. His only control is to set a line-up and make substitutions. All player moves, draft, trades, free agents, contracts, options, call-ups,injuries etc. are not in hands.
When he makes a change, what is it based on, purely stats ? If so, maybe he has better ones' then we do. On the other hand, maybe he has inside information about the player's condition ( that we don't have ), that he factors in. I'll make an analogy, he's a manager that's given a staff ( that he didn't hire ), and it's his job to manage and motivate them to accomplish a task or goal. In this case, the play-offs, AL Championship, and World Series. So lets see:
2004..... World Series Champs
2005..... Play-Offs with a team decimated by injuries.
2006..... Team is in first place.