But if Martinez has the traits of a really good hitting coach, helping other hitters with their mechanics, their approach, pointing out things about opposing pitchers, that's not magical/speaking in tongues stuff.
Bogaerts has a 3.2 fWAR in 79 games. If you project that to 150 games it's 6.1. He is playing at a 6 WAR level. How much precision are you looking for?
But if you subscribe to the belief that the Wild Card games are not playoffs but 'play-ins', it's a whole different story.
Our % for winning the division right now is only about 65%.
Having to play a Wild Card Game, a coin flip, cuts your chances in half.
One thing's for sure, DD has his hands full trying to plug the holes in the pitching staff with the limited trade chips at his disposal.
Are there any 'pure' salary dumps in the pitching area out there?
I really think what Ben is judged most harshly on is simply the last-place finishes.
Theo had some bad moves but his overall results were basically unassailable.
Koufax was one of my early heroes. The 1965 World Series was the first one I really watched. Every game of that series was won by the home team until Game 7, when Koufax pitched a 3-hit shutout on 2 days rest, after a 4-hit shutout in Game 5.
IIRC Koufax didn't start Game 1 of that Series because it fell on Yom Kippur.