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Oh it was a decline - the contact was not as good, the OPS+ fell badly. But again, the type of injury he had is the sort of thing which gives me a lot of pause before getting too harsh. Hand injuries are the sort of thing which can ruin an offensive season. Even if the injury has nominally healed - it's messing with the most intricate part of the hitting mechanics.
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OOPS! 1. Terry Francona 2. Jimy Williams 3. Joe Morgan 4. John Farrell 5. Kevin Kennedy 6. John McNamara 7. Bobby Valentine 8. Joe Kerrigan 9. Butch Hobson
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If he were healthy (famous words) possibly a lot of teams ... I am not sure the Red Sox would get sufficient value back ... but Pedey was a 5 win player in 2016 which at his salary is a screaming bargain. Even this year, with the nicks and bruises and warts, was still pretty fair result for the money.
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I have been a fan since 1986 - if you rack and stack the Red Sox managers? Distinct dropoff between #3 and #4. 1. Terry Francona 2. Jimy Williams 3. Joe Morgan 4. Kevin Kennedy 5. John McNamara 6. Bobby Valentine 7. Joe Kerrigan 8. Butch Hobson
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Bradley performed at about what could be expected Bogaerts decidedly underperformed - a 4-5 win player fell by a win or two ... of course injuries can explain that possibly/probably - a step down the improvement curve which you expect from kiddos Vasquez improved, which you'd expect. But it was improvement in line with what you'd expect given his age/profile. Excellent defense, a good, but empty BA while taking good at-bats. The core guys had largely decent seasons, but no leaps - which was necessary to be able to absorb's Ortiz loss. I mean Betts season was not as good as last year, even if it was still outstanding and worthy of a few downballot MVP votes.
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It might or might not - I don't think he's getting canned ... but he might want to leave.
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I see that. But the 2007 and 2013 teams were more buttoned up and that worked fine. I think winning and losing tends to feed this stuff too. This was a tough season a lot of levels. The team faced considerable adversity (and yes, some of it self inflicted) and still managed to win 93 games and win a division. I don't mind Farrell being canned - just hope Dombrowski does not pick an inferior replacement. I think Farrell is probably a middle third manager, you know somewhere in the #10-#20 range leaguewide ... so getting rid of him for an upgrade makes sense, but there are ways to do worse.
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slightly off topic - I think it's like a 50/50 chance Girardi comes back ... 9 years is a long time in a place like Boston or New York. He sounds at times like he could really use a long long rest.
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Movers and shakers for managers are largely nonsense. Baseball manager is the closest thing sports gets to a manager at the sort of job folks like us have. Coach your coaches, manage players and other stakeholders. Hale has a ton of excellent experience and has managed at some level. Alex Cora is far and away the highest upside candidate - but yes he has not had a big league managing hitch before (although he has both manager and general manager experience in winter league). He has familiarity with Boston, but is far enough away to approach things fresh - has ex-player and front office experience. He has done television so the media skills should be there.
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To be fair, you saw that from Bradley in 2016 mostly (the RBIs are who cares, function of chance)
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Benintendi and Devers ain't goin nowhere. The aggressive promotion tells you what the org thinks about them. Betts almost certainly is not going anywhere. Bogaerts probably isn't. (it'd be selling low anyway - you probably need time away from the hand injury and performance to open his market up again) Bradley is my guess for the guy who IS getting moved if they can get a quality bat in the trade market. They need another bat - the good news is that the corner outfield/1B market is a fairly good buyer's market. You see how Encarnacion was not able to get 3 years in the market. Guys like him (low athleticism, big bat) got squeezed last year and I would not be surprised if that happened again. There should be somebody gettable for a 1-2 year hitch who would help.
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IIRC, Stanton's contract has an opt out after 2020 where he will be 31 years old. There is a fair chance he could go back on the market then. I mean he probably is not going get 7 years from anybody, but he could definitely get more total money from somebody else by then.
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Devers is a massive massive talent ... 20 YOs who made the rise he did are tremendous bets going forward. That said, betting him to make the All-Star team before he can drink is still unlikely.
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Gardenhire would be a silly choice - and one of the ones who would not be an improvement on Farrell. I don't think he is actively terrible the way Ausmus was ... but not good either.
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The kids played well largely ... and Farrell had strengths. He managed the pitching staff well and largely was okay tactically (very good in Game 3 for instance - less good other times)
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Considering he has an opt-out after 2020, this might very well not be true.
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Speier is the best of the guys who cover the team every day imo
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No issue with Farrell being gone. Now, most of the managers are in the middle ... fairly low impact, fit dependent. Farrell was in that middle. Dombrowski's last hire was legitimately bad - so that bears watching.
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The team's defense was a positive contributor to run prevention - I think there is time for him to figure this out ... and also if you want kids, you have to live with process. This is not done with a microwave. I think some of the JD types will slip through the cracks - teams did not give Edwin Encarnacion years last year ... I think that "type" will be an easier get than it looks. I think Votto and the Reds do like each other mutually. I don't think the stuff needed to deal for Stanton makes the trade worthwhile.
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I think the areas where a manager can directly impact winning and losing are small (for instance: the missed challenge in Game 2 of the Yankees-Guardians series ... though it is possible Girardi was covering for his replay guy ... managing pitching staffs more generally). But that does not mean there aren't a lot of areas where they can indirectly impact winning - the way a good boss at work can help employees be better versions of themselves. There is benefit to a new voice sometimes.
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The reservation one might have is the last manager Dombrowski hired was unusually terrible (Ausmus in Detroit) ... I largely agree with the fungibility of managers - but that doesn't mean there is NO difference ... and a downgrade from Farrell is certainly possible. He handled a pitching staff very well in a season where it was fairly challenging.
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Varitek has not actually done the job at all - big gap in experience.
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consecutive playoff berths with a bunch of good under age 28 players counts with a fairly adversity-filled season
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So he can be a manager for a young powerhouse org.
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lack of MLB managing doesn't bother me here ... he has managed and GM'd in winter ball, so the job is not foreign