2019-20 Manager Shuffle

[sweetpeteman]

Started this last year, might as well do it this year.

 

The Angels fired Ausmus one year after hiring him, setting up them trying to bring back Joe to the org.

 

Current/Filled Openings:

 

NL:

 

Cubs - Grandpa Ross

Padres - The Tingler

Pirates -

Giants -

Mets - the guy the Cubs should've signed in 2005

Phillies - Angry Joe

 

AL:

 

Royals - LOL

Angels - Hippy Joe

Edited November 1, 2019 by sweetpeteman

[Brian]

Move Mets to open

[Cubswin11]

Mike Matheny having leverage for a job is certainly something

 

[Brian]

Maybe hands off, you do you Joe Maddon isn't the answer in Anaheim

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[Sammys Boombox]

Dusty getting an interview with the Phillies.

[Regular Show]

Dusty getting an interview with the Phillies.

 

Seriously? Dusty is still getting interviews?

 

That has to be an Andy MacPhail move. Dusty makes Joe Maddon look like a coaching savant by comparison.

[Banedon]

Dusty getting an interview with the Phillies.

 

Seriously? Dusty is still getting interviews?

 

That has to be an Andy MacPhail move. Dusty makes Joe Maddon look like a coaching savant by comparison.

 

That's a really strange attempt at an insult.

[Sammys Boombox]

Dusty getting an interview with the Phillies.

 

Seriously? Dusty is still getting interviews?

 

That has to be an Andy MacPhail move. Dusty makes Joe Maddon look like a coaching savant by comparison.

 

Does Bryce like Dusty?

[Cubswin11]

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[Cubswin11]

No idea who this is but hopefully they hire him and he played a big role in the VBs doing VBs things.

 

[Clem Fandango]

Figured this works here...

 

The Dodgers are finalizing a deal to make Mark Prior their next pitching coach, according to Blake Harris of True Blue LA.

That was the expectation after it was announced that Rick Honeycutt was retiring as pitching coach in order to shift into a special assistant role. 2020 will be the first year since 2005 that someone other than Honeycutt has served in the role. Prior has served as the Dodgers' bullpen coach for the past two seasons.

[ConstableRabbit]

Larry Rothschild being fired as a pitching coach in the same month Prior is hired as one is pretty weird to think about.

[Banedon]

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[CubinNY]

lol, Royals and Phillies.

 

Harper vs. Hard Ass Joe should be a fun storyline.

[Banedon]

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[OleMissCub]

Is it possible to claim that someone who was a 9-time All-Star was underrated? Because when my mind thinks of Beltran my first thought is "underrated". I wonder if that is a symptom of my brain still remembering him being awesome with the Royals in relative obscurity.

[Bertz]

I thought Eduardo Perez was the best fit for that job but Beltran's the man so it's hard to say anything negative

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Is it possible to claim that someone who was a 9-time All-Star was underrated? Because when my mind thinks of Beltran my first thought is "underrated".

 

Passing on Beltran in FA single handedly set the Cubs back a decade, single handedly!

Oh do you have thoughts about Carlos Beltran and the Cubs?

[Banedon]

So why doesn't there seem to be the same "lack of experience" narrative around Beltran as there is with Ross?

[The_Achiever]

Is it possible to claim that someone who was a 9-time All-Star was underrated? Because when my mind thinks of Beltran my first thought is "underrated".

 

Passing on Beltran in FA single handedly set the Cubs back a decade, single handedly!

 

That offseason I had a custom Beltran Cubs shersey made. Still have it and wear it on occasion!

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Is it possible to claim that someone who was a 9-time All-Star was underrated? Because when my mind thinks of Beltran my first thought is "underrated".

 

That offseason I had a custom Beltran Cubs shersey made. Still have it and wear it on occasion!

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2019 by Regular Show

[Regular Show]

So why doesn't there seem to be the same "lack of experience" narrative around Beltran as there is with Ross?

That's a good question. I'm guessing because Beltran is a borderline HoF player (maybe has a solid case for the HoF) and was highly regarded by the Yankees?

 

Both will have experienced bench coaches. David Ross is actually better prepared for this role IMO.

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"one-half of one-half percent of people..." ???

 

So like is he saying 25% of people, or like 0.25% of people? I know this much -- he's definitely not an analytics/math guy.

[Cubswin11]

So why doesn't there seem to be the same "lack of experience" narrative around Beltran as there is with Ross?

I’m guessing part of it is all the glowing things said about Beltran being a pseudo coach on that Astros team that won the WS and the work he’s done in the Yankees FO. I think he’s maybe also coached a countries team in some international tournament, even if it was like U17 or whatever.