Comments on: A Mixed Bag of Managing http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/12/a-mixed-bag-of-managing/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: scottwasley http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/12/a-mixed-bag-of-managing/#comment-12441 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:29:14 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=18459#comment-12441 the Red Sox also have a poor bullpen, in addition to a manager with no clue how to use it (a constant Dombrowski failing).

]]> By: scottwasley http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/12/a-mixed-bag-of-managing/#comment-12440 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:27:47 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=18459#comment-12440 Farrell is a useless chump. WAR of at least -10, without question. As well as being clearly one of the 3 worst gameday managers in MLB (with Yost and Mattingly), he is also a thoroughgoing dullard. A damp plank every day of each week.

]]> By: Sawxfan http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/12/a-mixed-bag-of-managing/#comment-12437 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:11:41 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=18459#comment-12437 I agree that Farrell will cost this team no fewer than 10 games this year. I also agree that Torey Lovullo is, was, and will always be a better manager than John Farrell!

]]> By: Sawxfan http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/12/a-mixed-bag-of-managing/#comment-12436 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:09:59 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=18459#comment-12436 You realize the game in question was a save situation right?

]]> By: james wilson http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/12/a-mixed-bag-of-managing/#comment-12429 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:41:18 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=18459#comment-12429 Fine analysis. But Farrell has been around baseball a long time. You don’t educate a 54 year old man out of his worst features. This is what he is. Hopefully, you can educate others to fire him post haste.

I counted nine games he booted last year, and two which were won by the same horrible methods, for a net of seven losses. They lost a very good man to Arizona. Shame.

]]> By: Ian http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/12/a-mixed-bag-of-managing/#comment-12428 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:23:28 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=18459#comment-12428 While I agree that Farrell has many flaws in his managing skills, I think there is issue in using Kimbrel in high leverage but non save situations. It goes against my instincts to say this, as a sabermatrician myself, but I’m frustrated by watching closers blow non save situation after non save situation. In 19 innings last season, Kimbrel had a 5.12 ERA in non saves (2.41 in saves, bbref doesn’t give me fip data for splits, at least in the mobile version). Career, his ERA goes down to 2.44 in non saves, but compare that to a 1.62 ERA in saves. This difference is highlighted by him giving up fewer home runs in saves, and far fewer walks in saves. While I would like to progress to a future of the flexible bullpen, and it makes a lot of sense on paper, I think we need to look at the actual numbers and perhaps look into the psychology of not just Kimbrel, but many closers in the game.

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