4/19 The Twins are still in town
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Everything we read about Valdez in the scouting report on display here. A hard-hit ball in his first AB and atrocious fielding.
Cora’s got strengths, but getting a team to play sound baseball doesn’t seem to be one of them.
Yes. Kluber is the kind of move that Chaim has to answer for and it may cost him his job.
If the kids are ready, let them play. Valdez has already shown me more in one game that Arroyo has all season (even with the 2 errors)
One thing I like about Brasier, he just takes the ball. Close the game? Sure. Down 5 runs? Sure. Same demeanor. Right after guys, even if he is turning around and watching it hit the seats.
Yeah, no. A 1 year, $10M contract, as bad as it may end up being, will not cost Bloom his job.
DOB should have a talk with the producer about how quickly NESN goes to commercial following the 3rd out.
True. But counting on him as a top of the rotation guy seems to have been a poor idea.
Results-wise, I'm starting to worry that Casas is just Bobby D with more walks.
Part of it may be that defense is a "skill" that many players on this roster lack. (Duran, Valdez). That said, the decision, for example, to put Hernandez at SS is likely on Cora.
Is it skill, though? It seems to be mostly mental lapses, bad reads, and poor communication.
I wonder to what extent the constant shuffling of personnel and a bunch of guys changing positions every other day impacts team defense. Imagine that many of these guys have not played a lot together especially in the various positional combinations we’ve seen recently.
For everyone's benefit
, I'm not going to rehash this. I am firmly in the "those are skills, too" camp. Partly because I think they are ("you can't 'un-coach' stupid"), and partly because to think otherwise suggests that the players aren't being coached on these things (a suggestion that I find really unlikely.)
Oh, for sure. Obviously Cora can't turn water into wine. I have no idea how to quantify the impact of a coach effectively harping on getting the small things right. We know it does make a difference, but I'm not sure anyone can say just how much difference it makes if the coach is preaching to a team loaded with subpar players at those aspects of the game.
I will say, post-2018 it seems to be a recurring issue for Cora managed teams. But like you suggested, I doubt that's 100% on him.