chrisfont9 said:It's a fair question, but don't you feel pretty sure the Red Sox looked into this? No matter how it's being described in the media, I'm guessing the Red Sox made a more thorough decision than "he was an outfielder, I'm sure he can teach."
I'm sure they did some due diligence on his abilities, but with a complete lack of coaching experience, I'm not sure how they could make a reliable determination on his abilities. I'm in the camp that I'm perfectly fine with the hiring, but I think blanket statements like this
HomeRunBaker said:... Ruben will also double as Arnie's replacement in taking over as outfield instructor for which he is certainly qualified for as a former ML outfielder.
need some sort of qualification, because I don't believe that every person that played baseball is automatically qualified to coach that position at the highest level. Especially ones that weren't very good players to begin with.
There's obviously something that led them to hiring him. It could just be Farrell helping out an old friend. Or they could be shifting the OF duties to someone else and realigning responsibilities. Or maybe it's about what HRB noted in that they didn't have a LHP BP, which I'm having trouble believing, but ok. But HRB seems to be suggesting that his playing time makes him qualified and I disagree with that without some backup. That's all I'm saying.