Hubs

You're either bizarre in your takes or you're intensely negative. Or positive for weird reasons. I'm just tired of your posts.

Some of my issues with overreaching have to do with my own management (non-baseball) career. I believe firmly in delegating and letting my employees do their thing. I hate micro management and one of my own bosses is the epitome of this. (One is a micro manager and the other is a delegator, I get along much better with the delegator). Micro management is so annoying and is among the worst traits in management. Whomever the front office hires, they need to trust to give them the data and the details and let them manage the game. They also need a huge overhaul in their own analytic process, as these are not all equal. Clearly the Dodgers or Rays are doing something the Angels aren't. They need to emulate that. This also goes for Arte and Carpino as well. Trust your employees to do their best and delegate responsibilities.

Yah screw this. Analytics-only sucks and GM overreaching is a huge problem.

If you think this is anything other than player development and good coaching.... If you really think the Manager is irrelevant, then why did Philly have success under their new manager and not under Girardi?

It's obviously hard to do for the Angels. They've had two dozen managers in 60 plus seasons, and only three or four good ones. For new managers, you'd have to look at their interview, and demeanor, and coaching experience. For veteran managers, results matter, but sometimes you look at the circumstances where they had their first shot and see why it didn't work.

Who are your top 3 candidates?

I want someone with experience, but Ebel is a long time highly respected coach waiting for his shot. I would rather have him than Benji Gil or Ray Montgomery for instance.

Go away.

How About Dino Ebel if they are going no experience again.

It would be the Angels throwing in cash. A lot of it. Probably $40 M.

He did have the highest paid manager in baseball for a decade, but sure go ahead and think this.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/10/phil-nevin-will-not-return-as-angels-manager.html

They had depth in their minors that came up to compete. After the Slump in August, the Angels started to bring everyone up so some of these "60 day Injuries" wouldn't normally have been but they needed a spot on the 40 to bring up some of these kids. Plus they made major trades and then let all those guys go (and more)...the injuries look bad, but it's really on par with others.

I want a baseball guy running the whole show. Not just a GM who has to answer to several folks, like Carpino or Kuhl or Moreno. The Owner needs to take a step back, and let a baseball guy run everything. If you think that's Perry, sure, but I don't.

Maybe the case can be made that the injuries wrecked this team, but honestly, the Rangers had major injuries, the Astros did as well, and they both made the playoffs. The Dodgers used 39 pitchers. 61 total players, and they won their division. The Angels need to improve the periphery of the club, in regards to nutrition, training staff, etc. They need a new Baseball guy in charge of everything, and let Moreno fade to the back like he wants. If he's not gonna sell.

And I would put Scioscia #1, Mauch #2, Fregosi #3, and then probably Rigney for longevity. For the worst managers it's a lot longer list, But Ausmus and Nevin would be in the top 5 worst managers.

I was -18 years old in 1961. But Rigney didn't top 86 wins. He didn't make the postseason, and never would've even with divisional alignment. He might be your favorite manager and that's fine, but C'mon. Scioscia was the best manager this club has ever had.

I don't know a job that you can fail this badly for three years and expect to be back. Stoneman took over a team and won the World Series in year 2. So it can be done. The farm / scouting may have been better in the 90's but the team very much operated as a mid market under Autry and Disney...they didn't spend the way Arte has on payroll. What they need is a President of Baseball Ops, and a new GM, someone entrusted to run the entire operations department and keep Carpino and Kuhl out of the media, and keep Arte out of spending, etc. They need to redo the scouting departments, embrace technology and analytics (but keep out of in game decisions, the divide needs to be clear). They need to emulate the Dodgers front office and work to build the whole organization back into a consistent winner.

He's the best manager in club history. No debate. Mauch is a good 2nd place. Rigney is not even 3rd.

Seriously?

Never claimed I was! I just had the displeasure of watching Nevin attempt to manage, but I honestly think almost anyone could've done better.

What, specifically has shown you he is "a guy you can win with" He's 17 games under .500 and was 14 under last year. He's not a good manager.

You think he was a huge part of the problem? Without hearing/reading his side of things? Maddon had a ton of injuries too, but his record is a lot closer to .500 than Nevin or Ausmus. And he as a career .532 record as a manager even with the Angels Stints and some bad Rays teams.

After reading Maddon's book, the allegations of interference from Perry are clear and fundamentally wrong. I suggest you check it out.

Well according to you, its ridiculous to use win / loss too. I also excluded the majority of minor league moves and call ups for the fringes of the roster. This is just major league moves to fill out the 26 man.