Pancake Bear

I know you're only like 16 or whatever, but Bo Porter used to be a manager, and he pretty much sucked at it. 
Case in point: 
 

Wish they could find some way to lure Mike Maddux away from the Rangers, but I doubt that happens. 

To be fair, he's just got to chit chat and take their batting gloves. as the 1B coach.

Agree that bringing an infielder doesn't mean a trade is coming. People said the same thing last season when we brought in Urshela and Drury. It's called depth. People get injured. We have two rookies who could regress
Where I disagree is that Schanuel should be sent down when we grab another infielder (which it's pretty obvious Perry intends to do). He was as good at the plate as any of our infielders. Again, he could regress, and we should be prepared for that possibility, but nothing in his numbers screams regression is likely, unlike (e.g.) Moniak. 

Good thing he’s not managing here then

At this point, I want to add Trevor Bauer simply to troll everyone and make a statement. 

Having two guys catch most of their games last season who aren't really experts at leading a pitching staff in calling games with Thaiss and Wallach certainly did our pitching no favors. Stassi, meh as he is with a bat, is almost certainly a lot better at working with pitchers than those guys. Ditto, O'Hoppe.
Team defense last season, especially with the shift getting the can, was probably also not doing our pitching any favors. That isn't to say they're all going to be all stars now with better catchers and a manager who is noted for his work on team defense should push us in a more positive direction. Obviously, who we get as a pitching coach will be consequential as well. 

The Rangers agree. 

Having two guys catch most of their games last season who aren't really experts at leading a pitching staff in calling games with Thaiss and Wallach certainly did our pitching no favors. Stassi, meh as he is with a bat, is almost certainly a lot better at working with pitchers than those guys. Ditto, O'Hoppe.
Team defense last season, especially with the shift getting the can, was probably also not doing our pitching any favors. That isn't to say they're all going to be all stars now with better catchers and a manager who is noted for his work on team defense should push us in a more positive direction. Obviously, who we get as a pitching coach will be consequential as well. 

The Rangers agree. 

I feel like a lot of stuff the manager does is irrelevant since the front office is behind most of the strategy and decisions made. I think he has the kind of personality and knowledge and ability to teach that makes for a standout manager.
That said, I don't know much about him, obviously. I know @VictorRojas29 said on the pod that Wash was his top choice but he didn't really get into much of his reasoning. Would love to hear more specifics from him since he has more direct knowledge of Washington as a manager than any of us do as to why he is a good choice. 
 
 

Wish they could find some way to lure Mike Maddux away from the Rangers, but I doubt that happens. 

I feel like a lot of stuff the manager does is irrelevant since the front office is behind most of the strategy and decisions made. I think he has the kind of personality and knowledge and ability to teach that makes for a standout manager.
That said, I don't know much about him, obviously. I know @VictorRojas29 said on the pod that Wash was his top choice but he didn't really get into much of his reasoning. Would love to hear more specifics from him since he has more direct knowledge of Washington as a manager than any of us do as to why he is a good choice. 
 
 

I feel like a lot of stuff the manager does is irrelevant since the front office is behind most of the strategy and decisions made. I think he has the kind of personality and knowledge and ability to teach that makes for a standout manager.
That said, I don't know much about him, obviously. I know @VictorRojas29 said on the pod that Wash was his top choice but he didn't really get into much of his reasoning. Would love to hear more specifics from him since he has more direct knowledge of Washington as a manager than any of us do as to why he is a good choice. 
 
 

So, apparently, per Boob, the coaching staff list is not official, just people they're discussing. 
In any case, Torii feels like a great fit for the staff. I would think he'd be a great asset for the clubhouse and probably coaches the outfield. Would set him up as a potential future manager if he does well. Would give him some coaching experience.

I feel like a lot of stuff the manager does is irrelevant since the front office is behind most of the strategy and decisions made. I think he has the kind of personality and knowledge and ability to teach that makes for a standout manager.
That said, I don't know much about him, obviously. I know @VictorRojas29 said on the pod that Wash was his top choice but he didn't really get into much of his reasoning. Would love to hear more specifics from him since he has more direct knowledge of Washington as a manager than any of us do as to why he is a good choice. 
 
 

I feel like a lot of stuff the manager does is irrelevant since the front office is behind most of the strategy and decisions made. I think he has the kind of personality and knowledge and ability to teach that makes for a standout manager.
That said, I don't know much about him, obviously. I know @VictorRojas29 said on the pod that Wash was his top choice but he didn't really get into much of his reasoning. Would love to hear more specifics from him since he has more direct knowledge of Washington as a manager than any of us do as to why he is a good choice. 
 
 

I feel like a lot of stuff the manager does is irrelevant since the front office is behind most of the strategy and decisions made. I think he has the kind of personality and knowledge and ability to teach that makes for a standout manager.
That said, I don't know much about him, obviously. I know @VictorRojas29 said on the pod that Wash was his top choice but he didn't really get into much of his reasoning. Would love to hear more specifics from him since he has more direct knowledge of Washington as a manager than any of us do as to why he is a good choice. 
 
 

I feel like a lot of stuff the manager does is irrelevant since the front office is behind most of the strategy and decisions made. I think he has the kind of personality and knowledge and ability to teach that makes for a standout manager.
That said, I don't know much about him, obviously. I know @VictorRojas29 said on the pod that Wash was his top choice but he didn't really get into much of his reasoning. Would love to hear more specifics from him since he has more direct knowledge of Washington as a manager than any of us do as to why he is a good choice. 
 
 

I feel like a lot of stuff the manager does is irrelevant since the front office is behind most of the strategy and decisions made. I think he has the kind of personality and knowledge and ability to teach that makes for a standout manager.
That said, I don't know much about him, obviously. I know @VictorRojas29 said on the pod that Wash was his top choice but he didn't really get into much of his reasoning. Would love to hear more specifics from him since he has more direct knowledge of Washington as a manager than any of us do as to why he is a good choice. 
 
 

You'll swing at him and miss?

The Brewers won 86 games last year. They had the 8th best position player fWAR and 11th best wRC+ in 2022.
Renfroe was their second best hitter and second best overall position player according to Fangraphs (different guy above him for both) despite only playing 125 games. 
This is a very solid move. 

Good pickup. Between Renfroe and Urshela, that adds 4-5 wins to last season replacing zero win (or worse) players/injury subs. 
So, where now? Is that it? I wouldn't be devastated if this was it, but I hope we can still bring in a real shortstop to shift Fletcher/Rengifo to a utility role (still playing most days somewhere or other), especially if they somehow can afford one of the top four. Not sure where we are at catcher: Are O'Hoppe or Thaiss ready to platoon with Stassi? If not, a backup catcher won't cost much. Would love to bring in another solid/high end starter or closers, but I'm assuming Minasian is nearing the limits of his budget. Either way, a solid floor-raising offseason. Anything after this is for the ceiling. 🤞

I said this when the Arte interview came out: I'm getting the impression that Arte knows how much Shohei is asking for and isn't planning on meeting the ask and now is doing preemptive damage control. I hope I'm wrong. This is the single most amazing player of all time. Letting him go would be like trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees. Any owner who would do that should be run out of the league. 

I said this when the Arte interview came out: I'm getting the impression that Arte knows how much Shohei is asking for and isn't planning on meeting the ask and now is doing preemptive damage control. I hope I'm wrong. This is the single most amazing player of all time. Letting him go would be like trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees. Any owner who would do that should be run out of the league.