Howard Megdal On Manuel, Castro, and Santos

"The best comparison for Santos is to a 2008 feel-good story, Argenis Reyes. Reyes had a slick glove at second base and posted an .808 OPS in his first 33 at-bats, belying his .674 career minor league OPS. By the end of 2008, Reyes’s OPS was down to .504. Almost certainly, Santos will suffer the same fate. The difference was, the Mets didn’t have a hitter like Castro to play second base."

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Ugh

I generally agree with that painful piece, although I do take some issue with this:

The former [Willie] struggled with the elementary questions of bullpen management and player and media communication; the latter [Jerry] excels at all three.

I don’t know that “excel” is the word I want here with regard to bullpen management.

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Apr 30, 2009 1:24 PM EDT reply actions

Jerry

most definitely does not excel at bullpen management. He is okay, but he overmanages, which is almost, but not quite, as bad as undermanaging.

by deadspy3 on Apr 30, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

hmm

I seem to remember everyone loving Argenis, and me bitching about trading away Anderson Hernandez in favor or Reyes. woo

by BlackOps on Apr 30, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions

Jerry's done a decent job at managing the bullpen

He doesn’t seem to understand how to use Feliciano, but it doesn’t seem like anybody does. I remember reading a bullpen analysis — perhaps it was on MetsGeek — complaining that Jerry was using him as a LOOGY, thus making him behave like one. I think it’s pretty obvious that Jerry was right the first time.

by All Shook Down on May 16, 2009 1:45 PM EDT reply actions