Fire Espada

raining threes · Jun 28, 2026

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A managers best qualities should be assessing the current state of the players available to see who has it and who doesn't at any given time. He should have the ability to look into his players eyes and come to a conclusion whether a certain player is battling or is about to break out. Mind you, most are crap shoots, but those observations could give them a broader insight into situational play.

A player on a 10 game hitting streak will most likely come through in a crucial situation than a player off the bench who is 0 for his last 8. That's what the stats tell you. But maybe the manager saw something in the bench player where it clicked, their attitude changed when they hit a hard line out in their last AB and instead of sulking, that player held his head up and nodded to himself like he got this. It's a managers job to recognize these nuances from their players and incorporate that into his gut instinct.

This may very well be why they choose certain options that others don't see, but of course some people are just better at assessing people's thought processes than others.

Today, I saw Cam take a strike 3 fastball right over the middle of the plate because he was most likely thinking there's no way the pitcher would throw him three straight strikes to start an AB. Instead of reacting, he assumed and got punched out. It's a managers job to see that and assess whether it was a one off or a pattern that needs to be addressed.

So far, I've not seen Espada to be that good at assessing the current state of his players, and being lucky a few times doesn't outweigh that fact.
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Great post

SuraGotMadHops · Jun 29, 2026

He's gonna kill Okert and Hader man.

rockbox · Jun 29, 2026

SuraGotMadHops said: ↑

He's gonna kill Okert and Hader man.
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They get their rest when the bats decide to take the day off once a series.

Htown Stros · Jun 29, 2026

Castian Crew said: ↑

A managers best qualities should be assessing the current state of the players available to see who has it and who doesn't at any given time. He should have the ability to look into his players eyes and come to a conclusion whether a certain player is battling or is about to break out. Mind you, most are crap shoots, but those observations could give them a broader insight into situational play.

A player on a 10 game hitting streak will most likely come through in a crucial situation than a player off the bench who is 0 for his last 8. That's what the stats tell you. But maybe the manager saw something in the bench player where it clicked, their attitude changed when they hit a hard line out in their last AB and instead of sulking, that player held his head up and nodded to himself like he got this. It's a managers job to recognize these nuances from their players and incorporate that into his gut instinct.

This may very well be why they choose certain options that others don't see, but of course some people are just better at assessing people's thought processes than others.

Today, I saw Cam take a strike 3 fastball right over the middle of the plate because he was most likely thinking there's no way the pitcher would throw him three straight strikes to start an AB. Instead of reacting, he assumed and got punched out. It's a managers job to see that and assess whether it was a one off or a pattern that needs to be addressed.

So far, I've not seen Espada to be that good at assessing the current state of his players, and being lucky a few times doesn't outweigh that fact.
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The part about Cam "thinking there's no way the pitcher would throw him three straight strikes" isn't accurate IMO. I can almost guarantee no MLB hitter is thinking with that kind of logic.

He was guessing off-speed and got locked up by the fastball. Not every hitter is a reactionary hitter that always just sits fastball and adjusts to breaking pitches. Hitters all have reports on pitcher tendencies, and if I was a betting man, I'd guess Finnegan throws a splitter or slider in 2 strike leverage counts the majority of the time.

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