The B1G Piece wrote:JFLNYC wrote:The B1G Piece wrote:I'm officially 100 percent out on Kapler and whatever fucking group of nerds that trained him. The constant lack of feel for in game decisions, the mindless pitching changes and tinkering of the lineup to gain some sort of edge is infuriating.
Well put. I hadn't thought of it in these terms before but I agree. It almost seems sometimes he's trying to make some sort of contrarian point/be the smartest guy in the room rather than just using common sense.
Also, I apologize for calling the Driveline baseball guys nerds because I love numbers, too.
For a team that struggles to score runs consistently, please find a way to get your best hitter with RISP (Bryce Harper) as many PAs as possible in those situations. It's really not that hard. Instead, we get this...“This is a game where it’s really important to not try harder in those situations,” Kapler said. “It’s important to breathe, relax and just take your ‘A’ swing. We can do a better job than we’ve been doing with runners in scoring position. One of the ways we can do that is to kind of cut down on our hacks and utilize a ‘B’ swing to put the ball in play, have barrel accuracy over trying to drive the ball.
“I’m not saying that anybody’s not taking the right approach, but what I am saying is there’s always ability to cut down a little bit and look to drive the ball into the outfield.”
I've been a bit back and forth on him. I was like, "My God, what kind of idiot have we hired," at the beginning of last year. Then by the 1/4 pole of this year I was happy he made some improvements and was willing to see it through. But his decision-making the past month has just been horrible. Worse, he has put players at physical risk numerous times, starting at the beginning of last year and right up to this week. I'm out on him.
Also, what do you think the chances are that the players are out on him, too? I mean, no player wants to be placed at a physical risk that's unnecessary. It can impact their careers and their ability to make tons of money. Players are also usually pretty traditional and at least some of them probably don't like this "advanced" managing approach. If it works, players get on board, but it has not. I would be very surprised if there isn't a growing number of players in the clubhouse who would like to see him gone. Plus, he's just a weirdo. I like weirdos personally, but I bet he's wearing on them.
