As you wrote, we remember the few truly successful rebuilds. The formula that teams like the Astros, and now the Birds, used require baseball people with skills to work. I count myself among those howling for Marlins developmental prowess as the only sustainable competitive path. Of course, they want this, too, but fall short in assessment and drafting. Can't just scream that the Marlins need to follow the Rays from office strategy or Baltimore's player development strategy as if it's simply a choice.
I said this on a broadcast last year. If I were hiring senior-level decision makers in all areas of Baseball Ops--scouting, player development and ML personnel--every person I hired would come from the Braves, the Dodgers or the Rays.
That’s not to say there aren’t great people with other clubs, but those 3 teams do it better than anybody year after year.
Fredi is, as I said in the piece, a great baseball man. He got the absolute most out of every team he managed in Miami. Is it a coincidence that no Marlins team--even teams including Jose, Stanton, Yelich, Ozuna and Realmuto--has won as many games as his 2008 and 2009 teams?
He’s a good leader of men who, to this day, has never stopped trying to learn and make himself better and more well-rounded.
The man deserves another chance to manage. I hope he gets it.
As you wrote, we remember the few truly successful rebuilds. The formula that teams like the Astros, and now the Birds, used require baseball people with skills to work. I count myself among those howling for Marlins developmental prowess as the only sustainable competitive path. Of course, they want this, too, but fall short in assessment and drafting. Can't just scream that the Marlins need to follow the Rays from office strategy or Baltimore's player development strategy as if it's simply a choice.
I said this on a broadcast last year. If I were hiring senior-level decision makers in all areas of Baseball Ops--scouting, player development and ML personnel--every person I hired would come from the Braves, the Dodgers or the Rays.
That’s not to say there aren’t great people with other clubs, but those 3 teams do it better than anybody year after year.
Great to see Fredi and Brandon doing well
In Baltimore. Fredi has been so undervalued throughout his career. He’s
won from the minors to the Majors. And
he was the first Marlin minor league manager one year before the major league team threw out the first pitch !
Fredi is, as I said in the piece, a great baseball man. He got the absolute most out of every team he managed in Miami. Is it a coincidence that no Marlins team--even teams including Jose, Stanton, Yelich, Ozuna and Realmuto--has won as many games as his 2008 and 2009 teams?
He’s a good leader of men who, to this day, has never stopped trying to learn and make himself better and more well-rounded.
The man deserves another chance to manage. I hope he gets it.