Steve, if someone walked into your office at Point72 and said, “Hey there’s this kid from Tampa. Really smart, really full of energy, let’s put him in charge of the biggest fund” wouldn’t you throw the guy out of your office?
You’ve assembled a professional veteran baseball team.
Why would you not hire an known quantity, professional manager, with experience.
I’m hearing you’re looking at guys like Quataro from Tampa. I’m sure he’s groovy and all but…
Veteran Teams need veteran managers.
Don’t make the same mistake three times in a row. We just came off Mickey Hodges and Rojas. Both were young and exciting and blah blah – they won nothing. They were inexperienced. Why would you do that again?
You bring in the new exciting manager when you’re trying to hype the fans on a rebuild This is not that. You have veterans at every position. Just get someone in here to keep the ship steady.
You don’t need to squeeze 0.4 WAR out of someone. Just play baseball.
AND – you personally really need a hire that won’t embarrass the franchise. 2021 didn’t go so well.
So hire a professional. Buck Showalter. Someone like that. It’s not time to mess around and make the same mistake for the third straight time.
