I was living in my hometown, Durham, NC, when Snitker was managing the Durham Bulls in the early 1980s. Durham was Atlanta's Carolina League affiliate.
Atlanta was so concerned about how poorly Durham was playing they sent Hank Aaron to watch the team.
Hank watched a few home games. He told the Durham Sun the guys weren't playing hard. Just going through the motions.
Snitker told the Sun he didn't detect any of this.
I wonder if that's going on again. The players are going through the motions confident Snitker won't be back.
I don't have a problem with Snit's lineups or game management, but I do think he comes across as being too passive and laid back. He claims to be a disciple of Bobby Cox but Cox brought more of a sense of urgency to the dugout that I think was felt by the players.
There is much about Bryce Elder to like - he shows up ready to pitch, he never complains or makes excuses. He was in a good place the previous three games but his downfall always seems to be leaving sliders or a change ups middle/middle and they never miss 'em. If he's back next year as some part of the rotation it's because McGuirk hamstrung AA again and there is no real improvement in starting options (that's assuming the current walking-wounded have all healed and are ready to go, which is a real stretch.)
I was living in my hometown, Durham, NC, when Snitker was managing the Durham Bulls in the early 1980s. Durham was Atlanta's Carolina League affiliate.
Atlanta was so concerned about how poorly Durham was playing they sent Hank Aaron to watch the team.
Hank watched a few home games. He told the Durham Sun the guys weren't playing hard. Just going through the motions.
Snitker told the Sun he didn't detect any of this.
I wonder if that's going on again. The players are going through the motions confident Snitker won't be back.
I don't have a problem with Snit's lineups or game management, but I do think he comes across as being too passive and laid back. He claims to be a disciple of Bobby Cox but Cox brought more of a sense of urgency to the dugout that I think was felt by the players.
There is much about Bryce Elder to like - he shows up ready to pitch, he never complains or makes excuses. He was in a good place the previous three games but his downfall always seems to be leaving sliders or a change ups middle/middle and they never miss 'em. If he's back next year as some part of the rotation it's because McGuirk hamstrung AA again and there is no real improvement in starting options (that's assuming the current walking-wounded have all healed and are ready to go, which is a real stretch.)
An ideal usage is like last season, where most of the core five remained healthy and he made just ten starts all year (several in DHers).
If he leads the team in starts and/or innings, like this year, we're in trouble