Turk Nowitzki wrote:sidney lanier wrote:If they climb to within a few games of .500 by the deadline, I think that will be Melvin's cue to do some extensive restoration. If not, then the wrecking ball. But I expect a reinvigoration and some improvement.
It would be incredibly short-sighted to base anything on how we play over the next couple months. Hank the Dog could've been named manager and we would've shown improvement because we have too much talent to have the worst record in baseball. A little bit of regression to the mean in the next month or two is inevitable and shouldn't be any kind of determining factor in the big picture going forward.
If improvement would be regression to the mean, then by definition April was normal random variation and should itself not be used for planning purposes.
There's no denying that this is an aging team with some big holes getting bigger. To me that's only a partial argument for a teardown—a necessary cause, but not a sufficient one, to begin again. I like what Melvin said (he even used a rare double
and that at the end of his thought, so you know he meant it) about Counsell knowing the farm system, and, by implication, understanding who can be moved up and when. I think we'll end up trading some vets for prospects, but I see the rejuvenation of this team as more Cards-like than Cubs-like.
Counsell sounds from his presser that he's going to be similar in style to RRR—get out the way and let em play. Interesting how he downplayed the importance of setting the lineup and pitching changes. He definitely has the player's perspective on what a manager is and does.
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