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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
His bad bullpen management and disdain for analytics were well documented with the Cardinals. The bullpen management was paired with a mismanagement of young arms/players. Cards fans also reported a lack of discipline on defense and the basepaths.
Matheny was upfront about the first two when hired by the Royals and said he’d learned from his mistakes. After his first week in 2020 I pretty much was won over and believed him about the first two. Jury’s still out on the discipline piece, but I see no reason to think he’s not at Yost’s level or better.
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538 methodology claims the guy Matheny replaced was the 6th worst bullpen manager since 2000:
WRM+
Manny Acta 87
Clint Hurdle 90
Jerry Narron 90
Dusty Baker 91
John Gibbons 91
Tony La Russa 92
Jim Leyland 92
Bobby Valentine 93
Bob Melvin 93
Ron Washington 94
The worst bullpen managers since 2000
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...lpen-managers/