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Originally Posted by tk13
Not sure it's all really his fault, but for all the people who say managers don't matter, Buck Showalter basically wins wherever he goes.
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Managers definitely matter. See Jays/Mariners yesterday with John Schneider needlessly pulling one of his top starters with a 8-1 lead. Or to use a Buck Showalter in the playoffs example, the Jays/Orioles WC game in 2016 when he incredibly used Ubaldo Jimenez instead of Zach Britton (the best RP in the league that year) with the season on the line, ending in hilarious fashion.
I don't think it's particularly hard to be a good strategic manager in baseball but sometimes these guys really make it look difficult.