Alejandro Kirk's thumb was broken and dislocated by a foul tip on Friday. Brandon Valenzuela is up. PLUS: Brendon Little, Patrick Corbin, Trey Yesavage, Tyler Fitzgerald, and more...
Overconfidence in his boys is Schneider's top blind spot in my opinion. It's not a bad trait to have, but he can't tell when it's time to bail. I had no problems giving Little a 2nd chance, but after seeing him look up to the heavens when that base hit in the 10th scored the Manfred runner, I would not have been so quick to give him a 3rd chance. Like, c'mon Schneids, he had zero confidence at that point, and you ran him back out there in a leverage moment while our leverage arms sat on their hats.
Schneider has built his reputation on team building and turning B level players into quasi contributors. His loyalty doesn’t seem to have an end date even after players like Brendon Little have done enough damage to shake the confidence of the entire team. He errs on the side of positivity rather than correcting the problem by relocating someone like Little to Buffalo or some place lower down the chain. He is consistent. Add D Schneider, Straw and most recently Heinamen to the list of players who will get many many chances to become something they are not. It’s manager Schneider’s Achilles heel, followed closely by his dubious teaching of base running 101.
1. They’re barely a week into the season. 2. Little added velo and two new pitches over the winter and had a strong spring. Reasonable to think he was a different guy than last year, because he was.
Sadly, the value of Kirk was vividly demonstrated today in a bad way, given Tyler Heineman's bone-headed base running mistake, along with the throwing error that cost the Jays 2 runs in the 8th. To say nothing of yesterday's throwing error that cost the Jays a victory. I hope Valenzuela's promising spring training portends real promise for him in the bigs because Heineman is a serious liability.
Speaking of liabilities, for the love of God, please no more Brendan Little! At a minimum, send him down to Buffalo and see if he can regain some confidence. As a short-term measure, bring in Patrick Corbin and use him out of the bullpen as another southpaw option. And hope that Ricky Tiedemann can give you something there if and when he returns to full health.
Overconfidence in his boys is Schneider's top blind spot in my opinion. It's not a bad trait to have, but he can't tell when it's time to bail. I had no problems giving Little a 2nd chance, but after seeing him look up to the heavens when that base hit in the 10th scored the Manfred runner, I would not have been so quick to give him a 3rd chance. Like, c'mon Schneids, he had zero confidence at that point, and you ran him back out there in a leverage moment while our leverage arms sat on their hats.
Schneider has built his reputation on team building and turning B level players into quasi contributors. His loyalty doesn’t seem to have an end date even after players like Brendon Little have done enough damage to shake the confidence of the entire team. He errs on the side of positivity rather than correcting the problem by relocating someone like Little to Buffalo or some place lower down the chain. He is consistent. Add D Schneider, Straw and most recently Heinamen to the list of players who will get many many chances to become something they are not. It’s manager Schneider’s Achilles heel, followed closely by his dubious teaching of base running 101.
1. They’re barely a week into the season. 2. Little added velo and two new pitches over the winter and had a strong spring. Reasonable to think he was a different guy than last year, because he was.
Cool story, one issue tho, Schneider doesn't make the roster.
Sadly, the value of Kirk was vividly demonstrated today in a bad way, given Tyler Heineman's bone-headed base running mistake, along with the throwing error that cost the Jays 2 runs in the 8th. To say nothing of yesterday's throwing error that cost the Jays a victory. I hope Valenzuela's promising spring training portends real promise for him in the bigs because Heineman is a serious liability.
Speaking of liabilities, for the love of God, please no more Brendan Little! At a minimum, send him down to Buffalo and see if he can regain some confidence. As a short-term measure, bring in Patrick Corbin and use him out of the bullpen as another southpaw option. And hope that Ricky Tiedemann can give you something there if and when he returns to full health.
thank god for ketamine