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Redmond - Legit Manager of the Year Candidate?


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Much as I like Red, the improvements to the Marlins this year are not down to him one iota. They are down to a healthy and improved Stanton, McGehee's red-hot streak pre-ASB, the tremendous improvements (by varying degrees) in Yelich, Ozuna, Alvarez, Eovaldi and Koehler (and to a lesser extent, Ramos, Hatcher and Dyson), the trade for Morris and the fact that Hech is no longer the worse player in baseball.

 

I think we'd be a game over 500 even if Bo Porter was our manager.

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Legitimate candidate, yes absolutely. For someone who doesn't watch the team everyday, Mike Redmond has taken a 100 loss team and put them in the thick of a playoff race near the end of August. The way he handles pitchers doesn't matter. The way he routinely takes the bat out of his own best hitter's hands doesn't matter. The way he sets a lineup doesn't matter. The bullpen decisions he makes don't matter. All that matters, in this case, is the team's record. With the dramatic improvement, many will credit the manager despite the fact that we may have three or four more wins if there were someone else on that bench.

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Wouldn't want him Girardi'ed. Had a lot of issues with some early season calls, but have seen improvement in him, which is something I really like, given a lot of managers I've seen don't even try. Also, from everything I've heard, he's a good clubhouse presence, which I think this team needs.

 

Do I think he deserves moty? Prolly not, but I would like to keep him on for a while, as he's been much better than some of the recent managers we've had.

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