Evaluating the Tigers through a Sabermetric lens

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Fire Jim Leyland

I'm not normally this hasty. I like to give things time and see what plays out. But, after the debacle that has been Jim Leyland "leading" this baseball team, it's already time for a change. I don't care how much of a motivator you are, if you continue to put the ballclub in the worst position to win a game (routinely bringing in Jason Grilli to throw meatballs when he was struggling, playing Neifi Perez extensively, not playing Omar Infante, taking out pitchers too soon [Nate Robertson against Cleveland], using Timo Perez ahead of Thames or Ryan Raburn or Cameron Maybin and then hitting Perez 3rd in the lineup) then you aren't doing what you're being paid to do.

And this isn't a new phenomenon either. He's a sub .500 manager in his career and has only had 7 winning seasons out of 16 (probably going to be his 8th this year) who routinely manages "by his gut" which just puts strain on the team when we're constantly going to a dry well for water.

So from here out, this is here to second guess, criticize, damn all the terrible decision's he makes. Like hitting Timo Perez 3rd in the heat of a playoff push when we can't afford to give at-bats away when we have Pudge and Brandon Inge sucking it up way too high in the order as it is.

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