Agreed on the small sample size. Right-handed hitters have much less of a problem with splits than left-handed hitters, so I am not anticipating thst will continue to be an issue going forward.
Why do conservatives take pride in seeing a big company fail and why are politicians going after this company? I thought they were supposed to be pro business and free market.. Budweiser marketed their product using a trans theme. It didn't work and they lost money. EVERYTHING a big company does is about profit. This was not a political decision.
If he has reverse splits, that gives me more confidence he could play offensively everyday since RHH seem to to have better chance of learning how to hit RHP than LHH have of learning how to hit LHP. The problem for him, of course, will be finding a position.
I think managers in general, while not totally irrelevant have less relevancy than traditionally believed. I think bullpen management is one of the only areas where they can win or lose a few games over the course of the season. The Tigers bullpens have mostly over achieved during Hinch's tenure. I think a lot of that credit goes to Fetter though.
Not all the no brainer draft picks in baseball work out...
I am not saying he was a great GM. I am just saying that there will likely be a good number of Avila players on the team when they start winning more.
I don't think they'll spend much on position players, but if they trade Rodriguez and Lorenzen, I believe they'll be dipping into the deep free agent pitching pool.
People don't stage large protests in small towns because they wouldn't have any impact. It's also not always easy to get there. There is typically no public transportation into small towns.