[lex24]

Agree on Lockard. She’s impressive.

As for fans blaming the manager when the Giants are terrible this year, that seems hard to fathom. Anyone who follows the team knows the roster is lousy and the emphasis is stocking the farm system with more talent. After years of trading it away and not developing it, the Giants have a gap of 2-3 seasons where they just don’t have enough talent to effectively compete. They don’t have it on the field or the mound.

No matter your feelings on Kapler, he’s well suited to developing young players who have yet to become established major leaguers. Maybe when the Giants become competitive they will need a manager with a different expertise, or maybe Kapler will develop into an effective one as the talent on the roster improves. But the idea that fans will blame the manager for all the losing the team will do in 2020 seems a product of having an axe to grind against Kapler than with the actual realities of the team’s competitive position.

Blaming the manager is hard to fathom?  To quote John McEnroe- “YOU CANT BE SERIOUS.”  The manager almost always gets blamed. Fair. Or not.  

But you miss my point. Which is that a Kapler comes in with a couple strikes against him. Some are going to be looking for any excuse to send him on his way. He won’t make it past 2021.

By the way, what do you base your statement that he is well-suited to develop young players that have yet to become proven major leaguers? I don’t recall him doing that at Philly. I recall him failing.

[lex24]

Agree on Lockard. She’s impressive.

As for fans blaming the manager when the Giants are terrible this year, that seems hard to fathom. Anyone who follows the team knows the roster is lousy and the emphasis is stocking the farm system with more talent. After years of trading it away and not developing it, the Giants have a gap of 2-3 seasons where they just don’t have enough talent to effectively compete. They don’t have it on the field or the mound.

No matter your feelings on Kapler, he’s well suited to developing young players who have yet to become established major leaguers. Maybe when the Giants become competitive they will need a manager with a different expertise, or maybe Kapler will develop into an effective one as the talent on the roster improves. But the idea that fans will blame the manager for all the losing the team will do in 2020 seems a product of having an axe to grind against Kapler than with the actual realities of the team’s competitive position.

Blaming the manager is hard to fathom?  To quote John McEnroe- “YOU CANT BE SERIOUS.”  The manager almost always gets blamed. Fair. Or not.  

But you miss my point. Which is that a Kapler comes in with a couple strikes against him. Some are going to be looking for any excuse to send him on his way. He won’t make it past 2021.

By the way, what do you base your statement that he is well-suited to develop young players that have yet to become proven major leaguers? I don’t recall him doing that at Philly. I recall him failing.