Comments on: Tigers announce minor league staffs http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/11/tigers-announce-minor-league-staffs/ News, views, and analysis on the Detroit Tigers and baseball Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Coach Jim http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/11/tigers-announce-minor-league-staffs/#comment-25407 Coach Jim Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:53:24 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/11/tigers-announce-minor-league-staffs/#comment-25407 Coaching and managing is by far the hardest aspect of baseball to measure or quantify. Players, by contrast, are very easy to measure. Brandon Inge got a hit in 25% of his at-bats and Carlos Guillen was successful 32% of the time. Like we discussed a few days ago, fielding is likewise stat-measured. There are no statistics that measure a manager or coach's success though. To folks watching TV it seems easy to make a lineup and change pitchers when they loose effectiveness, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. How do we know if a coach did a good job teaching technique? Also, it seems minor-league coaching is different than major-league coaching, and success at one doesn't indicate success at another. Minor league coaches are mostly about instruction. "Here's how to throw a changeup; here's how to hit an inside fastball." Whereas major league coaches are mostly about scouting. "This pitcher always throws a slider in a 1-2 count." That's why we may not see Leon Durham as the hitting coach in Detroit. He seems to have great success getting guys on track with their swing, but major-league hitters should already be on track. What we need at the major league level is someone that can get Marcus and Magglio to lay off the low-outside slider with 2 strikes. Coaching and managing is by far the hardest aspect of baseball to measure or quantify. Players, by contrast, are very easy to measure. Brandon Inge got a hit in 25% of his at-bats and Carlos Guillen was successful 32% of the time. Like we discussed a few days ago, fielding is likewise stat-measured. There are no statistics that measure a manager or coach’s success though. To folks watching TV it seems easy to make a lineup and change pitchers when they loose effectiveness, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. How do we know if a coach did a good job teaching technique? Also, it seems minor-league coaching is different than major-league coaching, and success at one doesn’t indicate success at another. Minor league coaches are mostly about instruction. “Here’s how to throw a changeup; here’s how to hit an inside fastball.” Whereas major league coaches are mostly about scouting. “This pitcher always throws a slider in a 1-2 count.” That’s why we may not see Leon Durham as the hitting coach in Detroit. He seems to have great success getting guys on track with their swing, but major-league hitters should already be on track. What we need at the major league level is someone that can get Marcus and Magglio to lay off the low-outside slider with 2 strikes.

]]> By: Sam http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/11/tigers-announce-minor-league-staffs/#comment-25274 Sam Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:36:25 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/11/tigers-announce-minor-league-staffs/#comment-25274 Are the Whitecaps moving??? -Sam Are the Whitecaps moving???

-Sam

]]> By: Brian Dukeman http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/11/tigers-announce-minor-league-staffs/#comment-25246 Brian Dukeman Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:22:51 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/11/tigers-announce-minor-league-staffs/#comment-25246 Walbeck deserves it. I was able to watch him a couple of times with the Whitecaps. Of course, I don't know what I am going to do now with no minor league team in Battle Creek. Walbeck deserves it. I was able to watch him a couple of times with the Whitecaps. Of course, I don’t know what I am going to do now with no minor league team in Battle Creek.

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