TDUbbz1984 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Is everyone coming back, do we keep some and get rid of a few? Any rumors out there? I would really like Sandy Alomar Jr. on this team, but it would never happen. Thoughts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 I could see Super Joe McEwing being promoted to Bench Coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Hire Barry Bonds as hitting coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 02:12 PM) I could see Super Joe McEwing being promoted to Bench Coach. I wonder if he would want to move on after being passed over for the top job. Â Trying to use logic, if everyone were coming back, I think they would have said something. There are going to be some changes IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qmoe1020 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Cooper is the only lock, I'm sure, and I could see McEwing on the bench also. I'm not sold on Steverson- too many bad approaches at the plate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (Moe @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 02:24 PM) Cooper is the only lock, I'm sure, and I could see McEwing on the bench also. I'm not sold on Steverson- too many bad approaches at the plate! Hawk says Steverson says the right things during BP but when the game starts, the players abandon what he was telling them. At the event I was at, RH did say they knew the team would be OBP challenged, but did seem disappointed that no one really got to the high end of what they were projecting, so I do think Steverson's seat is pretty hot. Edited October 4, 2016 by Dick Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Jack29 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 02:28 PM) Hawk says Steverson says the right things during BP but when the game starts, the players abandon what he was telling them. At the event I was at, RH did say they knew the team would be OBP challenged, but did seem disappointed that no one really got to the high end of what they were projecting, so I do think Steverson's seat is pretty hot. Â Yeah, if Hawk said that in public, Steverson is probably as good as gone. That's also a pretty damning thing to say about the players, and I hope that Renteria changes that culture. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 QUOTE (oldsox @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 02:19 PM) Hire Barry Bonds as hitting coach. Â I'm so down with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 QUOTE (oldsox @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 02:19 PM) Hire Barry Bonds as hitting coach. Â Don Mattingly said he would quit the Marlins if Bonds was back at hitting coach. That is a pretty clear statement that whatever ability he has as a hitting coach can't cover for Barry's personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 02:52 PM) Don Mattingly said he would quit the Marlins if Bonds was back at hitting coach. That is a pretty clear statement that whatever ability he has as a hitting coach can't cover for Barry's personality. Â Â I heard Bonds was pretty motivated in the beginning, but as the season progressed his commitment waned and he was hardly ever there. I think Barry probably got bored. Edited October 4, 2016 by Chet Kincaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 02:24 PM) I wonder if he would want to move on after being passed over for the top job. Â Trying to use logic, if everyone were coming back, I think they would have said something. There are going to be some changes IMO. Â Agreed. Hahn said they'd address it later in the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qmoe1020 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 04:14 PM) I heard Bonds was pretty motivated in the beginning, but as the season progressed his commitment waned and he was hardly ever there. I think Barry probably got bored. I think Bonds was only committed to one thing. That what made his head literally and figuratively bigger, and the "records" that followed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 I think that McEwing is gone and that he goes to another team that is currently cast in a better light (like the Braves) as a Bench Coach. Â With the exception of Coop, I do want to see new blood in the dugout but a case is to be made for Severson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd_city_saint787 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 06:43 PM) I think that McEwing is gone and that he goes to another team that is currently cast in a better light (like the Braves) as a Bench Coach. Â With the exception of Coop, I do want to see new blood in the dugout but a case is to be made for Severson. Â I'd love to hear that case be made. Â If anything, I'd rather have Sparks be promoted. Read a few positive things about the way Sparks worked with Abreu and a few other guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsoxhurt35 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 (edited) I'd love to steal away Omar from Detroit as bench coach. Not sure what his title with them is and if it's possible. I just have dreams about Vizquel working with Tim Anderson 24/7 like he did with Iglesias. I do want some fresh faces in here on this staff, especially the hitting coach and bench coach. Too much underachieving to keep most of this staff. Edited October 5, 2016 by SouthSideSale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 (edited) The org., not the manager, picks the pitching and hitting coaches. Â Steverson doesn't seem like a bad coach to me. But if they aren't listening to him, whether his fault or not, I suppose they have to look elsewhere. Edited October 5, 2016 by GreenSox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 QUOTE (GreenSox @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 08:05 PM) The org., not the manager, picks the pitching and hitting coaches. Steverson doesn't seem like a bad coach to me. But if they aren't listening to him, whether his fault or not, I suppose they have to look elsewhere.  Severson was brought in to implement a org wide system. Look at how much White Sox prospects have been doing at the plate, look at Tim Anderson for example. Severson deserves credit for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsoxhurt35 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 So what are some replacements for Stevenson? One could be Raul Ibanez. They loved him in KC IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 07:15 PM) I'd love to hear that case be made. If anything, I'd rather have Sparks be promoted. Read a few positive things about the way Sparks worked with Abreu and a few other guys.  Look at Sox prospects/young players (position players) before Severson got here and after he got here. Guys like Anderson, Thompson. Look at how Eaton has gotten better each year under him and look at the minors and how better position players are doing here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsoxhurt35 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 08:33 PM) Look at Sox prospects/young players (position players) before Severson got here and after he got here. Guys like Anderson, Thompson. Look at how Eaton has gotten better each year under him and look at the minors and how better position players are doing here. Why are they tuning him out then? That seems like a new rumor to me. Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 09:31 PM) So what are some replacements for Stevenson? One could be Raul Ibanez. They loved him in KC IIRC. Â He'd be a great guy to have on the staff. Has also been linked to some managerial jobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 09:35 PM) Why are they tuning him out then? That seems like a new rumor to me. Just curious. Â I am not in the clubhouse but I haven't heard that they were tuning him out anywhere. But the results are there and in his favor. Edited October 5, 2016 by Joshua Strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 09:35 PM) Why are they tuning him out then? That seems like a new rumor to me. Just curious. Â Maybe the vets are tuning him out who think they know everything already (Frazier, LaRoche, Navarro, Lawrie, etc.) Â Saladino, Melky, Eaton, Anderson, Navarez, Abreu have all been mostly positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 11:29 PM) Maybe the vets are tuning him out who think they know everything already (Frazier, LaRoche, Navarro, Lawrie, etc.)Â Saladino, Melky, Eaton, Anderson, Navarez, Abreu have all been mostly positive. Â Veterans develop habits and those are probably hard to change when the season is started. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd_city_saint787 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Gonna throw out a name here to get some thoughts......Manny Ramirez. He was signed on as a player/coach with the Cubs the year Rick was over there.....He would bring some energy and I think guys would really listen to him when it comes to hitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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