Tim Anderson "likes" tweet suggesting Sox need to fire hitting coaches

[Jose Abreu]

If you click the link, the one "like" is Anderson himself. What's funny is that neither of these tweets mention Anderson at all, so he had to have either searched for it or seen it on his own browsing time and decided to like it. 

[Jose Abreu]

FWIW the guy who tweeted it appears to be Carlos Rodon's father in law 

[wrathofhahn]

Blaming the coaching is the easiest thing in the world but at some point we just have to accept who these players are.

[fathom]

Reminds me of a dysfunctional college football program 

[reiks12]

5 hours ago, Jose Abreu said:

FWIW the guy who tweeted it appears to be Carlos Rodon's father in law 

Makes this even worse..

[KrankinSox]

1 hour ago, reiks12 said:

Makes this even worse..

https://twitter.com/chuckpaddock/status/1039269652948574208?s=19

 

He also suggested getting rid of Covey for Cease

[Dam8610]

Wow. Drama has reached an all-time high in the age of the internet.

[Wanne]

I still go back to when Abreu was struggling and he reached out to his former mentor and HE'S the one that got him on the right track...NOT Steverson.  And Steverson tried to jump on board to take make it seem he was privy all along.  pffffffffffffffft.   I'm not overly impressed with Steverson.  I honestly wish we would have hired Kevin Seitzer instead.

[LittleHurt05]

He needs to learn from Kevin Durant and get a burner account.

[Dick Allen]

If people actually thought a hitting coach can take a bunch of hitters and put another 50 points on their OBP, they are nuts. It might work for a guy here or there, but collectively most pretty much are what they are.

We all look at advanced stats, projections and the like. They never seem to be hitting coach or pitching coach dependent. What the Sox need is to acquire hitters capable of higher OBP.

I do think Steverson's time might be coming to an end. It's not like he's had a ton of success getting the one or two guys looking legit, but the fact is, if his continued employment is to get low OB guys and make them high OB guys, he is being set up as the sacrificial lamb.

To be considered good coaches, at some point, they need to be coaching good players.

Edited September 13, 2018 by Dick Allen

[Brian]

We live in a world where it is news when an athlete "likes" a tweet. Take me back to the 90s.

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

11 hours ago, KrankinSox said:

https://twitter.com/chuckpaddock/status/1039269652948574208?s=19

 

He also suggested getting rid of Covey for Cease

So he's just your casual baseball fan commenting on things he has no clue about. Welcome to twitter.

[southsider2k5]

Is this really a thing?  Especially with how easy it is to "like" something while scrolling through your feed?  Is there anything else here?

[Balta1701]

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Is this really a thing?  Especially with how easy it is to "like" something while scrolling through your feed?  Is there anything else here?

Seriously, if you were a public figure for a major company and you "liked" a tweet criticizing your superior or their corporate strategy, don't you think someone is going to ask you about that?

[southsider2k5]

8 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Seriously, if you were a public figure for a major company and you "liked" a tweet criticizing your superior or their corporate strategy, don't you think someone is going to ask you about that?

Probably, and it could be one of two things.  Either he did it accidentally or it means something.  If it is something, I would imagine there is anything more here than a liked tweet.  Seems reasonable to me.  I know it isn't fire and brimstone enough for most though.

[Sarava]

I've figured for the last few months that Steverson getting canned is pretty much a lock. Moncada alone with guarantee that. The investment in him is so great, and you figure they will want to try a different approach.

[Panerista]

On 9/12/2018 at 7:43 PM, wrathofhahn said:

Blaming the coaching is the easiest thing in the world but at some point we just have to accept who these players are.

Not at this point, though.  Not when they're all so young

[kitekrazy]

13 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

If people actually thought a hitting coach can take a bunch of hitters and put another 50 points on their OBP, they are nuts. It might work for a guy here or there, but collectively most pretty much are what they are.

We all look at advanced stats, projections and the like. They never seem to be hitting coach or pitching coach dependent. What the Sox need is to acquire hitters capable of higher OBP.

I do think Steverson's time might be coming to an end. It's not like he's had a ton of success getting the one or two guys looking legit, but the fact is, if his continued employment is to get low OB guys and make them high OB guys, he is being set up as the sacrificial lamb.

To be considered good coaches, at some point, they need to be coaching good players.

 

  I've given up the thought of a hitting coach makes a difference. Dusty Baker use to go through a lot of them.   It's a swing for the fences mentality with younger players. There's no situational hitting.  It's all about individual accomplishments.   Bunting is not glamorous but some made a career out of it.  

[Dick Allen]

I do think it’s taken out of context. If Anderson really thinks the hitting coach is the reason he isn’t hitting .300 with a .400 OBP, that would be a bigger problem than any of this.

[Bob Sacamano]

Theres only so much a coach can do. If he is preaching for Moncada to swing more and he doesn't, who's fault is that?

[he gone.]

In this day and age I'm not sure why teams don't have 2,3,4 hitting coaches. Is there a limit imposed by MLB? Because the way I look at it, you're spending over a HUNDRED million dollars on payroll (in most cases) -- so what does adding a hitting or pitching coach at like $250k? (no idea what they make, but guessing it's not much) mean?

 

I'd rather have Tim Anderson and other players take in advice from multiple sources and then hone in with the one they find most helpful. Yes there is a case of too many voices, but not sure why you can't have more than one philosophy out there.