Article: The Merits of Mientkiewicz and Molitor

[Benchwarmerjim]

Are people 100% sure Molitor is going to be an old school, bunt/hit-n-run/, etc type manager?

 

This article from January

http://m.twins.mlb.com/news/article/66545260/hall-of-famer-paul-molitor-preparing-for-role-as-twin-coach

 

Molitor has already got a head start on positioning, as he met last week with Sean Harlin, the club's Major League video director, and Jack Goin, the club's manager of Major League administration and baseball research, to learn more about the club's video system and the advanced defensive statistics available for infield shifts.

The Twins haven't been a club that leans heavily on shifting aggressively in the past, but Molitor believes that baseball is trending that way and that it can help the Twins, especially given that the club has several ground-ball pitchers.

 

 

To me, that says Molitor is willing to learn new things. I know the Twins didnt shift to much, or not as much as they wanted to coming out of Spring Training, this year but I think that comes from the fact the Twins pitcher allowed oodles of hits and that takes away from shifting opportunities. I'm not a smart enough baseball mind to know if that is true or not, but it what makes sense to me.

Edited October 5, 2014 by Benchwarmerjim

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MLB Trade Rumors report that bench coach (and former Bucs manager) John Russell will likely be interviewed when the O's are done playing. 

[Steven Buhr]

Are people 100% sure Molitor is going to be an old school, bunt/hit-n-run/, etc type manager?

 

This article from January

http://m.twins.mlb.com/news/article/66545260/hall-of-famer-paul-molitor-preparing-for-role-as-twin-coach

 

 

To me, that says Molitor is willing to learn new things. I know the Twins didnt shift to much, or not as much as they wanted to coming out of Spring Training, this year but I think that comes from the fact the Twins pitcher allowed oodles of hits and that takes away from shifting opportunities. I'm not a smart enough baseball mind to know if that is true or not, but it what makes sense to me.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Molitor would be open to using any information available to him in order to improve his team's chances of winning.