If Rocco Baldelli is Fired, Should Nelson Cruz Be the Twins Next Manager?

[FlyingFinn]

No. Cruz has no managerial experience. I want Brian Dinkleman, the manager of the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Whether he gets a bunch of top young prospects, or older non-top 20 players(and has players leaving for Wichita and coming from Fort Myers), he has his teams winning every year and most of the players seem to improve there over time. An outside the box candidate maybe but teamed up with a veteran bench coach, that's my choice.

[Nine of twelve]

2 hours ago, Squirrel said:

Recently? Pete Rose did it, but I couldn't find anyone since him. In the modern era, which I'd describe as after Pete Rose there have been none. I don't think we'd see that again, and doubtful that would be Nelson Cruz. 

I agree; I was just nitpicking your post just because it's what I do.

[Blyleven2011]

If roster is managed properly  the team can win the division and playoff games ...

If is the definitive word ...

I just dont see this team being managed  the right way to succeed  to win against the better teams , we build a solid pitching rotation but ignore the bullpen and lineup , ( traded away 2 decent hitters last off season  ) , replaced them with below average hitters as of now but with better defense  ...

The FO and coaching is not fundamentally sound  in constructing a winning formula  ...

Cruz with no experience in coaching  is not an option as a manager as of now , maybe later ...

Look what an experienced manager like bochy  has done for the rangers  , they too have dealt with injuries and seem to keep winning to hold first place  ...

Experience is very important  and our current FO and coaching  had no experience as head of operations coming into the twins operation  , the twins owners felt a change was needed  and this is the change  we bargained for , I THINK NOT ....

it's how you play the game that counts , those that take a WIN anyway they can get it is only asking for a let down  ....

Quality baseball  wins ,

Quality leadership matters ....

Quality leadership that takes accountability for the construction of a roster ...

 

[msukirbycarew]

I am wondering why I just read this speculative click bait article.  Has Twins Daily become the NY Post, Sun or National Enquirer.  Cruz has no experience and any way to judge him as a managerial candidate and has made millions so I doubt he really would want the headache. I would rather bring Molitor back or hire Senor Smoke to run this team. Crus has had a long career but is not someone who ever won it all so stop overestimating someone who never brought his team or played on one that won it all.

Also maybe he can show us how to roid up and cheat.  I find it funny that he tapped all that power  mid career and was busted for steroids. I will never believe Cruz was clean but only a good cheat.

[jmlease1]

28 minutes ago, Blyleven2011 said:

Look what an experienced manager like bochy  has done for the rangers  , they too have dealt with injuries and seem to keep winning to hold first place  ...

 

Experienced manager or good health from pretty much everyone except deGrom?. Experienced manager or epic levels of spending in free agency over the past two seasons (Semien 7/$175M, Seager 10/$315M, Eovaldi 3/$52M, Gray 4/$56M, Heaney 2/$25M, deGrom 5/$185M)?

Texas is bottom 10 in baseball in players lost to injury and bottom 10 in days lost to injury. They lost deGrom (and Seager has missed some time) but otherwise they're about as healthy as you could expect.

[Squirrel]

1 hour ago, Nine of twelve said:

I agree; I was just nitpicking your post just because it's what I do.

And that's what drives threads off topic. Stick to Cruz not some trivia point that really has little to do with it :) 

[JD-TWINS]

16 hours ago, mikelink45 said:

I have no opinion on this.  It takes a real inventory of needs and options.  We have to have the best available. 

Manager handles pitching changes - in game strategy - etc. …….,,hire him where his experience & strength lies - hitting coach!!!

[JD-TWINS]

2 hours ago, FlyingFinn said:

No. Cruz has no managerial experience. I want Brian Dinkleman, the manager of the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Whether he gets a bunch of top young prospects, or older non-top 20 players(and has players leaving for Wichita and coming from Fort Myers), he has his teams winning every year and most of the players seem to improve there over time. An outside the box candidate maybe but teamed up with a veteran bench coach, that's my choice.

I sure hope guys improve at a minor league stop - may be a good baseball mind - no real opinion here v. Baldelli. Interesting thought.

[RpR]

When Cruz left here, it was like some one hit a switch to turn him off.

Now if he came back, maybe without different universe Sano, it will not be the same?

[Dave The Dastardly]

16 hours ago, Squirrel said:

No way. For many reasons, no. He was let go for good reason, and I don’t want that here.

For which reason do you speak?

7 years experience as a minor league manager; 3 years Advanced A, 2 years Double A, 2 years AAA? A winning record 6 of those 7 years? Lifetime winning percentage of .545? A players' favorite?

“He wasn’t just a coach to most players,” Buxton said. “He was more of a brother to us. He fit in. He’d tell us all the time: ‘Y’all can text me anytime of night. It doesn’t have to be about baseball. It can be about life.’ “

Buxton, who remains in frequent contact with Mientkiewicz, is among 16 current Twins to have played for him in the minors. How did he instill winning ways en route to four playoff trips and two league titles?

“It’s more the character and the energy he brought to the field every day,” Buxton said. “It’s the excitement, the way that he knew how to play the game. He showed us the right way to play the game.” https://www.twincities.com/2017/09/16/byron-buxton-on-fired-manager-doug-mientkiewicz-more-of-a-brother-to-us/

Yep, nothing there for the "Twins Way."

[Nine of twelve]

2 hours ago, Squirrel said:

And that's what drives threads off topic. Stick to Cruz not some trivia point that really has little to do with it :) 

My point WAS about Cruz.

[old nurse]

It is the front office philosophy on how the game is played and taught. Manager isn’t going to change much if the philosophy of the front office doesn’t.