Ag_07 said:
Playoff Dusty is an absolute stud
Which begs the question...
What's the biggest discrepancy? Regular season Dusty vs playoff Dusty or Home Astros vs Road Astros
The MLB radio guys were talking about this the other day.
They asked the question: would John Schneider of the Jays have left Eovaldi in with bases loaded 0 outs in G2? The answer was no chance. Schneider is 100% an analytics guy and he would have looked at the numbers and spot and taken him out. Because that's what he does.
The comment about Bochy and Dusty was that they both look at analytics but also manage by gut/feel and experience. And that old school style led to leaving Eovaldi in. Now the fact that it worked is not evidence that's the way to manage.
They also commented that some managers are just saying "well tye FO and analytics guys say do 'this' so if it doesn't work it's on them. I'm just following their roadmap." Dusty and Bochy are more willing to do what they want and if it doesn't work they will take the heat.
I personally think that playoff Dusty works because he's not over managing like a lot of guys do. He's the opposite of Roberts. Rob Thompson in Philly over manages badly. He's bringing high leverage pen guys in for the 5th and he's gotten lucky twice when his pen was basically down to scrubs in the 9th. IMHO that was his mistake last year against us. He kept using those arms early and when we scored off them he had nobody better behind them.
