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Originally Posted by moon
Not saying that Zaun is the be all and end all but he was on the Jays teams with Gibbons and he said that Arnsberger handled the bullpen and Butterfield handled most of the day to day stuff.
Obviously Gibbons could have had a bigger role than Zaun said or could again get other competent guys to fill those roles but it does raise questions about how great Gibbons is/will be in the day to day handling of the bullpen.
Washington maybe but Leyland must have had the greatest collection of players ever to manage to go to the WS as many times as he has if he is one of the worst managers in baseball.
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In terms of managing his bullpen in terms of who's coming in and out it was all Gibbons. There's a big difference between who handles the day to day stuff of the bullpen, and who gets brought in at certain moments. Amazing that BJ Ryan only got up once and didn't pitch that entire season. AA was with the Blue Jays during that time and spent a lot of time yesterday harping on how good he was with the bullpen.
He also was incredibly savvy in terms of platoons and not afraid to bat Catlanatto and Rios lead off. He is very modern in his approach to managing and it's incredibly refreshing. The same can be said for the handling of his bullpen and the way he turned a lot of relief pitchers into elite relief pitchers with the situations he put them in.
Jim Leyland is the worst. A quick search of the internet will give you more then enough reasoning why Tiger fans despise him and he has made idiotic decision after decision. Lucky for him he had the best pitcher in baseball and two big bats and played in the worst division in baseball. Jim Leyland is a truly awful manager. There might be intangibles we don't see off the field, but in terms of his tactical managing, he is without question one of the worst.