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Roger 2
I couldn’t imagine a rebuilding club (Phillies) spending top dollar on a manager.
Brixton G.
“Top dollar” for a manager is 5M. Thats not gonna do anything to the Phillies payroll.
Roger 2
They’d be better served spending that $5 million on an international prospect, a veteran they could try to flip (i.e. Aaron Harang, Jason Hammel, Scott Feldman), or saving that money and spending it later.
Bruinsfan94
Its not like the Phillies are the Rays, they are very wealthy and if Scioscia was on the market, they would make a very aggressive play for him as he is in the elite class of manager.
Roger 2
You’re just stating that they would without giving any reasons on why they would except that they could afford it.
Bruinsfan94
Well you haven’t given any reason why they wouldn’t. Rebuilding means a lot different for the Phillies then low budget teams. He is an elite manager and would be the best one on the market. I would assume the Phillies, Dodgers and Red Sox would all be major players for him.
Roger 2
I stated the reasons why in the first comment you responded to.
The Cubs rebuilding is comparable to the Phillies rebuilding. The Cubs didn’t spend much on a manager during their rebuilding years; however, they did once they were ready to compete.
Bruinsfan94
Well those dont make much sense since the money that a manager cost doesnt factor into payroll as far as the tax is concerned and the Phillies have the capacity to pay the 5 million and sign all the Aaron Harangs of the world you could want. The Phillies rebuilding plan isnt going going to be a decade unless they get a ton of bad luck. Managers are not like players with 5 year primes.
Brixton G.
Its 5 million dollars, they can buy every INT prospect they want, and still afford a good manager. 5M is nothing to them.
flyerzfan12
I look at it the other way around. I don’t see why Scioscia would want to join a rebuilding club like the Phillies.
Steven Garrison
There is no way he opts out of his contract with the angels, Scioscia is one of the top managers in the game I would say top 5.
NoAZPhilsPhan
Rebuilding is exactly the time to bring in an experienced and successful manager. You have two choices, you can start rebuilding and bringing players together through promotion from the minors, trades and free-agent signings and try to get them to gel as a team under one manager. You then yank that manager for another, thereby changing the structure and philosophy the team has been learning to play under as a unit and institute a brand-new structure and philosophy which usually delays the rebuild for another year or two. Your second choice is to bring in the manager that you want to guide the rebuild from the beginning. Unfortunately for the Phillies, by the time Scoscia is available ( if it should happen) they would have no choice but to be in the first scenario.
Vandals Took The Handles
I consider Mike to be the best manager in MLB, just ahead of Bochy.
He has a great mix of Dodger/Branch Rickey tradition while using statistics quietly for over 10 years. He would fit perfectly with Friedman and the Dodgers. Heck, he was being groomed to be their manager until Fox owned them and fired him after managing an AA game one night for no reason other then they wanted to do things their way. If he still has the house in Westlake Village, he can drive home at night instead of staying at his 2nd residence in Orange county.
iku247
I’d put Scioscia in the 8-12 range, up from the bottom 5-10 three years ago when he and his team were more concerned with looking cool than playing good baseball. I’d put Bochy somewhere in the top 5.
Bruinsfan94
8-12? How can you name that many better then him? Scicscia is easy top 5.
Brixton G.
8-12 range?
I have Bochy, Joe Madden, Bob Melvin, Clint Hurdle, Buck Showalter as better. I’d put him 6th.
Vandals Took The Handles
I’ve got Buck up there with Bochy.
Scoscia developed Maddon and has had 3 coaches become ML managers. He is sharp. His problem the past 8-7 years is being given a roster which does not fit with what he wants to do – which (like the Royals) is to play NL style baseball. The past 4 years the owner spent a large part of the payroll on 2 players – Puhols and Hamilton – that can not play Scoscia style baseball. They could have paid 5-7 decent players for what they are paying those 2. Mike would fit perfectly with Friedman
Mark D
He may have helped develop Maddon, but Maddon is easily twice the manager he is.
Mark D
He’s definitely the best at using traditional, kind if boring, NL-only tactics and whining and complaining at umpires – although he’s toned down that a bit in recent years. Angels games were painful to watch 5 years ago due solely to him coming slowly out of the dugout every 10 minutes or so to “chat about the call”..
jdouble777
As annoying as the Astros approach has been I have to admit they know what they are doing which is not easy as we are learning from what is sure to be Cherington’s impending departure.
MrBigEgO
Bochy is the best manager in the game.
Mark D
I wonder if Beane will get an itchy trigger finger and see what the Reds would want for Chapman from the A’s. 4 years of Pomeranz, Bassitt & Wendle? The A’s can not and should not be trotting out the worst pitcher to ever don an A’s uniform in Angel Castro – its disrespectful to the fans.
iku247
The A’s might say no to Chapman for Wendle straight up. They just traded Moss with a lesser salary than Chapman for Wendle. So, Chapman and his salary might net Pomeranz and a scrub prospect.