Managerial poll

[Mex17]

I like this better than the "Joes only" poll.



Including what I think to be are realistic options but leaving out Maddon since he seems destined for Anaheim.

[nymr83]

In guessing McEwing, because he will be the cheapest.

[Farmer Ted]

Edgardo Alfonzo, please. Where's the "other" button?

[kcmets]

Girardi, Showalter and Baker will want more say in what goes on than the

baseball-genius Wilpons will be willing to surrender.



What the hell, pencil me in for Edgardo.

[ashie62]

Other, Alfonzo or David Wright

[Edgy MD]

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In guessing McEwing, because he will be the cheapest.

[LWFS]

Beltran's not a realistic option?

[HahnSolo]

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Beltran's not a realistic option?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Fonzie, if I'm not mistaken, has experience limited to a terrible team in Brooklyn

[Guest 41Forever]

Help me understand the support for Giardi. Didn't he have a rep as a wound-too-tight, one-blown-save-away-from-a-stroke kind of guy in the Bronx? I saw him mentioned as an option for the Cubs, but I otherwise don't see a lot of interest out there for him, especially compared to Maddon.



What am I missing?



Tracky makes it sound like they are taking a hard look at Beltran, but I don't see how they give it to a guy with no managerial experience again.

[Frayed Knot]

Girardi's 'tightness' (pressure?, intensity?) is probably more a long term problem than a short one, something that wears a team/media down over time. And he did last 10 years in the Bronx following his

one year stint for a goofy owner in Miami where he got canned after winning Manager of the Year (for whatever that's worth).

Showalter is a different kind of guy from Girardi but carries a similar type of rep where his voice starts to wear thin after a while as guys get tired of hearing him, but it's not like he was getting bounced

early either: four, three, four, and nine seasons at each of his stops.



But those same traits can also be a short term boost to a club, and if Brodie and the brass think they have a win-now club ...

[Guest 41Forever]

Makes sense!

[HahnSolo]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Fonzie, if I'm not mistaken, has experience limited to a terrible team in Brooklyn

They did win the NYPL championship this year. So yeah, he's limited to Brooklyn but not all terrible.

[Lefty Specialist]

Espada. I know almost nothing about him but four things stand out.



1) He works for AJ Hinch in Houston, and Brodie and Hinch are very tight.

2) He'll come cheaply, so the Wilpons will like him.

3) He's not a name that will be battling for control of the headlines like Girardi or Showalter would.

4) He has no Yankee history like the two above.



But I'm not making the decisions. They'll probably go with a 'safe' choice like Girardi and regret it.

[Mex17]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Espada. 4) He has no Yankee history.

You mean other than his stint as Brian Cashman's Special Assistant and the major league team's infield/third base coach?

[LWFS]

2 of the three confirmed interviewees aren't here.