Quote from TatisJr on October 30, 2019, 12:26 pm

I’ll be pissed if Balsley is shown the door. The guy is the best pitching coach I’ve ever seen. His record of success over the years and the amount of pitchers that have credited him with their success is all the evidence an idiot should need. My favorite part of going to ST and hanging around the Peoria complex has been listening to Balsley working with the pitchers. He’s very soft spoken and can be difficult for fans to hear, but trust me the guy  is as good as we homer fans like to think. He is a pitching guru! He’s worked with most of the young pitchers in the organization and they not only respect and trust him, but they love the guy.  If Tingler/Preller don’t want him around it will be a major mistake and raise some alarm bells.

Quote from 3fingersplit on October 31, 2019, 12:21 pm

Darren Balsley would have a job as a pitching coach elsewhere before the end of the day. Preller and Tingler haven't won a thing but Balsley has made or saved careers of pitchers that were taken off the scrape heap and somehow seems to turn out a pretty decent pitching staff from starters to closers and everything in between

He has forgotten more about pitching than Tingler and Preller and anybody else in the Padre front office including Trevor would ever know.

That would be a HUGE mistake for the Padres

Quote from Brian Connelly on October 31, 2019, 3:04 pm

Agree re:  Balsley.  His deep but non-threatening (not looking for a Manager job) MLB experience & presence is a huge asset particularly for a newbie like Tingler.

How do you get rid of a pitching coach that helped turn TWO Waiver claims into All-Star Closers in the last 5 years?

I like Glenn Hoffman too, but harder to quantify his contributions to the team; could see a change there to maybe try to move from the past (that name!) to the future?   Maybe a younger INF specialist?

Quote from fenn68 on October 31, 2019, 4:43 pm

Hard to see the logic in moving on for either Balsley or Hoffman ... maybe a bench coach Tingler has a good relationship with bumps Barajas .... maybe Schumaker as 1B coach ... and, of course the annual favorite, a new hitting coach.

Of course we don’t know what is going on behind the scenes .... maybe a retirement or two are being considered and initiating the search (if there really is one).

Quote from Commie on October 31, 2019, 6:57 pm

The disaster that I saw if they hired Tingler is now unfolding with the Dickerson hire.  So for a ML manager AND bench coach of an ML team they now have two guys who never played in the Majors and have no experience running a ML team?  I guess the plan nowadays is to have Toadies and yes men for underlings. Not how I win consistently in my profession. Thanks you coward AJ.  Please leave and take your brownnosers with you (and Kinsler). The slogan for 2020 should be "Amateur Hour - all game, all season!"

The proverbial slow motion car accident is unfolding before our eyes. The driver just got in the car and his girlfriend is about to text him.

 

Quote from fenn68 on November 1, 2019, 4:07 am

Sort of a wait and see on Dickerson ... remember he is just the bench coach.

The “promo” piece on the Padres website suggests some positives:

1. 10 years with Baltimore and, more importantly, most with Machado with whom he apparently as a strong relationship since Machado’s initial signing. If he can get Machado to rebound to his elite production level ... that alone is worth the hire.

2. He is billed as one of the top INF instructors ... and Machado - Tatis - Urias can all benefit from that.

3. 7 years as Balt 3B coach .... so maybe no ML managerial experience but a good amount of ML coaching time.

At 54, not a novice to baseball coaching .... and this is the “bench coach” to help the manager not someone to manage (or worse create some conflict).

As the bench coach, we will never know if he is doing a good job or a bad job.

Quote from Henry Silvestre on November 1, 2019, 4:29 am

Quote from fenn68 on November 1, 2019, 4:07 am

Sort of a wait and see on Dickerson ... remember he is just the bench coach.

The “promo” piece on the Padres website suggests some positives:

1. 10 years with Baltimore and, more importantly, most with Machado with whom he apparently as a strong relationship since Machado’s initial signing. If he can get Machado to rebound to his elite production level ... that alone is worth the hire.

2. He is billed as one of the top INF instructors ... and Machado - Tatis - Urias can all benefit from that.

3. 7 years as Balt 3B coach .... so maybe no ML managerial experience but a good amount of ML coaching time.

At 54, not a novice to baseball coaching .... and this is the “bench coach” to help the manager not someone to manage (or worse create some conflict).

As the bench coach, we will never know if he is doing a good job or a bad job.

Pretty much why I like this hire.. Bringing in Ausmus or other former Manager as your Bench Coach with you being a rook Manager might have been a disater (divide clubhouse as to who is really in charge etc..) Bringing in a longtime mlb coach to do so the way to go..especially with his history with Machado and his excellent work with IF.... I like the hire..

Quote from hoffy51 on November 1, 2019, 5:33 am

Quote from Commie on October 31, 2019, 6:57 pm

The disaster that I saw if they hired Tingler is now unfolding with the Dickerson hire.  So for a ML manager AND bench coach of an ML team they now have two guys who never played in the Majors and have no experience running a ML team?  I guess the plan nowadays is to have Toadies and yes men for underlings. Not how I win consistently in my profession. Thanks you coward AJ.  Please leave and take your brownnosers with you (and Kinsler). The slogan for 2020 should be "Amateur Hour - all game, all season!"

The proverbial slow motion car accident is unfolding before our eyes. The driver just got in the car and his girlfriend is about to text him.

 

The players don't care if a manager played in the major leagues. Just like you boss doesn't care about your grade point average in college. He or she just wants to know if you can do your job. These managers never played in the major leagues: Buck Showalter, Joe Maddon, Jack McKeon, Jim Leyland, Earl Weaver and Hall of Fame manager Joe McCarthy. Dickerson has a great relationship with Manny, so he has instant credibility with the most important guy on the team.

 

Quote from Henry Silvestre on November 1, 2019, 6:55 am

Also Dickerson is fluent in Spanish as well.. #spanishspeakingtrending