The Brewers announce that they have exercised their 2015 option on manager Ron Roenicke. They also added a 2016 option to his contract, MLB.com's Adam McCalvy tweets. Roenicke is heading into his fourth season as the Brewers' manager, compiling a 253-233 record in his first three seasons. He led the Brewers to a 96-66 record and a playoff berth in 2011, but the Brewers fell to 74-88 and fourth place in 2013.
Roenicke, 57, had an eight-year MLB playing career with the Dodgers, Mariners, Padres, Giants, Phillies and Reds. He has also served as a coach or manager in the Dodgers, Giants and Angels organizations.
Love this hes been great for the crew and stability allows him to coach his way without fearing someone over his shoulder
If he heads North with Lyle Overbay as his 1st baseman and Rickie Weeks starting at 2nd, he won’t make it to the trade deadline. He brings a lot of positives but his emotional attachment to players who are essentially retired like Mark Kotsay is crippling. Ideally there should be an organizational overhaul, but Melvin isn’t big on taking responsibility and I’m not sure what Attanasio will do.
So…exercise his option just to put him on the trading block at the trade deadline for roster moves that will largely be the responsibility of the higher ups in the organization?
Managers aren’t traded, they’re fired. If the team is struggling and below .500 around midseason do you think anything will happen? Kotsay and Overbay may be largely the responsibility of Melvin or not. Roenicke claims to have significant input. He waxed endlessly on how awesome Mark Kotsay was and even played him in CF. I’d guess that if he wanted Francisco it would happen. Regardless, even if Melvin was more responsible, like I said, his M.O. is to use the stat department to come up with a spin on why Suppan or Hall or Yuni or Weeks or Bush are smart and successful moves.
Apparently my other post was deleted, but…
I meant to say “…on the cutting block by the trade deadline…” based off of your original comment (Although they can technically be traded)
Kotsay was on the roster as a capable pinch hitter/extra outfielder and veteran presence for a contending team (and did quite well). Overbay may still make the roster for his defensive prowess (since Francisco, Reynolds are pretty brutal), but the smart move for the Brewers would be to gamble on the potential of Francisco (vs rapid decline of Overbay).
Not sure what your point of bringing up the rest of Melvin’s signings are when Yuni is the only one relevant to this situation (and even then he was hitting over .400 in ST and ended up carrying the team in the first month of 2013).
The trade deadline is a time, one where teams are making decisions about their future. Melvin says they can’t have a slow start and has already planned out what prospects to trade. I ask again, if the team is out of it, do you think there will be any actions by ownership or management?
Its a stretch to say that Kotsay was even mediocre. If the team wasted a roster spot for something like “veteran presence” the coaching staff and management are failures.
Overbay isn’t good defensively any more. He’s really old. Condemning the others as brutal is hyperbole.
I brought up Melvin’s method of using his stat department to come up with spin to defend obviously bad decisions. All those players are relevant. No matter how bad his decision turns out to be he will have a spin that says he is wise.
Good news. He is a very non-flashy, under the radar coach which fit well in Milwaukee. At the end of these 2 years Brewers will know if they need to go shopping again but I’m sure he will be there longer than that.
Stupid move.
No reason to do this at this point. All it does is limit their options.
They can fire him at any time. It just seems like Melvin has a credit card to Attanasio’s millions and is having fun with it.