Nostradamon
We're on the cusp of the baseball season, and a thousand questions arise. Let's toss out a few. Has there ever been a great manager who began as a pitching coach? Is the Red Sox pitching rotation 'fixed'? Should the Sox keep Jackie Bradley, Jr. at the big league level? Time heals all heels? What will David Ortiz bring to the table and when? Who will overachieve and who will underperform? John Farrell brings two years of managerial experience and a .475 winning percentage with him. First, managerial performance follows talent, and the Jays weren't great. However, you can name the great contemporary managers who were pitching coaches in a nanosecond. Highly regarded Bud Black was the NL Manager of the Year in 2010 with San Diego, but he's not headed to Cooperstown anytime soon. The definitive article is here . Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz had great Spring Training and that matters. Jackie Bradley, Jr. did, and it doesn't. Huh? Whether Farrel...