The St. Louis Cardinals former outfielder recently complained that his playing time was tied too much to production. In other words, he complained that manager Mike Matheny cared more about whether a position player could hit or get on base and would award those who were producing over those who were not.
If you are like me, you immediately slammed on the brakes at Randal Grichuk‘s comments. My immediate thought was, “well, duh… a manager should play the players who produce the most for him.”
That said, I certainly do not disagree with the following tweet:
Hey, folks, the obvious fact that Matheny is a slave to recent small samples should not be news.