I’d say time to put him on the management track. He’s got charisma and a helluva lot of knowledge, along with a solid Chip that he had a whole lot to do with getting, so players are going to listen and learn from him. He’s one of the last winning pitchers you would call both an ace and a workhorse for the majority of his career; he kept Cleveland relevant throughout the 00s and almost carried Milwaukee through the playoffs by himself before he came over and tag-teamed with AJ Burnett(!) to win the last WS for the Yanks. He deserves a role in the organization befitting his contributions and his presence, just not on game days anymore. Being a big pitcher, I’d hoped he had a lasting effect on Betances (and maybe he has); as much as they’ve talked about resting guys, it sure seems a lot of guys have hit a wall. CC was not about that in his prime, and that’s something that shouldn’t be ignored or go to waste.

But I kinda figure he and Cashman will keep two-stepping with year-to-years until either he says enough or a minor leaguer shows enough to not be ignored and they trade/release him.

Game thread’s on the next post >;)

As for Boone, I was a Bam Bam guy last offseason and I haven’t really backed off of that too much. He has lots of coaching experience and has been part of championship teams as a coach and manager in the WBC. Plus he had the Yankee pedigree, it was like a homecoming for a prodigal son. In light of that, choosing Boone was like getting hit in the face with a slushball in the August heat. He fits well into the latest managing fad and he has a winning personality apparently, but it just comes off as hollow observing as a semi-casual fan.

The team seems to be winning more games despite themselves which ultimately is a bad thing in the long run, because they will ignore the flaws until they are too big to handle and too late to replace; ie trading for Andrew McCutchen three weeks after they should have gotten him. The likelihood of them playing less than .500 ball would have been much less than with Shane Robinson playing the black hole in the lineup. Just quite a few nagging little annoyances with sub-optimal (heh) decisions that turned out pretty much the way you would expect, but can’t justify because the mathematics said otherwise. The only justice is in hindsight.

All that to say, no matter how things turn out this post season, the team can’t go into 2019 with the roster as presently constructed, certain coaches included; not if they want to relive their last dynasty run. And I’ll reiterate what I said before the season began, I hope Boone turns out to be more Bruce Bochy than Bob Brenly. But then, we had Bam Bam ready to do that!