tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198630624376615062.post3059882718514607657..comments2008-03-16T19:22:31.843-07:00Comments on HBD Guinness: Coach hiring or just shooting in the dark?Dave McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834603538962330588noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198630624376615062.post-51573983118708370482008-03-10T14:11:00.000-07:002008-03-10T14:11:00.000-07:00I agree for the most part with bierk. As far as B...I agree for the most part with bierk. As far as Bench coaches in the Minor's, if I have a draft where my first 4 picks were all pitchers and they are in High A now, then I will try to find a Bench coach for High A with a very high pitching rating. I mold my Minor League coaches to the players they will be coaching, which players I want to develope, etc.<BR/><BR/>The Fielding coach is very important to me b/c he affects every level, not just the Major league level. Fielding is a position that I will definitely overspend for.<BR/><BR/>I don't worry much about strategy except for my Major league Bench coach and maybe a little on my 1B and 3B coach, but not much. I don't care about strategy for my Minor league Bench coaches, I am more worried about player development at the Minor league level then I am actually winning.<BR/><BR/>That's about it I guess, I value discipline quite a bit along with patience at the Minor League level, not so much at the Major league level.<BR/><BR/>That's my couple cents worth....nfritschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054534651192232500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198630624376615062.post-21017149000885888352008-03-10T13:14:00.000-07:002008-03-10T13:14:00.000-07:00BENCH COACHESI look at the strategy number first (...BENCH COACHES<BR/>I look at the strategy number first (duh) then patience and/or dicipline, but I can't tell you the exact effect this has. At the minor league level I look at hitting and pitching ratings for my bench coaches and try to alternate levels... LoA bench coach with a good hitting rating, HiA bench coach with a good pitching rating, and so on.<BR/><BR/>FIELDING<BR/>From what I understand the biggest impact on fielding ratings at ALL levels comes from your ML fielding coach. So I don't really look at fielding numbers on any of my minor league coaches.<BR/><BR/>BASERUNNING<BR/>Same as fielding. It trickles down from the ML level so I try to get a 1B coach who has solid baserunning AND hitting numbers. My 3B coach has to have a very good baserunning number.<BR/><BR/>Hitting and pitching coaches are pretty obvious. I've heard people make the argument for patience and/or dicipline ratings for ML coaches who have young teams, but I haven't seen any HBD data to support it. <BR/><BR/>There's my 2 cents (ok, so it was more like 2 bucks...) worth.Dave McClainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834603538962330588noreply@blogger.com