It's still in the middle of the year and a lot of season left but I was curious about your thoughts on Silva? Year 5 but a young staff so a lot goes into it. My biggest concern are the percentage of pitchers that either digress or stay neutral under his tutelage since he's arrived. They are better than they were under the Anderson Era but not good enough to ever win anything of significance. I know Childress was a rare pitching coach the college game doesn't normally see either. The Anderson Era shouldn't be the comparison either.
He had a decent resume overall but the results are the results. A couple JUCO pitchers have saved this team in the past and losing out on the JUCO this past off season hurt a lot. I see promise in the freshman but that has been the norm for Silva as well. Only to have many pitchers digress over their careers or stay stagnant. Kubat may be his best overall story regarding a non JUCO guy and even he struggled down the stretch.
I also know hitting doesn't always help but the offense has had one down year (2015) where as the pitching has had one good year (also 2015 ironically enough). I also feel a poor decision to move Howell to the starting lineup is also a "let the chickens rule the roost" type of decision.
Hearing a lot of the older guys didn't put in as much work in the offseason not only shows but makes me question what the expectations were to begin with?
After all of that rambling I'm curious what your thoughts are? I'm sure I may be reading to far into some things but I've played and watched a lot of baseball on every level and this is bad, even for a young pitching staff. Especially if you look at their high school accolades.
Thoughts?
He had a decent resume overall but the results are the results. A couple JUCO pitchers have saved this team in the past and losing out on the JUCO this past off season hurt a lot. I see promise in the freshman but that has been the norm for Silva as well. Only to have many pitchers digress over their careers or stay stagnant. Kubat may be his best overall story regarding a non JUCO guy and even he struggled down the stretch.
I also know hitting doesn't always help but the offense has had one down year (2015) where as the pitching has had one good year (also 2015 ironically enough). I also feel a poor decision to move Howell to the starting lineup is also a "let the chickens rule the roost" type of decision.
Hearing a lot of the older guys didn't put in as much work in the offseason not only shows but makes me question what the expectations were to begin with?
After all of that rambling I'm curious what your thoughts are? I'm sure I may be reading to far into some things but I've played and watched a lot of baseball on every level and this is bad, even for a young pitching staff. Especially if you look at their high school accolades.
Thoughts?