Rockies seem serious about Jason Giambi becoming their next manager

[Pine Tar]

It would seem that the Rockies are seriously thinking of making 41 year old, Jason Giambi the next manager of the team in 2013. Well there are serious about interviewing him. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/j...ving-giambi-as-a-serious-managerial-candidate.

The Rockies are in search of manager, since Jim Tracey resigned after the team lost 98 games and only winning 64 in the 2012 season. Tracy just decided it was time to move on with still one year on his contract.

Tracy was promoted from bench coach to manager in May 2009. He was voted the NL Manager of the Year that season after guiding Colorado into the playoffs.The Rockies went 294-308 under Tracy.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8475417/colorado-rockies-manager-jim-tracy-resigns-record-losses

Giambi has been in the bigs for 18 season, the last 4 of them with the Rockies, and was limited to only 60 games, this past 2012 season due to a sports hernia.He holds a career .280 batting average, with 429 home runs in a career that began with Oakland. He also seemed to want to return in 2013 with the Rockies, but it maybe as their manager instead of a bench player.

Giambi, obviously has no managerial experience, but does seem to be a good mentor for the young ball club. So making him the next manager, would really seem to go against the grain as how teams select their next Skipper if you will, for their ball club, when they are in need of a new one. Since most teams look for experience as well as time in the league on the Minor or even the Major league side as either a bench coach, special assistant or past skipper of a ball club.

So, for now it may to early to make him the next skipper of team, since there seems to be others out there, in the likes of Tony Pena, Tim Wallach just to name a few. Who have more experience and knowledge of the game on the non player side, then Giambi has now. Although sometimes, you can find the right fit in your own back yard so to say, when you look at in house candidates Those that have great clubhouse presence, and Giambi seems to fit in that aspect.

So maybe the Rockies, will take the leap, and make Giambi their next skipper of a club that truly needs to find a identity next season and hopes to be competitive again, in the NL west. But for now, the search for the first piece of that identity continues.

 

[DeliciousBacon]

Giambi can't be any worse than Bobby Valentine.

 

[Pine Tar]

Giambi can't be any worse than Bobby Valentine.

So maybe the Rockies, are thinking of making Giambi the Manager since if you go with experience like Bobby you could get someone who is off the deep end.

 

[ballerskrip]

I believe teams saw the Success of Robin Ventura and Mike Matheny and realize you don't need a re-tread off the scrap heap.

 

[MojoDan]

I believe teams saw the Success of Robin Ventura and Mike Matheny and realize you don't need a re-tread off the scrap heap.

That is why I reallllly want to see Dave Martinez get the Red Sox gig.

 

[kerryfan5]

Maybe there hitters need a new strength and conditioning coach to. I heard Bonds was looking for work. I lost respect for Giambi when he put up huge numbers on the "juice" just like the rest of the juicing era.

 

[ccouch (Chad)]

The Rockies aren't going to be able to get anybody with substantial experience or any of the supposed "up-and-comer" types (Wallach, Ausmus, etc) as long as they want to proceed with the half-brained idea of having Asst. GM Bill Geivett have an office in the clubhouse and have input into day-to-day lineup and roster decisions.

 

[Pine Tar]

The Rockies aren't going to be able to get anybody with substantial experience or any of the supposed "up-and-comer" types (Wallach, Ausmus, etc) as long as they want to proceed with the half-brained idea of having Asst. GM Bill Geivett have an office in the clubhouse and have input into day-to-day lineup and roster decisions.

True. From what I read this was one of the main reasons Jim Tracey left. He was not a fan of the 4 man rotation nor did he like to use pitch counts for some of the players. So if the Rockies go with Giambi it would appear they have a yes man then?

Things changed for Tracy on Aug. 1 when Geivett, the assistant general manager, was given an office in the clubhouse and began focusing on roster management, particularly as it related to the pitchers, and evaluating the coaching staff. Tracy's responsibilities were narrowed to game management and meeting with the media.

Geivett said that structure will remain in place next season but he said he didn't think that would be an issue in his search for a new manager.
In addition to altering their front office, with general manager Dan O'Dowd refocusing his attention on the minor leagues and player development while Geivett focused on major league operations, the Rockies last summer adopted a radical four-man rotation and a 75-pitch limit for two months.
Geivett said the Rockies will return to a traditional five-man rotation next season with pitch limits determined on a case-by-case basis, "although I don't think we'll ever go back to the days of 120 pitches."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...07/rockies-manager-jim-tracy-resigns/1618671/

 

[ccouch (Chad)]

True. From what I read this was one of the main reasons Jim Tracey left. He was not a fan of the 4 man rotation nor did he like to use pitch counts for some of the players. So if the Rockies go with Giambi it would appear they have a yes man then?

Things changed for Tracy on Aug. 1 when Geivett, the assistant general manager, was given an office in the clubhouse and began focusing on roster management, particularly as it related to the pitchers, and evaluating the coaching staff. Tracy's responsibilities were narrowed to game management and meeting with the media.

Geivett said that structure will remain in place next season but he said he didn't think that would be an issue in his search for a new manager.
In addition to altering their front office, with general manager Dan O'Dowd refocusing his attention on the minor leagues and player development while Geivett focused on major league operations, the Rockies last summer adopted a radical four-man rotation and a 75-pitch limit for two months.
Geivett said the Rockies will return to a traditional five-man rotation next season with pitch limits determined on a case-by-case basis, "although I don't think we'll ever go back to the days of 120 pitches."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...07/rockies-manager-jim-tracy-resigns/1618671/

Yes, I think that they fully expected Tracy to come back but under a much different set of parameters than that under which a normal manager would operate. He walked away from $1.4M because he didn't want to be that guy.

Tracy definitely wasn't in favor of the 4-man rotation. He never said it, but it was easy to read between the lines.

The Rockies seem to be of the mindset that they need to think outside the box to succeed, when the reality is that they need to properly build the franchise from the minor league system up. They have had so many misses in the top rounds of recent drafts, and it is killing them. And yet nobody holds Dan O'Dowd accountable...

 

[TNP777]

I don't his contract situation, but Brett Butler has MLB managerial dreams and is coming off winning the AAA championship in Reno. I'd love to see him get a look somewhere.

 

[Pine Tar]

I don't his contract situation, but Brett Butler has MLB managerial dreams and is coming off winning the AAA championship in Reno. I'd love to see him get a look somewhere.

Could be a good choice and then maybe J bomb could be a bench coach then.

 

[AmishDave]

That is why I reallllly want to see Dave Martinez get the Red Sox gig.

I wish Slapstick would get a chance SOMEWHERE to manage ...

 

[Pine Tar]

I wish Slapstick would get a chance SOMEWHERE to manage ...

Yes Davey should get a chance somewhere Maybe Boston LOL