According to Buck Showalter, load management isn’t just an NBA issue.
In at least one specific instance, the former Mets manager didn’t like the suggestion, as he suggested during his time at Queen’s that players “would be penalized for playing too much.”
“I love when they talk about load management,” Showalter said Tuesday, apparently referring to members of the front office. When appearing in “Foul Territory”.
“We had a guy who hit a triple and two doubles, and they came in and said he probably needed a day off because he was running around the bases too much. So what do you say to him? Or don’t take the hit so I can play the next day? I didn’t really understand that. I said, “Okay, Brandon Nimmo, you did too well last night.” So please tell them I won’t be playing today.”
There was a game last September where Nimmo hit a double and a triple, and he played the next day.
Showalter, who was fired at the end of last season when the Mets hired new director of baseball operations David Stearns, continued to say he was “sensitive” to the data presented to him by the analytics staff.
But the veteran baseball mind also advocated a proper balance between information and the “heartbeat of the game.”
“They show you a lot of things, but in the dugout in the eighth and ninth inning, knowing what’s going on with your opponent mentally, knowing what’s going on with your opponent emotionally, Sometimes things can be very different,” Showalter said. “You know what’s going on on and off the field. There are so many factors that go into it. I mean, the best players I’ve ever dealt with are the ones who accept the rest. They bring things that I can’t bring to the table, but the coaching staff brings things that you can’t bring just with experience.
“The best organizations like Texas State saw a great example. Their general manager [Chris Young] Although he attended an Ivy League school, he played the game.and their manager [Bruce Bochy], there’s a great relationship there. Everyone on the team meshes and respects what each person brings to the table, and no one is made to feel uncomfortable in the locker room. ”
