Manny Acta is the Indians' New Manager
The Cleveland Indians have hired Manny Acta to be their new manager. Acta was chosen over former Mets manager Bobby Valentine and former Tiger Torey Lovullo, the current manager of the Indians' Triple-A team.
Acta was let go by the Washington Nationals this year, after a 158-252 record as their manager over two-and-a-half seasons. He was also a candidate for the Houston Astros' managerial opening, but turned down their offer, according to the Houston Chronicle.
SI.com's Jon Heyman speculates that Valentine may have wanted to keep working in television, where he's currently an analyst for ESPN.
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See, I told you Torey Lovullo was etched in ceent for the job! :)
by rea on Oct 25, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Buh?
Alright, whatever Cleveland. Have fun with that one. We’ll be competing for the division next year, while you’ll be fighting the Royals for last.
Wedge got handed a bit of a raw deal. It’s not exactly easy to motivate your players when you keep trading your Cy f’n Young winners at the trade deadline, Mark Shapiro.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 25, 2009 5:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Acta is the best tactical manager in baseball
We’ll be feeling this one…
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 25, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Depends if he gets the Wedge treatment
At this rate, Sizemore is gone by July!
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 25, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will not complain
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 25, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree.
I think Acta is pretty underrated because of the woeful Nationals team and with the pieces that Cleveland has he may be able to mount something scary.
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by madpoopz on Oct 25, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What pieces?
I’ve got to be missing something with the Indians sucking it up hard over the last couple years.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 26, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sizemore
LaPorta, Carlos Santana (a catcher in their system), Shin Soo Choo, Perez, Carlos Carrasco, Justin Masterson, Asdrubal Cabrera, Jhonny Peralta.
Hell of a lot more talent than the Nationals had.
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 26, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the Single A Lansing Lugnuts probably had more talent than the Nats did
I sort of see it there between LaPorta, Choo and Carrasco. Peralta and Cabrera to a lesser extent. I have to wonder who of that bunch will get shipped come trade deadline.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 28, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
None- they're all young players
Maybe Peralta
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 28, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Step up for Acta
After the nothing he had to work with the last couple of years, the Indians’ talent will seem like a breath of fresh air for Acta,even if they have sold all the good pitchers off.
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