Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais isn’t terrible

Chris Phillips   |  

Sep 4, 2020

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Scott Servais, Seattle Mariners.

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This year the Seattle Mariners’ bullpen has not pitched well. But there is a reason behind Servais putting his relievers in tough situations. He is finding out who are the guys he can count when the Seattle Mariners are competing for the playoffs and title.

It’s 100% unfair for M’s fans to say Servais is dumb for putting in a reliever, and that reliever didn’t get the job done.  Its also unfair to say that X reliever is awful when they’re brought in and fail at their job.

Among the thing he is trying accomplish are:

• Discovering if the reliever can handle the pressure
• Get outs
• See who can get outs when they don’t have their best stuff
• Finding out which reliever he can rely on in crunch time

Also, Servais, is like many of the new aged managers. He uses advanced metrics as a guide to making moves, because of the probability of success.

Next time Servais makes a call to the pen, and the relief pitcher fails, don’t instantly blame the Seattle Mariners’ skipper. The situation called for a relief pitcher to come in and execute. It’s not Servais’ fault if the pitcher fails. The manager isn’t trying to lose. Servais hates to lose. He does what the odds of success suggest he should do. Unfortunately, his moves don’t always work as intended.

I’m not saying that Servais is going to be the next Joe Torre, Tony La Russa, or Bruce Bochy. However once the Seattle Mariners young talent makes it to the show, he might reach that level.

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