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Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S
The largest role a manager plays in the AL is scapegoat. The problems people have with Yost are the same problems 13 of the other 14 fan bases have with their manager.
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"Butler hasn’t always had a heads up when he was demoted or omitted from the lineup, a common courtesy for veteran players of a certain stature. Yost and the coaching staff failed him there, but Butler needs to be mature enough to handle it better."
On this Yost failed. How hard is it to communicate with your players? If your Butler, and your only chance to contribute is your bat, and then you find yourself surprised by lineup demotions or omissions you are going to start pressing and lose focus. Watching Butler this year has been painful, but damn the guy deserves a veterans heads up. The Royals are a strangely ran organization from my perspective.