Earlier today I graded the Royals’ performance. Among the most damning critiques I gave was of Ned Yost’s handling of the lineup:
I am a firm believer that the manager’s primary job is to keep a team focused and showing up every day. Generally, if you’re not hearing rumblings of discontent from the players the manager is doing his job. Lineup building is overrated at best; it’s like the title to a college essay. It has to fulfill certain functions but beyond that, any extra flare adds very little to it.
That being said, if you wrote a college essay entitled, “Fartmaster69’s Paper to Tell You How to Chug PBR Like the Bestest Champions 5evar” then you might get a failing grade based on it, alone.