A number of BCB readers have suggested, not just this year but in the past, that when I issue grades for the players at midseason, I should also rate the manager and coaching staff.
Truth be told, I just don’t know enough about many members of the coaching staff to assign a grade. How is Dustin Kelly doing as hitting coach? Well, you don’t hear much about him, which is probably a good thing. In general, hitting coaches get too much blame when teams are hitting poorly and not enough credit when they’re hitting well. After Sunday’s loss to the Cubs, the Yankees fired their hitting coach Dillon Lawson.