12-15-2016, 12:21 PM
(12-14-2016, 11:57 AM)kevin Wrote: He took over a Florida Marlins team that was in last place, fired their manager, hired him and in same season he turned around the last place team and won World Series with pretty much the same players who were in last place the first few months. I don't know where you get that they were great in last place and manager just fired.
McKeon inherited a team with
Catcher Ivan Rodriguez...10 time All Star who would go on to be selected four 4 more All Star games.
1B Derrick Lee....coming off a season where he hit .270 with 27 HR and 98 RBI,
2B Luis Castrillo....coming off an All Star season where he hit .305 with 48 SB,
3B Mike Lowell....coming off an All Star season where he hit .276 with 24 HR and 92 RBI
SS Alex Gonzalez....Former All Star ('99) who was still just 26 years old.
OF Todd Hollandsworth...coming off a season where he hit .284 with 16 HR and 67 RBI in just 430 AB.
OF Juan Pierre....The previous 2 seasons he hit a combined .308 with 93 SB and 198 runs scored
OF Juan Encarnacion.....coming off a season where he hit .271 with 24 HR and 85 RBI
And his number one utility man off the bench was rookie Miguel Cabrera who would go on to become one of the greatest hitters of his era. He drove in 62 runs in just 314 ABs.
McKeon was handed a loaded lineup full of All Star quality players. They were that good before he arrived.
