Why is Price still manager?

[Hoofhearted]

(04-15-2018, 01:35 PM)samhain Wrote: I guess I don't see firing Price as earth-shattering, either.  It's a move they'll make to throw some red meat to the angry fans, but as you said it won't make much difference.

He does need to go, however.  He's supposed to be a pitching-oriented manager.  We've seen very little progress with the young pitchers on his watch over the last 5 years.  Maybe the players just plain suck.  It's a real possibility that's the case. I think we as fans tend to overvalue the Reds young pitching prospects.  In reality, most of these guys aren't all that highly regarded around baseball outside of maybe a guy like Greene. 

Castillo is a future Ace. 

And since he's now the manager, he doesn't get to spend as much time with the pitchers as he would with being the pitching coach. He's in charge of all the areas, so delegation is warranted. I believe they coin this problem as "the peter principle".