Stephen Vogt is one of the youngest managers in MLB—with the youngest roster—but his Cleveland team is off to a sizzling start thanks to a throwback style of baseball.
are not re-inventing baseball. They are playing a throwback version of it. With the way their hitters put the ball in play and run the bases and how their pitchers thrive with the lowest fastball velocity in the game, Cleveland is to baseball what vinyl is to an audiophile.
“I watch the game and trust my coaches,” Vogt says. “As a manager you know the bullpen and possible pinch-hit situations. That’s really my area. I make little notes on my card that I bring into the game with me for game situations, but outside of that I try to do all of my studying ahead of time.” “Picking the brains of the managers I played for, I asked them a ton of questions. ‘Hey, why did we do this?’ or, ‘Why did we do that?’ And it wasn’t me questioning. I wanted to learn why we did this. They were all great to me, putting up with my questions and giving me good answers.
“That’s the Joe Maddon in me,” he says. “It’s about how do we beat the starter? That’s how we construct our lineup.” Is this style sustainable? Yes, because solid fundamental baseball avoids deep slumps. They are 13–8 against winning teams and 6–2 in extra innings. But the most worrisome Jenga piece here—as for most clubs—is the compound effect of not getting length from starting pitchers. Only the Washington Nationals have had fewer quality starts.
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