1A) I also recognize that a baseball season is a long season, with a lot of factors, and the manager isn’t everything that’s good or bad about a season. Injuries to Cal Raleigh, JP Crawford (3x), Matt Brash (2x), Gabe Speier, Brendan Donovan (more than 90 games missed), Randy Arozarena, Julio Rodriguez, Bryce Miller, Cooper Criswell and Carlos Vargas all add up. They are all important, in the same way that injuries to Trey Yesavage, Shane Bieber, Jose Berrios, Bowden Francis, Anthony Santander, Daulton Varsho and Addison Barger have impacted the Blue Jays team that beat the Mariners in the ALCS.
