Yeah, that’s about right.

Again, it brings up the discussion of how much influence a manager actually has on the outcome of a game. In Bochy’s case, I’d have to say a lot, since he starts up with an effed up lineup every day, and won’t give a look to one of the most promising players in the dugout.

If he’s even seriously considered for manager of the year, I’m going to say a curse word out loud.

First, please note that “power ranking” type articles are usually written by people who don’t spend much time with each team and therefore rely on cleverness over substantial insight to get their opinions across.

Second, let’s break down this guy’s complaints:

>>I don’t understand the batting orders, which fluctuate wildly from one day to the next and rarely take into account things like on-base percentage.

Things like OBP are hard to find anywhere on the Giants’ roster. Fred Lewis has a good OBP, but Fred Lewis also plays suspicious defense. Pablo Sandoval has an excellent OBP, but he’s right where he should be. Is this writer complaining about Randy Winn? Hey pal, have you seen Nate Schierholtz’s OBP lately? Bochy doesn’t have much to work with.

>I don’t understand his bullpen management, which combines the ride-your-horses sadism of Joe Torre’s approach with the I-could-care-less surrender of Lou Piniella’s.

Really? What’s the evidence of either, though I suspect the writer just plucked these two fun analogies out of the air.

>I really, really, really don’t understand the decision to keep the organization’s most capable backstop, Buster Posey, stapled to the bench at a time when the Giants lack anything resembling a coherent offense.

Most capable backstop? Does he take into account, say, the need to catch nine innings and throw out baserunners? No, he simply wants to see Posey hit, as we all do. But that doesn’t mean we want to see him become the everyday catcher, which I assume is this guy’s complaint, since he’s talking about Posey in the context of lineups.