Thanks for the pointer.
There’s a lot lost in the transcription to text, but my instinctive reading of that is in a light that makes it sound like positive leadership to me. And I certainly don’t read it as targeting Herrera in particular, although at the time he might have been the player playing most visibly below the level of his talent.
Galvis doesn’t name names, so +1 for that. In fact, he only talks about “we”. He never says, “some of us”, or “certain individuals wink wink” or any of that nonsense. He ascribes successes and failures to the team as a whole, which is as it should be. He’s not airing dirty laundry.
I also don’t have a problem with Galvis (or Blanco) suggesting things to Herrera to maximize his considerable talent. Just because other players aren’t as talented doesn’t mean they can’t coach. Personally, I have specialized skills that I apply in my day job, and I still get good advice and suggestions from people who can’t do what I do.
Finally, I don’t know that Galvis lobbied the manager to play all 162 games; my memory of it (admittedly dim) is that Galvis said he wanted to play all 162 games, but what player wouldn’t? It would cross over into lobbying if he said “Ya know Pete, I know you want to see Crawford at SS, so why do you play me in CF tonight?” Maybe he did say that, I just haven’t seen it reported anywhere.
I can’t tell if Galvis is a leader or not, or how effective he is, etc., but when any team (baseball or otherwise) is making mistakes, it’s tough to stand up and account for them and do so gracefully and passionately. It seems like that’s what he did.
