Whats easyer to manage the NL or the AL in MLB?

Question

Whats easyer to manage the NL or the AL in MLB?

Answer 1

Much easier to manage in the AL.  You don't have to worry about close games when the pitcher spot comes up, double switches that force your pitcher to bat.

Answer 2

it's tougher to manage in the nl because there's more pressure to juggle the lineup with the pitcher in the batting order...but it's tougher to win in the al because there are more good teams there

Answer 3

Not everyone agrees the NL requires more strategy.

"I'm not an advocate of the Designated Hitter Rule; I'm only an advocate of seeing the truth and telling the truth. What the truth comes down to here is a question of in what does strategy reside? Does strategy exist in the act of bunting? If so the Designated Hitter Rule has reduced strategy. But if strategy exists in the decision about when a bunt should be used, then the DH rule has increased the differences of opinion which exist about that question, and thus increased strategy...[the research shows] that there is more of a difference of opinion, not less, in the American League." - Bill James in The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (1986)

"Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that very reason (having the designated hitter). In the National League, my situation is dictated for me. If I'm behind in the game, I've got to pinch hit. I've got to take my pitcher out. In the American League, you have to zero in. You have to know exactly when to take them out of there. In the National League, that's done for you." - Jim Leyland [13]

Answer 4

al because you dont have to pinch hit for the pitcher

Answer 5

The AL is easier to manage.  All it is over there is a game of power.  The NL is much more strategic.

Answer 6

When it comes to offense it is much easier to manage in the AL. because you don't have to worry about your pitcher getting out and sacrificing him when necessary.

But when it comes to pitching it is way easier to manage in the NL. This is because the time to pull your pitcher is pretty much made up for you, when they come up to bat in a late inning, especially when your team is down a run.

That is also why the NL needs the DH, (although i have no respect for any player who is strictly a DH, like Ortiz) because it is unfair to the pitcher who often gets pulled before they should or injured by a wild pitch.

Answer 7

the NL is easier, the AL is the tougher leage and everyone knows it, the playoff races are usually a lot closer especially in the AL East (the toughest division in baseball.)

Answer 8

The AL is easier. The NL has to worry about every position, and getting pitchers to bat. This also means having to get more, good pitchers because they might get injured while batting or running.

Answer 9

im going to be completely honest and say i cant give hardly any credit to american league managers, with the DH, they hardly have to do anything but go by the book.

Answer 10

In AL you can make the 9 position players line up and stay with it the whole game. In NL the manager has to keep the pitcher's spot in the back of his mind each and every inning, so he can make double switches and he is forced to use more than just 9 hitters. I have to say that NL is harder because it requires a lot of strategy and the use of more hitters from the bench.

Answer 11

AL because they have the DH...NL you have to decide when you want to pinch hit for the pitcher.

Answer 12

AL is much easier. All power no strategy. In the NL, you have the pitchers batting and you have to do double switches and mess with the lineup all the time. Pinch hitters are often in the NL and just in all, more work to do by the manager.

Answer 13

AL for sure, you don't have to worry about the pitchers spot....i like the NL b/c is more strategic with the pitcher stop and double switches, and having to make decisions that can impact the game greatly in a blink of an eye

Answer 14

AL. Managers don;t have to worry about pinch hitting for the pitcher or double switches. At one point this season, the A's didn't use a pinch hitter for something like 28 days.