Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Exactly Does A Front Office Do During The Postseason?
02 Oct 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.
There's no human being on the planet I'd rather be talking to more than Eddie Romero right now.
Chapter 2: What insights does Eddie Romero provide about front office roles during the postseason?
That's a fact. So thank you for joining me and I'm fascinated by what a front office does during the postseason because There's a lot of you around. More than usual, that would be fair to say. Okay. But you've been through a lot of post-seasons. That's a testament to you. But also, you've been around a lot of different iterations of what it's like, and I don't know if it's changed. Right.
What is it like?
First of all, it's a privilege on my end. Oh! Thank you. That's a first. But, no, you know, I think it's kind of what you would imagine. Like, a lot of... daily conversations amongst our group, the coaching staff, Alex, trying to find any kind of like smallest advantage.
Platoon, lineups, you know, like anything that you could think of, things that, you know, taking notes during the games that we discuss post-game the next day, those are the things that are kind of like the busiest parts. Like at this time of year, there's obviously other things going on within the departments and like scouting and player development, but
I'd like you to say it's hard to focus on those things, right? So the majority of the day is spent on what can we do? What are we missing? Is there anything else that we can do to win tonight's game? anything up against the wall and see, kind of get the feedback on that. But that's mainly what it is. Mainly it's like, what is the advantage? What did we learn from last night?
What can we do tonight before the game, pre-game, preparation-wise, what was noted? And those are conversations that are ongoing constantly.
So is it not necessarily like you're designating, so you watch for this, you watch for this, but it's sort of a collective of we're all watching this, let's all get together and just compare notes?
Yeah. Yeah, well, I mean, I think during the game, especially like we'll watch the game together. The majority of us will watch the game together and we'll take notes during the game. And from there on, you know, like I'll have a couple of things to chat with, like checking on Ramon or Flo or Huddy, you know, like, hey, just happened to catch today's, happened to catch that.
What would you guys train of thought during, you know, making X decision? Why not pinch hit this guy, pinch hit this guy? And those are things that we discuss. And then at the right point, then we'll bring it to them and hear their, where their, their train of thought is. But, um,
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Chapter 3: How does the front office collaborate with coaching staff during playoffs?
That's crazy.
I mean, just think about, like, New Newcastle. Nunez was, like, platooning. And, I mean, there's a lot of, you know, with every team, it seems more than ever that you guys obviously platoon a lot, but there's a lot of bobbing and weaving your way through it.
This isn't, like, this rollout. Yeah, and at this time of the year, you know, like... Obviously, we know what the percentage plays are, what makes the most sense, but it's also you do want to factor in some level of gut feel and how the guy's doing and can he handle the moment or not. Those are some subjective elements that do have to be considered given what's at stake.
I see you guys around and you just simply don't see this many front office people out in public in the same place. Is there that element of Almost being able to breathe a sigh of relief. Not a sigh of relief, but your responsibilities change. You just said this, right? Sure. So to get together and like, okay, now we get to be around the game.
You don't have to deal with a lot of maybe the minutiae. You have to deal with it in day-to-day. Is there that sense this time of year? I mean, I think... Or does it change?
it's just like it happens organically you know it's a good focus and like all of a sudden like um you know for the clubs that are lucky enough to get into the playoffs you know this is kind of like you bear down on kind of what's most important and you don't want to leave any of your secondary responsibilities you're obviously maintaining those but you know hopefully by the time that one o'clock comes around you've kind of gotten those out of the way so that you can focus on these things you go back to your notes like hey i want to make sure to touch on these things uh later in the day and you know we're lucky we have a very unified group here and um you know during this regular season either one or two of us you know make the trips
But now, I think we all make the trips together, and it's fun. It's a lot of banner that goes on, good, bad, nervous, excited. And it's funny because, fortunately, I've been here for a couple of championship runs. The things you kind of remember from our end are those celebrations, the conversations that we have in-game.
Since we're not on the field, those are the things that we kind of reflect on. So, yeah, hopefully we have some more of those this year. What was your first clubhouse celebration? That was in 07. The Royce Clayton celebration. Oh, well, I don't remember that. Yeah, that was a good one.
But that's what people also don't understand, probably, is that you guys are in there, but it's sort of like you're on the outskirts. Oh, sure. Every once in a while, somebody might die.
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Chapter 4: What strategies does the front office use to gain advantages in postseason games?
Pick up the corks off the floor. Yeah, right. That's what we do.
But also, you talk about you have this moment in time where you're worrying, and then all of a sudden it ends, whether it ends in early November or whatever. Right. How hard is it to find, or how hard is it to keep up? So in other words, you've been through World Series runs that go deep. How hard is it to immediately turn the page and all of a sudden do the other stuff?
I mean, you have to. Whether it's easy or not, you have to. And that's why minor league free agency has opened up. Major league free agency we're preparing for. So there's a lot going on in the background. And that's why I said hopefully you can get a lot of that done in the earlier part of the day so that you can just breathe and focus on what you need to right now.
definitely you know like there there are other things going on and we have you know like we have instructional leagues and fall camps going on at the same time and a taxi squad going on you know down in fort myers and and guys that are injured trying to get back to rehab so there is uh there's still a lot going on that you have to stay on top of um again like we have a big staff here that helps we can divvy up the responsibilities and support each other doing that but uh but yeah like once especially now once once four o'clock it's like you know what well good you know yeah you should this
This is good. Oh, yeah, this is the best. Like, you know, we have, you know, some first timers on the staff. And I'm like, this is, you know how fortunate you are to be this nervous at this time of the year? Like, that's a good thing. Welcome that and savor it. Enjoy it. You know, like, yeah, you know, last night's game where everybody is nervous as hell. But that's a fortunate position to be in.
I mean, the shots like going through the years, the shots going back to Theo, the shots of front office guys, you know, he's celebrating and the nerves.
I don't think people understand. Oh, no, we all try to look like super cool and unnerving.
I mean, we are more nervous than anybody, 100%. The last thing is to go back to that Devers Nunez thing about the conversation, maybe with rosters. The roster conversations going into every round is also interesting. The guy who, one of the many, many guys who is going to get a baseball and a boring tattoo if you guys win the World Series, Alex Cora, which by the way...
offers there for you if you want. He's told me about Joe Kelly, the guy, you know, and I thanked him because probably I don't have a career if it wasn't for putting him on the 2018 roster. I'm glad you recognize that. Hey, listen, I know where my bread's buttered. But he said like that there was some thought of not, he didn't have a great September. Right.
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