I think he's getting better at pulling the plug on certain guys (Turnbow, Gagne, Mota, Hall) although his seeming inability to really try anyone else at lead off besides Rickie is kind of annoying. I think it's a great sign that everyone is happy and that after the whole Boston disaster we didn't completely go into the dumps and actually started playing better. I hate to say it, but I think he's improving as a manager. I think a lot of the failures of this team fall on Melvin for not building a better bullpen, for example, than Yost. That said, i'm still not a huge fan.