I don't know what baseball you are watching but he does wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more than other managers.
Edit: that was suppose to be replied to Grants post
With our lack of ability to actually get hits...yes I'd say it's a not good thing. I think I have seen us get less than 5 hits a game more this year than the previous 3 ish years.
I would say so. More moving parts allows for more areas of the windup to be thrown out of timing. As a result, pitch control, velo, spin rate, etc will be effected to varying degrees.