All depends on how quickly and how dramatically Tulo declines becauses Reyes was definitely a write off at this point. Hard to imagine Tulo being as bad.
Well everyone's just grasping at straws at this point. I like Hurl's story about the Yan Gomes joke. I'm as comfortable with that as any other explanation really.
That actually prompted me to research it. Apparently it comes from a character who was named after milk toast so it comes full circle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Milquetoast
I think AA's perception of loss of autonomy simply comes from Shapiro having more baseball acumen than Beeston. That was bound to happen with any decent Beeston replacement unless that replacement was AA himself.