I think his reputation exceeds his ability in some instances (i.e. our pitchers aren't nearly as aggressive as they should be in going after the zone, and they never have been in St. Claire's tenure), but you have to credit the man for consistently having such a patchwork pitching staff with which to work and making the most out of it. He's done surprising things with very marginal players.
i'll give you the "marginal players" but i'd still like to think that our pitchers can be smarter