Comments on: Recipe for Frustration: 2 parts Great, 2 parts Good, 5 parts Suck http://firegardy.com/2009/06/05/recipe-for-frustration-2-parts-great-2-parts-good-5-parts-suck/ Mismanaging games since 2002 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:37:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2009/06/05/recipe-for-frustration-2-parts-great-2-parts-good-5-parts-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2579 sirsean Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:24:19 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=691#comment-2579 <p>I agree. </p> <p>The free-agent/trade market for relievers is a loser's game. The cost is much higher than the value. It's always better to build that from within. Or at least on the cheap (waiver wire).</p> <p>But we have nothing but more Tolberts in the minors when it comes to middle infielders. That is awful.</p> I agree.

The free-agent/trade market for relievers is a loser’s game. The cost is much higher than the value. It’s always better to build that from within. Or at least on the cheap (waiver wire).

But we have nothing but more Tolberts in the minors when it comes to middle infielders. That is awful.

]]> By: FunBobby http://firegardy.com/2009/06/05/recipe-for-frustration-2-parts-great-2-parts-good-5-parts-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2578 FunBobby Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:22:18 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=691#comment-2578 <p>If I recall his job under the old regime was dealing with player contracts and payroll stuff. Not evaluating players. Hopefully there are other people who are still in charge of that, since he isn't qualified to make any real personel decisions. I think the bullpen issue can be fixed internally, while the lineup/middle infield problem probably can't be.</p> If I recall his job under the old regime was dealing with player contracts and payroll stuff. Not evaluating players. Hopefully there are other people who are still in charge of that, since he isn’t qualified to make any real personel decisions. I think the bullpen issue can be fixed internally, while the lineup/middle infield problem probably can’t be.

]]> By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2009/06/05/recipe-for-frustration-2-parts-great-2-parts-good-5-parts-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2577 sirsean Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:19:57 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=691#comment-2577 <p>His strongest suit is hiding.</p> <p>If he hadn't made any trades, we would have gone to the playoffs last year.</p> <p>But while it's not that fair to criticize that with hindsight (who foresaw Delmon becoming the worst player in the league within a year?), I think it's definitely fair to fear him at the negotiating table.</p> <p>"Fine, we'll toss in Valencia and Revere, but you have to promise they won't get good. That's how this works, right?"</p> His strongest suit is hiding.

If he hadn’t made any trades, we would have gone to the playoffs last year.

But while it’s not that fair to criticize that with hindsight (who foresaw Delmon becoming the worst player in the league within a year?), I think it’s definitely fair to fear him at the negotiating table.

“Fine, we’ll toss in Valencia and Revere, but you have to promise they won’t get good. That’s how this works, right?”

]]> By: FunBobby http://firegardy.com/2009/06/05/recipe-for-frustration-2-parts-great-2-parts-good-5-parts-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2576 FunBobby Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:16:43 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=691#comment-2576 <p>There is also the option of making a trade. but Smith has shown that isn't his strongest suit.</p> There is also the option of making a trade. but Smith has shown that isn’t his strongest suit.

]]> By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2009/06/05/recipe-for-frustration-2-parts-great-2-parts-good-5-parts-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 sirsean Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:14:40 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=691#comment-2575 <p>Yeah, I keep waiting for the customer June roster shakeup. I hope dropping Breslow wasn't the extent of their plans.</p> <p>Perhaps the problem is that we don't really have anyone at AAA waiting. We could give Delaney/Slama a go in the pen, and call up Luke Hughes to see what he's got at 2B ... but other than that there's not really much down there. (Except, of course, for Morales. Who we can't call up until Redmond gracefully walks off into the sunset. Why are we only loyal to players who SUCK?)</p> <p>We just need Young/Gomez/Casilla to turn it around. Which they probably won't/can't do.</p> Yeah, I keep waiting for the customer June roster shakeup. I hope dropping Breslow wasn’t the extent of their plans.

Perhaps the problem is that we don’t really have anyone at AAA waiting. We could give Delaney/Slama a go in the pen, and call up Luke Hughes to see what he’s got at 2B … but other than that there’s not really much down there. (Except, of course, for Morales. Who we can’t call up until Redmond gracefully walks off into the sunset. Why are we only loyal to players who SUCK?)

We just need Young/Gomez/Casilla to turn it around. Which they probably won’t/can’t do.

]]> By: FunBobby http://firegardy.com/2009/06/05/recipe-for-frustration-2-parts-great-2-parts-good-5-parts-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2574 FunBobby Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:12:19 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=691#comment-2574 <p>Does the front office have any plans to rectify this problem? and no, spreading out our 4 good hitters over the 9 spots isn't a solution. Its been two months, time to shake things up a bit.</p> Does the front office have any plans to rectify this problem? and no, spreading out our 4 good hitters over the 9 spots isn’t a solution. Its been two months, time to shake things up a bit.

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