Around Baseball 2014

[Nox]

Ruben Amaro - Bad at everything, including drafting players.

 

http://tangotiger.com/index.php/site/comments/rise-and-fall-of-the-phillies-draft-empire?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

[KingKat]

It's not entirely on Amaro though. From the original article that Tango is quoting:

 

None of this coincides with a perfect narrative of the Phillies’ leadership. The Phillies were still managed by Ed Wade through the 2005 season, who had overseen the great drafts from 1998 through 2003. Gillick replaced Wade in 2006, and Amaro replaced Gillick in 2009. One of the great architects of the Phillies’ successful teams was Mike Arbuckle, but he did not depart for the Royals until after 2008. So, one of the people most often credited for the youth movement that eventually took over the NL East by 2007 was also in a leadership position during the worst of the draft failures.

[Laika]

From the article:

 

The Phillies’ total career WAR among all drafted players from 2004 through 2014 is only 27.8 compared to a league average of 100.0. This is not just league-worst, it is less than half of the second-worst Blue Jays at 60.5.

 

http://www.hardballtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/6a.jpg

 

A quantification of JP Ricciardi's ineptness, mostly. Although a little bit of that is on Alex I suppose. He took over before 2010?

[Nox]

It's not entirely on Amaro though. From the original article that Tango is quoting:

 

Correct. The results are not solely on Amaro. He didn't help though and it's always fun to poke fun at that jackass.

[xposbrad]

With the Miley trade most likely going to happen. Can someone give the projected WARs for Boston's rotation and Toronto's rotation? Is Estrada #5 or is Sanchez at this point? I'm not up to date what the team plans to do because I keep hearing Sanchez is starting in the pen.

[TheHurl]

Estrada. Norris hopefully next in line.

 

I tried to find your posting for the entire season WAR per position can you repost.

[labadee]

 

melky wants MORE

[jaysfan2014]

Wade Miley deal's done.

 

Red Sox get: Wade Miley

D-Backs get: Rubby De La Rosa, Allen Webster, Raymel Flores(?)

 

[Deadpool]

This is a nice move by Lawrie, but it's only going to encourage people like this girl's parents to keep up that ******** YouTube crap...

 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/lawrie-still-giving-back-to-blue-jays-fans/

[jaysfan2014]

Minor trade by the Red Sox:

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/12/red-sox-acquire-zeke-spruill.html

 

No idea on this trade.. Zeke Spruill was garbage in AAA this past year.. this has to be Pawtucket depth.

[Deadpool]

Minor trade by the Red Sox:

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/12/red-sox-acquire-zeke-spruill.html

 

No idea on this trade.. Zeke Spruill was garbage in AAA this past year.. this has to be Pawtucket depth.

 

Any time you can acquire a player named Zeke, you have to pull the trigger...

[King]

Notification on my ipad says twins officially signed Ervin Santana

[GD]

Notification on my ipad says twins officially signed Ervin Santana

 

lol

[labadee]

 

[Muck Bartinez]

The ol' Josh Johnson treatment

[z3r0s]

The ol' Josh Johnson treatment

 

How'd that work out for them! lol

 

f***... I own him in the DDL.

[Daniel Labude]

 

melky wants MORE

 

Id give him 4 years, but as a DH mainly

[jaysfan2014]

The ol' Josh Johnson treatment

 

And we all know how it ended for SD.. TJS and never threw a pitch for them. BTW, Josh Johnson is still a free agent..

[labadee]

And we all know how it ended for SD.. TJS and never threw a pitch for them. BTW, Josh Johnson is still a free agent..

 

obviously the turf at the rogers centre destroyed his career...

[jaysfan2014]

obviously the turf at the rogers centre destroyed his career...

 

No, he was wrecked by the Marlins.. he was already a mess when he was traded.

[labadee]

No, he was wrecked by the Marlins.. he was already a mess when he was traded.

 

Didn't he have a good second half in the last season with the marlins?

[King]

Steve Gilbert ‏@SteveGilbertMLB 12m12 minutes ago

#Dbacks Dave Stewart listed Collmenter, Hellickson,De La Rosa and Webster as penciled in. Competition for No. 5 spot.

 

Ewwwwwwwwwww

[GreekFatAss]

That is one joke of a franchise now.

[Deadpool]

BTW, Josh Johnson is still a free agent..

 

Minor league deal with an invite to spring training?

[Angrioter]

Diamondback starters in terms of being good (approx):

 

Rotation is bolded.

 

Corbin

Cahill

Anderson

Hellickson

Delgado

Collmenter

Nuno

De La Rosa

Webster

 

Really like Delgado kid.

[baseballsss]

Not sure if mentioned yet but Amaro was offering Byrd in a package that cotains howard and his 60 million over 2 years. How much you wanna bet that jackass is asking for the teams top prospects? How did Amaro ever get a GM job jesus

[burlingtonbandit]

Diamondback starters in terms of being good (approx):

 

Rotation is bolded.

 

Corbin

Cahill

Anderson

Hellickson

Delgado

Collmenter

Nuno

De La Rosa

Webster

 

Well when the team is going nowhere record wise, having young guys in the rotation isn't the worst thing.

[reedjohnsonfan]

Lawrie visits fan who was crying over the trade. Cool on him.

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/blawrie13

[Spanky__99]

Lawrie visits fan who was crying over the trade. Cool on him.

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/blawrie13

 

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[burlingtonbandit]

 

Looks like Buster's been in the whiskey all Sat night.