Nice revisionist history. I've repeatedly given AA credit for the Wells trade, for fleecing Billy Beane on the Donaldson trade, and for bringing in Tulo. But the Napoli trade, the Mets trade, the Marlins trade, the Price trade and the Gibbons hire were all disasters, and his approach to free agency was incoherent. One minute, a hat was literally being passed around the locker room so the players could help pay for Ervin Santana, because any contract above 1 year/$0 was "bad value" to AA. (Somehow, paying in prospects for washed-up old players was "good value," though.) The next minute, AA was blowing $82 million on Russell Martin's choking ass. And let's also not forget about how he let Encarnacion walk to Oakland, only to luckily be able to bring him back. Overall, he did more bad than good for this franchise, and we're still dealing with the consequences.