fire doug melvin
i'm not one to call for the manager or gm every time the brewers lose a few games...i think that is dumb (just like booing your team). but in this case, it is time to move on.
what has doug melvin done? he had a great offensive talent assessor in jack zduriencik and he has reaped those rewards for many years (jack drafted all of the current home grown talent). jack is gone and that is worrisome in terms of drafting. doug traded matt laporta for cc sabathia which worked out ok (to say the least). and he gets lucky with really old veteran players (counsel, edmunds, kapler, etc). but besides that?
- traded carlos lee AND nelson cruz to the rangers for coco cordero, lance nix and kevin mench. then, he didn't re-sign cordero over a couple million dollars in contract dispute but went on to sign eric gagne and trevor hoffman for similar money. mench was servicable but didn't play everyday. and lance nix isn't here any more. meanwhile, nelson cruz is one of the best pure power hitters in baseball.
- grant balfour. electric stuff out of the bullpen and they traded him for seth mcclung. seth couldn't make the team and balfour is a stalwart coming out of the bullpen for the best team in baseball.
- jeff suppan. to be fair, this was attansio's big splash but holy shit he is bad.
- doug davis. nice guy. regressing pitcher.
- bill hall. looks good in a boston uni on milwaukee's dime.
- he has botched the development of matt gamel. he was the envy of most teams just 2 years ago. then he sat on the big league roster without playing. way to go doug.
- jorge de la rosa for tony graffanino. jorge has double digit wins for the rockies the past two years.
he makes too many mistakes for a small market team. hell, he makes too many mistakes for a big market team (how did the rangers do under his tenure?). with the first bullet point as the sole basis, i do not want him orchestrating the enivitable trade of prince fielder.
which, should go down like this:
prince fielder and cory hart to boston
lars anderson, clay bucholz and jacoby elsbury to milwaukee.
i'm just saying.
happy thursday.
what has doug melvin done? he had a great offensive talent assessor in jack zduriencik and he has reaped those rewards for many years (jack drafted all of the current home grown talent). jack is gone and that is worrisome in terms of drafting. doug traded matt laporta for cc sabathia which worked out ok (to say the least). and he gets lucky with really old veteran players (counsel, edmunds, kapler, etc). but besides that?
- traded carlos lee AND nelson cruz to the rangers for coco cordero, lance nix and kevin mench. then, he didn't re-sign cordero over a couple million dollars in contract dispute but went on to sign eric gagne and trevor hoffman for similar money. mench was servicable but didn't play everyday. and lance nix isn't here any more. meanwhile, nelson cruz is one of the best pure power hitters in baseball.
- grant balfour. electric stuff out of the bullpen and they traded him for seth mcclung. seth couldn't make the team and balfour is a stalwart coming out of the bullpen for the best team in baseball.
- jeff suppan. to be fair, this was attansio's big splash but holy shit he is bad.
- doug davis. nice guy. regressing pitcher.
- bill hall. looks good in a boston uni on milwaukee's dime.
- he has botched the development of matt gamel. he was the envy of most teams just 2 years ago. then he sat on the big league roster without playing. way to go doug.
- jorge de la rosa for tony graffanino. jorge has double digit wins for the rockies the past two years.
he makes too many mistakes for a small market team. hell, he makes too many mistakes for a big market team (how did the rangers do under his tenure?). with the first bullet point as the sole basis, i do not want him orchestrating the enivitable trade of prince fielder.
which, should go down like this:
prince fielder and cory hart to boston
lars anderson, clay bucholz and jacoby elsbury to milwaukee.
i'm just saying.
happy thursday.
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