ESPN New York: Omar Minaya To Speak With Sandy Alderson About A Job
There's no harm in general discussion about the organization, but hopefully it doesn't end in a job offer. It's time to move on.
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So you're alleging that Omar is trying to tear JP down so he can have his job? Is that what you're saying?
The only conclusion I can draw from that is that you’re trying to allege that Omar tried to tear JP down so that he could take his position. Is that what you’re saying?
by pkyankeefan on Dec 18, 2010 1:24 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
whut?
You think James is saying that? Why? He doesn’t seem to be saying that anywhere I can see.
FWIW, I don’t have any problem with Omar sticking around if he can swallow his pride and work within a new subordinate role. Something like assistant GM for player development or scouting is well within his skills, if he has the ability not to undercut and end-run his supervisors.
In the best of all possible worlds, maybe,
but in this one? There’s nothing irreplaceable about Minaya’s skill set. At best he’ll be more of a distraction than any other guy filling whatever position he might take with the organization. If the Mets had gotten a little luckier and won 85 games Minaya would still be the general manager. For some strange reason the Wilpons like him and he has influence with them. There’s no way I want him anywhere near ownership. The stake is poised above his heart. Let’s let the mallet drive it home and be done with him.
^^Did everyone else forget about this already?
Okay, and James, you gotta understand this, James, for the past couple of years, has lobby for a player development position.
"It ain't going to be pretty. No fine is going to be big enough. No suspension is going to be long enough." ~Gary Sheffield
by Lance Johnson on Dec 18, 2010 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Thank you!
I honestly thought this was how it would be taken.
by pkyankeefan on Dec 18, 2010 1:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'm only improvising (and mostly quoting) from the whole Adam-Rubin-lobbying-for-a-job saga!
I picked Ricciardi’s name at random. My apologies.
by pkyankeefan on Dec 18, 2010 1:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No apology necessary
I got what you were getting at. Memories seem to be fading around here.
Never Forget!
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by MookieTheCat on Dec 18, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
Question, does Sandy Alderson
do anything else besides staff the front office and fill coaching jobs? All I hear from this guy is all the new front office staff and coaches. And now Omar again?…can he actually make some moves for players? If he wants to be cheap and not spend any money then how about creatively developing a trade that will improve this team?….Ronny Paulino? Diamondback reliever DJ Carrasco? Not good enough Sandy.
How do you know he isn't doing that?
Show your work.
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by Thomas Wachtel on Dec 18, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
you can't be serious
He’s actively negotiating right now to improve his team. And in this I do not stand with the wikileakers – secrecy can be an important element of a strong negotiating position.
It certainly is
I’d much rather have a GM that quietly goes about his business without leaking stuff to the media than th opposite. I’m sick of this team being a circus
by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 18, 2010 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
Not remotely the level of secrecy you're describing.
In fact, it’s counterproductive. It didn’t hurt the Red Sox that everyone knew they were interested in Crawford. Epstein has been interested in Gonzalez for years. They got him, and obviously got him at a price they were willing to pay. The Twins knew the Mets wanted Santana, and the Mets knew the Yankees and Red Sox were also interested, and that didn’t hurt them at all. It would be utterly counterproductive for Alderson to actually be interested in getting a real starter this offseason but to pretend to the world that he wasn’t. Then he doesn’t get the phone calls asking if he’s interested.
It’s clear, at any rate, that he isn’t. Hudson, to cite the example of another position the Mets have a desperate need to fill, was the perfect pickup for the Mets and by all accounts they never approached him. He was cheap, underpriced, and the Mets have no one in the system at all likely to be a 2 win player at 2B by 2012.
This isn’t smuggling nuclear scientists out of the Afghani embassy. It’s very likely the Wilpons and their GM are going to blunder through yet another offseason. And that’s coming from someone who thinks Alderson has been one of the top handful of GMs in baseball.
I completely agree
The stealth and silence approach is great in theory but I suggest impractical when it comes to attracting Free Agents both in the present and the future. In this new sports era of super teams where a Lebron wants to play with a Wade, where a Lee wants to pitch with a Halladay. Why would anyone want to go to a team that virtually shuts itself down in the off season and adopts a hard salary cap stance in a sport that doesn’t demand one? Eventually all these questions will be answered but in my opinion, this extra cautious strategy is a 180 knee jerk reaction that may end up backfiring when all is said and done.
But we don't know
What conversations Epstein had with the Padres or whoever else prior to this being leaked. Controlled releases of information are also a part of the negotiating game, both by the teams and agents, to let other teams know that some competition. Maybe he wants to make the phone calls because he recognizes that trying to trade for a starter this offseason is a bad idea for some reason. I guess I just disagree with you that waiting right now is the equivalent of blundering. He’s plugging some leaks in preparation for a rebuild year. That’s a strategy, notwithstanding that you think it’s the wrong direction right now.
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by MookieTheCat on Dec 18, 2010 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly
We don’t know shit, and for people on here to act as if they do is pretentious and annoying. Especially when it’s brought up in every thread.
by James Kannengieser on Dec 19, 2010 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
You and I can genially and usefully disagree, Mookie,
and I’d be interested in an eventual and fruitful discussion on whether a “rebuilding year” is at all appropriate for a team in the Mets situation.
YOU, on the other hand, James, have been chronically whiny and petulant when even the mildest questions regarding Alderson’s approach, statements, and actions began surfacing weeks ago, so why not try something more productive than mere gainsaying? Your typical move in this regard has been to attack the messenger, and your bombastic claim that “we don’t know shit” when obviously we have a great deal of information is clearly true for you, but it’s inapt to presume to speak for everyone else. As for your kneejerk hostility towards anyone who significantly disagrees with you in matters Alderson, yeah, defnitely pretentious and annoying. Especially when you have to go after every comment. It’s become shrill and approaches shilling.
Sorry you find honest, full-blooded, and specific criticism of a small portion of the general manager’s statements and actions so difficult to take. As for your assertion that that surfaces in every thread, that’s patent nonsense, and you know it. It does deserve to surface in a variety of threads here, because many of the threads have to do with Alderson’s statements and actions. Give him a free pass if you want. I plan to hold him to the same standard we generally held Minaya to. And last offseason, when Minaya fiddled while the rotation burned, he caught hell for it, and rightly so. Alderson is doing the same thing, and the moves he’s failed to make—to date—while many other teams have improved significantly, are galling. We’re watching a team that could easily contend give every indication—both explicity and implicitly—of pissing away an entire season without a fight. If Minaya was having this offseason we’d be screaming for his head. All I’ve really seen Alderson do, to date, is shill for the Wilpons, and his remarks on future budget, as I noted elsewhere, seemed vapid and misinformed.
The problem is
that it’s not honest criticism, as you’re making bold assumptions about what Alderson is or is not doing without having any more inside knowledge that anyone else.
And if Minaya ever had this kind of offseason, we wouldn’t have the mess we do now.
I'm not shilling for anyone or giving a free pass
When Alderson does something I disagree with, I’ll say as much. He was handed a tough situation, and apparently significant payroll limitations (a topic we really don’t know anything about). I like what he’s done so far, in his what, 1.5 months on the job? Omar had a budget last offseason, something in the neighborhood of $20-25 million. He used it pretty poorly and caught shit for it. Alderson apparently doesn’t have that kind of money to work with, and it doesn’t seem like it’s his fault. It might not be anyone’s “fault” for all we know.
Please list all the “moves Alderson has failed to make”. Signing Cliff Lee? Signing Carl Crawford? Congratulations, you’re on the FAN with Adam The Bull. Or tell us what moves you would make as Mets GM. It’s a helluva lot more productive then entering every thread banging the same drum — and yes, that is what you’re doing.
As for you specifically, Jack Str, you’ve treated people in this community quite disrespectfully a number of times. It’s not enough for you to disagree with someone. It’s “I think you’re wrong AND you’re a bleeping idiot”. Here’s a link to my favorite exchange. There are others. It’s always fire and brimstone and nastyness with you.
You go after Alderson over petty and unimportant things — his use of “arguably” when “figuratively” would have been a better word, for example. Seriously? This is what you’re getting your panties in a bunch over. You bitch and moan in every thread about the Wilpons’ failure to spend when you have limited information about that situation. There’s no reason to carry it on and threadjack every post. It’s getting old.
by James Kannengieser on Dec 19, 2010 11:04 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Looking at the free agent signings this offseason
These are the players who have signed that I wish the Mets could have been in on, considering their price:
Randy Choate, 2 years, $2.5 mil
Kevin Correia, 2 years, $8 mil
Tony Gwynn, 1 year, $675K
Aaron Harang, 1 year, $4 mil
Vicente Padilla, 1 year, $2 mil + incentives
Koji Uehera, 1 year, $3 mil
Choate is a LOOGY, whatever. Harang is from SD and apparently wanted to play there. Gwynn is a terrible hitter but great fielder, no big deal. Padilla and Uehera re-signed with their former teams, maybe they liked it there who knows. There isn’t one signing this offseason that I was upset the Mets failed to make.
by James Kannengieser on Dec 19, 2010 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
I agree with this
Exactly what rational moves should Sandy have made?
Sign Crawford to a seven year deal so that we’re better in 2011? That’s what one year contracts are for, and Crawford would have laughed at that.
Make a trade? This is not the best time of the year to make trades because there are few desperate GMs. Wait until other teams get hit with injuries, or are fighting for contention.
The money to spend in 2011 will be the draft and amateur IFAs. The Mets need to stock up on elite talent. That doesn’t mean that we’ll be waiting four years to see the fruits of these efforts. Wilmer Flores, Matt Harvey and Cesar Puello are still at least a year away from the majors, but there are a lot of teams that would gladly accept them in a trade for MLB elite talent. Right now the Mets don’t have the luxury of overpaying with prospects because of the state of the farm system.
If Omar had left the Mets in great shape, where only a few moves could be made to make the Mets solid contenders, he would still be GM.
"The Mets are gonna be amazing!" - Casey Stengel
This thread
So many points being made
When R.A. Dickey was asked Wednesday if he had an opinion on some teammates not going, he said, "I do have thoughts on that. I don’t want to make them public." He said he had not talked to any of the players who did not attend, but noted that he found the experience worthwhile.
"To be able to look a guy in the eye who doesn’t have arms or legs and say, ‘Thank you,’ that’s a big deal," Dickey said. "I take it personally."
Its not like there have been a bunch of deals made that we missed out on
Being prudent not to make poor long term decisions for the team is not a fault IMO. Have there been any trades or signing that you think Sandy has missed out on that would have benefited the team (both this year and the future)? We all knew they weren’t going to be in the market for the big name FA’s and there really haven’t been a ton of trades that have occurred either.
When does prudency turn into incompetence?
Every big market team is going out and filling out their bullpen with former closers and strong relievers. We stand pat with DJ Carrasco and a ton of holes throughout the pitching staff. I love how the company line is that because of Perez, Castillo and Beltran the team cannot make any moves. All those contracts expire next year, you mean to tell me there’s not one worthy FA out there that would take a backloaded contract for ‘12 that can help us compete as soon as next year? Sandy’s selling patience and prudency but he can only sell that for so long before the inactivity begins to rotten the club. Where are the genius moves from DePodesta and Ricciardi? Oh right, JP was the guy who signed Vernon Wells to that great contract – I’m so glad we have this guy in the front office. But then again when we do absolutely nothing, there’s not much to fear…and not much to hope for.
by crazyremy on Dec 18, 2010 7:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Okay, you obviously have a problem with Alderson
You called him the Godfather of ‘Roids. And now your complaining that he isn’t doing anything. The Mets do have limited money. Your expecting him to make a big move. He’s not going to. He’s going to sign a couple more relievers and hopefully a low-pay, medium talent starter. Plus it has been 48 days since the end of the World Series. There are 57 days left until pitchers and catchers. the offseason isn’t even half over. There is plenty of time for him to make moves.
All these former closers and strong relievers are getting overpaid on multi-year deals...staying away from them is a good thing.
The best free agent values are found later in the offseason 99% of the time. Why don’t you relax and let the offseason play out before making snap judgements. We’ve made two relatively solid cheap signings, and it appears we’ve had a really good rule V draft.
by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 18, 2010 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
exactly right
Signing mostly cheap arms that look like they’ve been unsuccessful but have a good shot based on scouting is the right way to build a bullpen. Overspending and giving multiyear deals to veteran “closers” only seems smart to casual fans who are, let’s be honest, judging primarily on reputation and name recognition and SAVEZ.
Minus the excess you're making an excellent point.
Why the general attitude is, ’let’s accept the Wilpons version of their finances, and trust that their approach to building the team is a reasonable one even as they piss away the benefits of a new stadium by standing pat’ is beyond me. There is literally no other .500 team in baseball whose fanbase wouldn’t be screaming blue murder if the GM was saying, don’t expect us to make any significant moves this offseason. Particularly if the GM was of a team in the largest market in baseball.
We can believe
whatever we want about the Wilpon’s finances, but wouldn’t you agree that giving multi-year deals to relievers is bad business? If we signed Matt Guerrier to a 3 year deal like Agent Ned, wouldn’t you be upset at Alderson for spending foolishly?
What's that about?
But what does sitting around and doing nothing accomplish?
I’m all for the “don’t overpay for crap” approach, but you can’t just set a limit for your own contracts and ignore the market.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet
Exactly
and that is the sentiment that I’m feeling from the club and from the new front office which i do not agree with. It seems that now we are so intelligent and so refined when it comes to acquisitions that we can just live in our own little bubble, let all of our multi-year contracts expire and scoff and belittle the Jayson Werth contracts of the world while the Nationals get better and we just stay the same. But we will shop for bargains and work the racks for a Chris Young or a Jeff Francis, just so we can look like smart shoppers and save the Wilpons a buck or two. I’m certainly willing to let the off-season play out but where we stand here today a week away from Christmas, I’m not very hopeful.
When Syler and I agree on something
that suggests that something has something going for it.
It’s simply not a question of either making deranged moves (although several of the multiyear deals for relievers have been sensible) or no moves at all. That’s a false opposition.
The current market sucks
and next year won’t be better.
The best thing to do is to wait until the season starts, and other teams get desperate.
"The Mets are gonna be amazing!" - Casey Stengel
I've never argued for signing relievers long term
and my informal AAOP (not that I would have expected you to read it, it was a response to one of ogre’s posts) said exactly that. What I vigorously object to is punting a year there’s no reason to punt. Not you specifically, Brian, but the acceptance of a lost year to come is utterly galling to me as a fan.
Making irresponsible contract signings because the money is there is foolish
That’s part of the reason why we have a new GM.
"The Mets are gonna be amazing!" - Casey Stengel
Ok...
Who do you want to sign? What can be done this year besides hoping the team performs?
"Can't anybody here play baseball?"
by The Duda Bides on Dec 19, 2010 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
Hard to tell who your addressing that to...
and I don’t know why the search engine won’t turn up my informal AAOP proposal, but trading for a solid starter (Garza and Shields were smart targets in several AAOPs), the best we can get, and particularly one under contract for several more years, makes enormous sense. Then picking up someone like Kevin Millwood, a FA whose peripherals were solid, makes additional good sense. The rotation is thin. It’s essential to beef it up. I would have grabbed Hudson to fill the gaping hole in 2B. He signed a very reasonable deal (almost a steal, acc to fangraphs). Josh Willingham was available for a bag of balls. The Mets 4th OFer might well get 100 starts this season, and Willingham would have filled that role perfectly, and also would have made dealing Beltran for the right package a move that wouldn’t have created a hole in the OF.
It’s a good year to try to squeak by on cheap relievers, Alderson is good at that and I like the Carrasco pickup a lot. Relievers are also generally available as June and July roll around and teams fall out of races, so if you’ve guessed wrong in your offseason moves you can address that at least as readily as any other wounds on your roster.
Nothing wrong with your suggestions
Just how do you know that the Mets aren’t calling around looking for starters since Lee signed? I guess that’s my biggest problem with the “We’re doing nothing” crowd. The only moves by most teams have been the big 3 contracts and a bunch of middle reliever overpays. I’m just willing to wait a little longer before bitching that we have Boof and Chris Young in the starting rotation.
This sounds reasonable.
I think Hudson will give about the same production as certain in house players (eamus, turner?). And I don’t think there’s any way the they pull in a solid starter. The farm system just isn’t that good. None of our prospects are going to blow anyone away. It hurts but we may have to wait awhile to be a competitive team, which will mean a depth of talent throughout the system.
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by The Duda Bides on Dec 19, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
Garza and Shields are not smart targets
Tampa Bay will extract a premium for those non-elite pitchers.
"The Mets are gonna be amazing!" - Casey Stengel
Aside from Garza/Shields, who I'm far from convinced we could get,
that’s a fine plan, I suppose. Now how do you know we aren’t trying to do all of those things? Unless you have a mole you’re not telling us about, I don’t see “standing pat” as a valid complaint at this juncture. The fact that there haven’t been any leaks about activity doesn’t prove a lack of activity, just a “loose lips sink ships” mentality and a lack of motivation to have a strategic leak (it doesn’t prove that either, but the evidence is a lot stronger).
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by Thomas Wachtel on Dec 19, 2010 6:38 PM EST up reply actions
Equipment manager is still an open position, right?
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I don't think so
The latest rumor is Sandy’s working overtime on filling that spot – we should hear breaking news close to midnight EST – a “while you were sleeping” kinda thing.
As part of Alderson's plan to bring bloggers into the fold
He should hire Omar as a liaison to bloggers, starting with Amazin Avenue.
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
But Omar is fungible.
In case you don’t know what fungible means, it’s a term that we use to describe a person who is unique. Omar is fungible, or unique, which is why we will offer him a job.
Er, actually ....
Fungible means easily substituted or interchanged with something else. If you feel Omar is fungible, it means the Mets can easily and quickly replace him. Fungible is the exact opposite of unique.
Honestly?
You need to lower your expectations.
by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 18, 2010 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen.
Did he take it back the next day or something?
I bet Jerry Manuel just bunted.
This is why mike is so fat, hes constantly eating his words
Well done youtube commenter
"Can't anybody here play baseball?"
by The Duda Bides on Dec 19, 2010 1:00 AM EST up reply actions
Bahahahahahahh
This is one of the funnier exchanges I have ever seen. Reading the first post I was wondering what meathead he was quoting sarcastically, then brooklynlou comes in with the correct definition, then I get my answer: Francesa. I should have guessed.
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Dec 18, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
Stev from Bayside was on the air, too. Heh.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 19, 2010 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
I think moving on is probably best, but...
the fact that he was a terrible GM doesn’t mean he couldn’t do a good job in scouting. If he’s off in Latin America and away from the major league team, then’s probably not such a big deal.
"I think Murdertron makes a good point though."
You just lobby for Omar so you can continue to use that avatar
by Stephen Schmidt on Dec 18, 2010 5:52 PM EST up reply actions
Hopefully he will be far enough away
That no one knows of the terrible job he did with the Mets and his bad signings, or else some clever one-legged Ecuadorian farmer with access to baseball information from the states will be the beneficiary of a 3/36 deal to engage in ass-kicking contests for the Mets.
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Dec 18, 2010 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
Problem is what's in his head ...
I doubt they cut Omar loose. They’ll probably make him ride out his contract. He may not be helping the team but if he leaves he can hurt it. In his head are probably the names of a dozen or so kids the Mets have been keeping an eye on in the hopes of signing them. If they let him go, disclosure agreements aside, those names go with him.
Hmmmmmmmmmm brooklynlou
I think you might be on to something here. I hear that there are some prospects in Nunavut that merit a gander. I think he should be stationed there.
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by MookieTheCat on Dec 18, 2010 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
We don't want those guys anyway
Omar is terrible
When R.A. Dickey was asked Wednesday if he had an opinion on some teammates not going, he said, "I do have thoughts on that. I don’t want to make them public." He said he had not talked to any of the players who did not attend, but noted that he found the experience worthwhile.
"To be able to look a guy in the eye who doesn’t have arms or legs and say, ‘Thank you,’ that’s a big deal," Dickey said. "I take it personally."
Yikes, yeah
His role should be the guy who, when “Paul’s computer” spits out the name of a prospect, goes to take a look at that prospect. No numbers in terms of years or dollars should ever pass through his lips.
"I think Murdertron makes a good point though."
Omar had his years with the Mets
His time is done. Unless he comes up with some ingenious way to trade Perez for Grienke or something, I don’t want him back.
The Royals need a lefty starter.
In lobby for: Jaime Cevallos, Zack Lutz, orange unis
The Unwritten Rules of AA
If I remember correctly (I'm OLD), Gil Hodges was "traded" to the Mets....
to become manager for a pitcher named Bill Denehy and cash in 1967 from the Washington Senators. Perhaps Alderson is meeting with him to see if he’d like to end up with the Nationals in exchange for a relief pitcher and $1.99 for the front office coffee fund?
Omar back to the Expos?
This makes all kinds of sense, no snark involved at all.
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by MookieTheCat on Dec 18, 2010 6:37 PM EST up reply actions
There is no way that Omar is a good enough scout to warrant remaining in the organization
I think it’s important to just cut ties here and move on.
ERA
Doesn’t tell you anything! :P
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by MookieTheCat on Dec 18, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be fine with "Director of International Scouting"
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When R.A. Dickey was asked Wednesday if he had an opinion on some teammates not going, he said, "I do have thoughts on that. I don’t want to make them public." He said he had not talked to any of the players who did not attend, but noted that he found the experience worthwhile.
"To be able to look a guy in the eye who doesn’t have arms or legs and say, ‘Thank you,’ that’s a big deal," Dickey said. "I take it personally."
I think we should trade Omar to KC for Mike Montgomery
so he can’t continue the Contest with Dayton
by secret defense on Dec 19, 2010 12:51 AM EST reply actions
this has been an exceedingly entertaining thread
kudos to all concerned.
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by Jamesir Bensonmum on Dec 19, 2010 8:39 AM EST reply actions
Not for the Cyclones...
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 19, 2010 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
I take solace in the fact that the organization can claim that.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 19, 2010 7:05 PM EST up reply actions
He can be Sandy's Robert Gibbs
Excellent communication skills. Also part of his duties, continue scouting players formerly part of the Expos organization.
When R.A. Dickey was asked Wednesday if he had an opinion on some teammates not going, he said, "I do have thoughts on that. I don’t want to make them public." He said he had not talked to any of the players who did not attend, but noted that he found the experience worthwhile.
"To be able to look a guy in the eye who doesn’t have arms or legs and say, ‘Thank you,’ that’s a big deal," Dickey said. "I take it personally."
Staying flexible is hard
To be a really good baseball GM, you have to acknowledge and constantly deal with uncertainty — be constantly ready to reassess what you thought you knew about a given player in the light of new evidence or new analysis. If you have trouble dealing with the need to make decisions amid all that uncertainty, it’s massively tempting to think you could shortcut the process by evaluating players once and then “liking” them for the rest of their careers. The problem is, players age and change for good and for ill, the market value of their talents changes, and so does the competitive environment.
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