Comments on: Dotel to the Dodgers

By: Joe R

Joe R — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:30:09 +0000

Surprised none of the fangraphs community has bumped this post to further ridicule Ned “will be selling shoes door to door by 2013″ Colletti.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:18:31 +0000

“How Not to Run a Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft” – Dave Littlefield

“How Not to Run a Major League Baseball Rule 5 draft” – Dave Littlefield

By: BlackOps

BlackOps — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:00:33 +0000

People don’t die from weed.

By: 3rd Period Points

3rd Period Points — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:32:08 +0000

and Darryl Kile.

By: jahanzeb

jahanzeb — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:41:55 +0000

Really nice to read your blog keep it up

By: Stu

Stu — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:20:49 +0000

That was a huge mistake by the Buccos

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:29:59 +0000

If a bunch of former or current baseball GMs collaborated to write a book and called it, “The Art of Being a Bad Baseball GM”, I think Ned Colletti could write the chapter on “The Art of Overpaying at the Trade Deadline”. I mean, serioulsy, dude, this is your 3rd straight year of doing this!

(Although maybe the haul for Sherrill last year wasn’t overwhelming, but given what Sherrill has done and the fact that Josh Bell could be a decent young 3B for the O’s for a while–not spectacular, just decent–then yes, it’s 3 straight overpays.)

The chapter on “The Art of Misjudging Your Organization’s True Depth/Potential” could be written by former M’s GM Bill Bavasi, based on that awful 2007-08 offseason that led to the disaster of a 2008 season.

I’ve got more…anyone else want to make some suggestions?! ;)

By: KJ

KJ — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:41:55 +0000

Ray, I think you are missing the point. Dotel is a known quality, a hard throwing releiver with a solid slider but is sometimes inconsistant. Dotel is not the kind of player that is going to likely swing a penant race because middle releivers rarely do. McDonald is relatively young and still has upside although he has not shown it yet (or ever will) but that is a gamble a team like the Pirates should make. Lambo is a very interesting prospect because keep in mind he is 21 playing in AA. There are not many 21 year olds in AA. As a 20 year old (his birthday is in October) in AA Andrew McCutchen put up a .260/.327/.386. Remember, with prospects its not necessarily what they are now but what the can be. One or both of these guys could be good, and that is more than worth a middle releiver.

By: ToddSm66

ToddSm66 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:21:10 +0000

If the Pirates had kept Capps and spent the $4 million or so he would have earned through arbitration, it would have been interesting to see how many of these other bullpen arms they would have also spent money on. I’m guessing not many. Certainly not Dotel.

By: VivaElCid

VivaElCid — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:40:19 +0000

and half of “the Lumber Company”