I look like a schmuck. Whatever. I said the Dodgers would finish fourth, and they did. I said Colorado and San Francisco would be very compe ive, and they were. I said the Diamondbacks had significant boom-or-bust potential and their bullpen busted whatever potential boom they had (find the post in here talking about how they'd have been like a game out had their bullpen been even just league average in converted holds and saves).
Grossly underestimated the quality of the Padres pitching vs. inep ude of the offense and assumed too much health for the Rockies, who seemingly always suffer through injuries, so I should just stop assuming health for Tulo and others.
. You. Webb. Don't let the door hit you on your mentally-weak, lazy ass. Some reports had you barely even trying. Way to steal 18 million for nothing the last two years. You were a potential HOF caliber pitcher with a Cy Young, two runner-ups and a 3rd-place finish, and you couldn't handle the recovery process.
gibson stays
towers dismisses everyone coach but 2
intern gm stats with the team
dbacks will atleast be .500 next year if not better
Which is dumb. Team needs to overhaul their roster. Identify two or three position players and three or four pitchers to keep, then try to trade players while their value is high now (like Kelly Johnson, Montero, Young) or during the season (like maybe Reynolds, Parra, Saunders).
IMO, the only keepers are Hudson, Enright, Kennedy and Drew and Upton. Even the latter two can be had for a "blown away" type of package. They need to build from the ground up, using this draft (two top-7 picks in a high talent draft) and some trades to do things the right way. They were close four years ago, then got impatient. Had they not been so impatient, players like Brett Anderson, Carlos Gonzales, Carlos Quentin might still be Diamondbacks. Each player named is a better player right now than the players currently manning the position.
No more big money deals for the next two years, sell high on veterans limited-ceiling prospects and regroup/rebuild through the draft and acquisition of prospects through trades. In two years, then try some FAs and trades when you know what you've got.
mark is gone
he did not look comfortable trying to bat the way gibson wanted and gibpson said they had thought about it then charged their mind right before he trade deadline
JMarkJohns you think they should spend big money on a closer?
they are talking about get a true ace and a closer
do you know how j parker is doing?
He is suppose to be a "ace also"
I agree with you on the 5 players but I would keep young also
he just covers so much ground and hope this year was not a fluke
upton and young a buds also
They have like 25 million coming off the books, so they can afford a less-expensive front-line ace (which, if they acquire, really makes me wonder why they traded Haren, since he was perfect and didn't get a whole lot for him).
However, I don't think they should spend HUGE money on a closer. they should focus on rebuilding their pen for around 10 million if they are thinking of competing soon. However, I think this is stupid, because as of now the Diamondbacks have the only top-3 in the West potential, what with the Rockies and Giants having better staffs each, and the Rockies having a better offense.
As for Parker, he's a talent, with B+ stuff and A- command, so he can be a good #1 or a great #2, assuming he responds well to the TJ surgery.
I wouldn't mind if the Diamondbacks went after a young front-line pitcher then some young bullpen prospects, but they shouldn't spend a bunch of money until they are really in line to compete and know exactly where it needs to go.
As for Reynolds, it would be stupid to trade him now. He's at his lowest value of his career and just signed big money deal. They need to keep him, play him and hope his awesome power returns, or, that he can get his average up to the .250+ range with good power and RBI production for the first half, then trade him.
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