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The Red Sox damn well better pick up Francona’s contract. I hear enough complaining about Francona from Boston fans who want to play armchair manager. But the fact that Francona is able to completely ignore the criticism from the media makes him a good manager in Boston. The fact that he has a 29-17 record in the postseason which includes an 8-0 record in the World Series makes him a great manager in Boston.
jwredsox
No way Boston doesn’t pick up his option. Those people who don’t want him are just the bandwagoners who don’t really know baseball.
start_wearing_purple
I know, but those bandwagoners tend to piss me off more than people who hate Red Sox fans simply because they root for the Red Sox. Yeah, I also figure picking up Francona’s option is a guarantee… all else being equal, wouldn’t be shocked to see his tenure extended again.
Dave_Gershman
“Bruce Bochy and Brian Sabean both have club options for 2012 that look like locks to be picked up given the Giants’ ongoing playoff success.”
Ongoing?
basemonkey
Bad use of words:By “de facto GM” you make it sound as if MacPhail has to serve GM duties in the absence of one. He is just like any other President (or Vice President) of Baseball Operations (e.g. Yankees Brian Cashman, Rays Andrew Friedman, Theo Epstein, Billy Beane, etc..), which is the senior title that goes to franchise managers of his experience level. Just because the Orioles are a losing team, what makes their executives “de facto” and other teams’ managers aren’t?
Smrtbusnisman04
I love these writers who say “Neil huntington may be fired because the organization wants to get on the right track”. Oh yeah, signing Jeremy Burnitz and Joe Randa really put the organization back on track, RIGHT?
They hired HIM to right all the bad contracts and depleted farm system left over by Dave Littlefield. If not for Neil, Jeff Locke would still be in the Braves organization, and the Pirates probably wouldn’t be so agressive with international scouting. Kudos to the Pirates owners for building a quality team on minimizing costs.
LUWahooNatFan
I really don’t believe Riggleman is the guy to take the Nationals to the next level. I didn’t like the way he managed second base this year, nor the blatant misuse of Willie Harris over Morse. But hey, give him another year, and depending on what the Nationals do this off-season, if we aren’t sniffing .500, give him the boot.
Patrick OKennedy
The amount of money coming off the Tigers payroll due to expiring contracts this winter is $ 75.1 million. Let’s get the figures right, shall we?
In addition, there is only one player scheduled for a significant salary increase, and that’s Verlander getting a $ 6 MM raise.
There are only four arbitration eligible players, Miner and Zumaya who spent the season on the DL, plus Galarraga and Raburn who made just over the minimum last year and are in for a modest raise.
The Tigers do have money to spend, but a GM that hasn’t signed a single free agent position player to a multi year contract since Ordonez before the 2005 season. That’s five years. Just don’t expect Dombrowski to get in on any of the most coveted free agent players.
Lanidrac
You forgot about Tony La Russa with the Cardinals who has a 2012 mutual option, although he’s kind of unique in that he now decides every offseason whether to manage the Cardinals for another year or retire, while the team will always welcome him back for as long as he decides to keep doing it.