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ortiz34
fire the twins gm please!
Twinsfan79
Not gonna happen. Organizational failure. Not just TR.
jd396
If TR goes it’ll be Rob Antony.
dsteig
I agree. Fire Ryan. Hire Tori Hunter
domingotav
Muy buena adquisición por parte de los Indios, y muy mala a corto y largo plazo la de Tigers. Justin Upton (-0.5 WAR) (60) +OPS, y Marlon Byrd (0.0) (86) OPS.
chuckn9ne
I laughed
Jeff Todd
I didn’t.
herecomethephillies2018
I was going to translate this until I saw Justin Upton and Marlon Byrd in the same sentence.
jbravo17
Dombrowski has always had that low-key slimy, go-behind-your-back-with-a-smile type of vibe. Easily the most overrated GM in baseball, it’s almost comical listening to him take credit for anything on Ben Cherington’s currently 30-20 roster, especially a guy that hasn’t thrown a single pitch in 2016.
Basking in opportunistic good fortune as a consequence of his billion dollar failings in Detroit is about as sexy as those plaid dinner jackets he likes to rock around baseball. This is fleeting, of course, if Rodriguez doesn’t show up with mid-3 ERA stuff, Dombrowski will just as quickly distance himself as the person responsible for the acquisition.
One Fan
I must have missed the part were Dombrowski was taking credit?
jbravo17
Gloating about being the benefactor of another person’s work is hardly assigning credit where credit is due. Even the quotes in this blurb manage to simultaneously backhand insult Cherington (as if he reneged on a supposed agreement) and the Detroit Tigers players he originally offered (referring to them as inferior).
Like I said, low-key slimy, go-behind-your-back-with-a-smile. Dave Dombrowksi is a master PR man with a track record of running management personnel out of town and making sexy trades that are catastrophic from a long-term perspective, before leaving a mess behind.
start_wearing_purple
“It’s ironic how it worked out because I’m the benefactor of it. Really when they got Eduardo Rodriguez, he was better than the guys we were offering.”
The way I read it is Dombrowski is agreeing that Cherington struck a better deal for Miller than what Dombrowski offered. He’s also saying that as he’s now the guy running the Red Sox that he benefited from a move that Cherington made.
In other words what I read is a compliment to Cherington and amusement it’s worked out best for Sombrowski by not getting Miller for the Tigers. I see no gloating nor insult to Cherington.
Francisco
Wow some hatred for Dombrowski! Take a breath it’s only baseball. But if you read if he isn’t taking any credit. He was trying to trade for Miller and Red Sox went with O’s because of Rodriguez being a better talent.
cman
Hughes contract is NASTY for the Twins to deal with. TR jumped the gun AGAIN and locked up Hughes after one good season 2014 assuming he’d replicate it without looking back at his history in NY. Should have never signed him to this deal. Now they are stuck with him for 3 more seasons. Ugghhhh…..At least Nolasco is history after 2017 and Mauer in 2018.