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EdinsonPickle
Good move by D-Backs if they can get him. Any team would love to have a guy like this as their GM.
HerbertAnchovy
Any team other than the Padres, that is.
EdinsonPickle
Yeah as soon as I posted that, I immediately thought that exact same thing. 😛
The_Porcupine
That is a very solid move if they get Towers. He knows how to build a team on a budget.
CincoSeisDos
LET IT BE ANYONE NOT NAMED LOGAN WHITE!
-Concerned Dodger Fan
jdub220
This would be a good move. Really, I’m okay with White or DiPoto, also. I’d rather not have Oppenheimer, though.
privey
Oppenheimer knows how to collect minor league talent. Great loss for the Yankees if he is selected.
azdsnd
Yeah, like Cito Culver…
Zack23
Yes, because you knwo everything about every 18year old player in the nation.
andrewyf
I guess the Yankees are thinking along the same lines. They didn’t even let him interview for the job.
How long is Oppenheimer’s contract for? I have to imagine he bolts for a GM job once it’s up. Or else he’s in line to take over for Cashman…?
strikethree
After that horrible Haren trade, I wouldn’t put my faith on DiPoto.
Hiring Towers is a good move.
azdsnd
Not nearly as horrible as you’d think. Skaggs is a B+/A- level prospect after an absurd year and recently hitting 96 on the gun according to reports I’ve seen, and Corbin is probably a B- prospect himself. If we can move Saunders at some point next year as well for another decent prospect, that’s a good haul.
Devern Hansack
“But Towers isn’t a proven winner!” – Jerry DiPoto
azdsnd
Don’t buy that Dipoto is running around throwing pitcher wins at other GMs in making moves. It’s a marketing issue, since most fans in Arizona simply want to see a winning product, and aren’t saber-inclined. So Dipoto is just marketing the moves he is making.
Potrzeba
How do you become a general manager? i want to be one someday, an i have always wondered that.
foxtown
That sounds like a nice article. It would be interesting to see info on some successful general managers’ educational and/or pro baseball backgrounds.
Mark S
It’s all about networking. I remember seeing an interview with Theo Epstein who said that it all started when he wrote letters to organizations all over the MLB while he was in college and eventually he got an internship with the Baltimore Orioles. Currently, I do research work for some professors at my school who also do consultant work for the MLB. Through them, I’m trying to make my way into the business.
foxtown
Towers is worth the money if they want to improve their club. Good GMs are priceless, especially ones that may have inside info on a division rival.
azdsnd
At the same time, do you want a guy with inside info on a division rival, or a guy with an abundance of information on the team that they’re going to be working for since they’ve already been there a while?
Jerry Dipoto knows this team and minor league system inside and out.