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Odd to see Melvin behind a team structured around pitching and defense, after watching him sign guys like Braden Looper, Doug Davis, and Jeff Suppan…
pageian
Yeah, seems more like the new guys stating the obvious fixes rather than some philosophical leaning. Without looking I’d guess his teams usually have had better offensive success than either pitching or defensive success.
patrickgpe
wish the brewers made a commitment to pitching and defense when they signed melvin in ’02
cedarandstone
If they had, you wouldn’t have (or have had) Weeks, Braun, Fielder, CC Sabathia (via Matt LaPorta) in Milwaukee. The move away from pitching/fielding was dictated by good bats dropping in several drafts.
Free agency isn’t that easy. They tried. Failed too often, but tried to buy pitching.
BACON!
It boggles my mind that Jim Hendry is still GM of the Cubs.
mrsjohnmiltonrocks
I look at the list of NL Central GM’s and I think I understand why the division is so bad. Walt Jocketty’s pretty good; Ed Wade is pretty good on the draft/farm side of things. The rest of them just aren’t any good. Mozeliak and Hendry always overpay for everything they sign or trade for; Huntington trades for the most part brought back mediocrity; and Melvin doesn’t seem to understand that you need pitching and defense to go with your offense.
That division is still going to suck for awhile.