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Brixton
Eickhoff didn’t let up a run in his debut, Jeanmar Gomez did.
I don’t really like Amaro, but he may have saved him job for the time being. I don’t think they could justify a long term extension, but bringing him back next year isn’t the worse possible thing they could do. Hes seemingly hit with the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2013 and 2014 drafts. Crawford, Nola and Knapp are all very promising and Imhof isn’t half bad either. In all of trades hes made in the last year, every single piece of every return seemingly could have a MLB future. Jimmy Cordero and Joely Rodriguez are probably the 2 that we should be skeptical about.
Doesn’t matter who the GM is, but the plan for this off season should be to dump Ruiz and Howard, add a veteran SP and continue adding to the farm system anyway possible.
edit; wrong nick williams linked
Matt St.
There is no way they bring back Amaro next year. Even if he has earned an extra year the phans would revolt if he is brought back.
ryan211
It’s hard to say that Amaro “leveraged his assets” as much as possible when he failed to move Aaron Harang (after his great start this season) or Cliff Lee (either this season or last season). The Papelbon and Hamels deals could also have been better, given that Amaro could have traded them in the off-season when they had an additional half-season of control left. He basically waited too long with most of his assets to say he got the most out of them.
mike156
I think I’d give Amaro a C+, which is a lot better than I thought he would earn. He held on the everything for a long time–in Lee’s case, it was too long, and one could argue he should have swapped Harang at the first decent opportunity. Howard it’s hard to know whether any opportunity actually arose. He’s brought in prospects–perhaps a few will turn out to be solid major league players, but what’s more important is that he’s created depth in the minor leagues. Still, this remains a team with a very uninspiring short-term future.
gomerhodge71
Baltimore could work Ichiro into their lineup with enough frequency to get to 3,000, his lack of power could be hidden in the O’s lineup (depending on Chris Davis’ future) and he’d be a positive influence.
RedRooster
Why the heck didn’t Amaro trade Harang?