![]() Maybe I’m in the minority, but I don’t look at Atlanta as a team Alex built and say “wow look at all those post season trips.” He had a top farm system with some of the best young talent in the game handed to him. Shouldn’t be odd when you look at the criticism that way. ![]() The expression refers to his work as a GM, not a friend. When we say we don’t personally like AA, it goes without saying that none of us have met him and connected with him on a personal level. Of course it’s suspect it’s based on a radio hosts “inside information” while he’s trying to keep listeners engaged. Calling it suspect is like calling Trevor Rosenthal’s rumour of a trade target as suspect. It’s all rumour and debate on these channels. The post references Radio and TV and Bob McCown. No “facts” are being presented about Beeston’s reaction or how AA was removed. It will be interesting to see how well they can balance that with maintaining a strong farm system, and if they can make solid deals with the same capability as AA. The FO has now shown it's willingness to also sign and spend. The FO gave them a good chance to win, and that's all you can ask for. We can all identify 50+ "bad bounces"- eg Springer hitting the wall- that were the difference between playoffs and golf. While it's frustrating to see them miss the playoffs, this is a young team that won 91 games (4 more than Atlanta) in a division where 4 of the 5 teams were playoff level. I am sure Baltimore, which cratered at a similar time, would kill to have this FO. It's a pleasure to see good young players on the field that were actually developed within the system, which is something we hadn't seen for years. The current FO on the other hand is very development oriented, and has done a very good job of building a young competitive team and a decent farm system from the ashes of 2016. In Atlanta, he has inherited an excellent young team with a good farm system- built by the prior front office- so he has focused his efforts on what he does well for example, he made a big difference again this year at the trade deadline for what was at the time, a middling team. The JD trade of course was one for the ages, and demonstrates in spades his doggedness in getting deals done. Where AA particularly shines is in deal making, in terms of both innovation and tenacity. I have no issue with his 2015 "go for it" year as he had an aging team with a limited time to leverage the two incredible flukes of his tenure- EE and JB. Interestingly, they all ended up in organizations where their skills matched up well with current needs,ĪA was not a development guy with the Jays and he did sell the farm for the 2015 year that many of the Jays players traded never panned out is just a further reflection of the development challenges in the organization at that time. ![]() I agree with Michael that both front offices were very good, but the skill sets are quite different. Giants manager Gabe Kapler behaved with remarkable class and restraint in the aftermath, saying it was a tough way for it to end but there were other reasons they lost the game. Mad Max Scherzer then pitched around Turner's error for the first Save of his professional career, with more than a little help from a truly terrible - awful, horrendous, mind-boggling when you consider the game situation - check swing call from first base umpire Gabe Morales, a call so terrible that even Dodgers fans were apologetic afterwards, though some managed to recall an even worse checked swing call - Ed Hickox on what should have been a game ending third strike - that cost the Dodgers a mid-season win against these very same Giants. In the top of the ninth, Cody Bellinger broke up a 1-1 tie with an RBI single to score Justin Turner. They swapped victories in the first four games - Giants shutout, Dodgers blowout, Giants shutout, Dodgers blowout - and then provided an absolute classic on the finale. ![]() Meanwhile those ancient rivals, the Giants and Dodgers, gave everyone their money's worth and then some. ![]()
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