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Monday, July 31, 2006 |
If You Can't Say Anything Nice About Ned Colletti's Evaluation Of Prospects...
... sit right over here by me:
The point isn't that this move destroys the franchise, the point is that Colletti has now firmly established his modus operandi as making a series of moves that marginally hurt the team while accruing no tangible advantage, solely on the basis of a poorly-defined concept of a certain time period being more crucial. Part of the process has involved consistently evaluating talent in a way that, from my sabermetric viewpoint, looks chronically inaccurate. Of course none of these moves in a series of marginal downgrades is the one that destroys the franchise, but the cumulative value will be to hurt the team. And the consistency with which these moves have continued is enough to make me close to deciding that I can't follow the Dodgers like a fan anymore.
Comments:
I think we've found the Ann Coulter of Dodger bloggers over there at Fifth Outfielder -- keep twisting the facts and pointing blame at Ned Coletti without looking at the whole picture. My favorite line is how he's "close to deciding that I can't follow the Dodgers like a fan anymore." When you post 1,074 words on the merits of Danys Baez, you are NOT following the Dodgers like a fan.
# posted by 
: 7/31/2006 11:41:00 AM
: 7/31/2006 11:41:00 AM
The word "Baez" appears in five sentences. I'm not sure how that qualifies as 1,074 on the merits of Baez.
I'm not as emphatically opposed to the trade as Tom is; the difference in age isn't significant, with the main difference being the Dodgers loss of an arbitration year as a result. Tom also provides no backing for his assertion that Aybar's glove would have been more than made up for by his bat, though I concede that's a tough one. Despite the relatively small differences between these two players, Tom's right, I think, on the much larger point that Colletti does seem to be set on squandering the farm system's fruits by making trades that systematically underestimate the value of those players.
One question for you, Joe -- you say Tom is twisting the facts. Which facts are getting the twist?
I'm not as emphatically opposed to the trade as Tom is; the difference in age isn't significant, with the main difference being the Dodgers loss of an arbitration year as a result. Tom also provides no backing for his assertion that Aybar's glove would have been more than made up for by his bat, though I concede that's a tough one. Despite the relatively small differences between these two players, Tom's right, I think, on the much larger point that Colletti does seem to be set on squandering the farm system's fruits by making trades that systematically underestimate the value of those players.
One question for you, Joe -- you say Tom is twisting the facts. Which facts are getting the twist?
If you are indeed a Dodger fan Rob, then I really hate to see what a Dodger hater would write. It's not the logical digs that he makes but the constant barrage of sniping, regardless of rationale. Why do you masquerade as a fan when you are obviously a bitter Angel fan? It is so evident in your writing. I read Weisman for unbiased analysis and your blog for minor league stats.
# posted by : 7/31/2006 08:42:00 PM
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