Post by dukecrunchybagel on May 12, 2015 8:56:34 GMT -5
Jocko has finally emerged from yet another long snooze long enough to send Kevin Gregg packing.
I have to say Jocko is by far the laziest GM in the game. You can't tell me that some of the names that have hit the waiver wire aren't better than any of the following pieces on our 40-man:
Burke Badenhop
Brennan Boesch
Jumbo Diaz
Chris Dominguez
David Holmberg
Donald Lutz
Jason Marquis
Skip Schumaker
Kyle Skipworth
Josh Smith
Pedro Villareal
A full 10% of our 40-man is taken by guys who would not likely find work for any other team.
Here are just a few names who might (or might not) have helped the team:
Javy Guerra -- DFA'd by the Pale Hose -- not very good, but he had something once
Edward Mujica -- DFA'd by the Red Sox -- good back of the bullpen arm (A's traded for him)
Jorge Rondon -- DFA'd by the Rox but with solid enough AAA #s (Orioles traded for him)
Chad Smith -- DFA'd by Angels -- spotty guy with ups and downs (A's traded for him)
Ronald Torreyes -- DFA'd by the Astros -- remember him? infielder who makes good contact
Anthony Varvaro -- DFA'd by the Red Sox then Cubs -- was good last year, maybe a change of scenery would help
Those are all players who were DFA'd in the past week. Do I want every one of them? No. But I sure think Jocko could replace six or seven of the deadwood on the 40-man roster with some of these guys and improve the overall quality of the team.
Having finally cut Gregg, I'm sure we'll hear from Jocko again sometime in July...
I have to say Jocko is by far the laziest GM in the game. You can't tell me that some of the names that have hit the waiver wire aren't better than any of the following pieces on our 40-man:
Burke Badenhop
Brennan Boesch
Jumbo Diaz
Chris Dominguez
David Holmberg
Donald Lutz
Jason Marquis
Skip Schumaker
Kyle Skipworth
Josh Smith
Pedro Villareal
A full 10% of our 40-man is taken by guys who would not likely find work for any other team.
Here are just a few names who might (or might not) have helped the team:
Javy Guerra -- DFA'd by the Pale Hose -- not very good, but he had something once
Edward Mujica -- DFA'd by the Red Sox -- good back of the bullpen arm (A's traded for him)
Jorge Rondon -- DFA'd by the Rox but with solid enough AAA #s (Orioles traded for him)
Chad Smith -- DFA'd by Angels -- spotty guy with ups and downs (A's traded for him)
Ronald Torreyes -- DFA'd by the Astros -- remember him? infielder who makes good contact
Anthony Varvaro -- DFA'd by the Red Sox then Cubs -- was good last year, maybe a change of scenery would help
Those are all players who were DFA'd in the past week. Do I want every one of them? No. But I sure think Jocko could replace six or seven of the deadwood on the 40-man roster with some of these guys and improve the overall quality of the team.
Having finally cut Gregg, I'm sure we'll hear from Jocko again sometime in July...
