It looks like Colletti is trying to cobble together some middle relief on the cheap. Seanez and Eischen are mop-up guys, 6th inning men on their best days, but I like the idea of starting the season with veterans. This will allow some of the young guys, possibly Elbert, Meloan, or Alexander to be slowly brought up without tons of pressure. This also hopefully means that Tomko is gone before the all-star break if he doesn't crack the starting rotation. He may have the stuff, but he just doesn't seem cut out mentally to be a reliever. There were too many times last season when he became unable to close out an inning because of one bad call or error unexpectedly put a runner on base.
To add to the comments about Dayn Perry's article about GMs....
Bill Stoneman? Are you kidding? If doing NOTHING to address a team's obvious needs is a prerequisite for a high ranking, then I agree. Ask most Angel fans. Vladimir Guerrero's talent is being wasted by not having additional quality hitters around him. No wonder he goes through some of those terrible, extended slumps. He literally swings at anything, making many of today's wild swingers appear patient.
How much more successful would the Angels have been had they kept Troy Glaus, instead of counting on guys like Dallas McPherson or Casey Kotchman. Oh, well, they've got hugely overrated, overpaid Gary Matthews, Jr. to pick up the slack.
I'll take Ned Colletti, any day. Which team has the better game manager, but which team made it to the playoffs?
I have thought of the combo of Scioscia working with Colletti. Little is a decent manager but so far has not been the best guy in terms of game strategy under pressure. It would be fun to see Scioscia un a Dodger uniform again. I suspect he is happy where he is though.
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It looks like Colletti is trying to cobble together some middle relief on the cheap. Seanez and Eischen are mop-up guys, 6th inning men on their best days, but I like the idea of starting the season with veterans. This will allow some of the young guys, possibly Elbert, Meloan, or Alexander to be slowly brought up without tons of pressure. This also hopefully means that Tomko is gone before the all-star break if he doesn't crack the starting rotation. He may have the stuff, but he just doesn't seem cut out mentally to be a reliever. There were too many times last season when he became unable to close out an inning because of one bad call or error unexpectedly put a runner on base.
Less than a month, now!
Posted by: Makoto Ueno | January 23, 2007 at 08:57 AM
To add to the comments about Dayn Perry's article about GMs....
Bill Stoneman? Are you kidding? If doing NOTHING to address a team's obvious needs is a prerequisite for a high ranking, then I agree. Ask most Angel fans. Vladimir Guerrero's talent is being wasted by not having additional quality hitters around him. No wonder he goes through some of those terrible, extended slumps. He literally swings at anything, making many of today's wild swingers appear patient.
How much more successful would the Angels have been had they kept Troy Glaus, instead of counting on guys like Dallas McPherson or Casey Kotchman. Oh, well, they've got hugely overrated, overpaid Gary Matthews, Jr. to pick up the slack.
I'll take Ned Colletti, any day. Which team has the better game manager, but which team made it to the playoffs?
Posted by: Dodgerdog | January 23, 2007 at 09:14 AM
Dodgerdog:
I have thought of the combo of Scioscia working with Colletti. Little is a decent manager but so far has not been the best guy in terms of game strategy under pressure. It would be fun to see Scioscia un a Dodger uniform again. I suspect he is happy where he is though.
Posted by: grumpy3b | January 23, 2007 at 06:00 PM