Whoops!
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 21, 2008 12:32 PM PST
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PrintThe Royals are quietly shopping righthanded-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen, a terrific talent who seems to have the knack for wearing out his welcome pretty quickly. Guillen is said to be at odds with Royals manager Trey Hillman, who just completed his first year at the helm in Kansas City.
Jose Guillen's Marcel-projected 2009 wOBA is .321. Grant a league average .335 and knock him down five runs for his defense in a corner and you've got yourself a nice and shiny 0 WAR - the true definition of a replacement-level player. All that and an unpredictable temperament for only twelve million dollars!
Kansas City is set to have a team payroll somewhere around $60m next season. As of right now, a fifth of that is committed to a guy who gives them literally nothing they couldn't get for 1/30th of the cost. Dayton Moore didn't only bring his office with him from Atlanta; he also brought his genius.
But at least Guillen's a good teammate. He really adds that extra spark. If there's one thing the Royals have been lacking for as long as they've been bad, it's been a good spark.
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IIRC - Bavasi said that letting Guillen go was one of his biggest mistakes
by Steve Nelson on Nov 21, 2008 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
How can someone so smart be so bad at his job?
Furcal
by JI on Nov 21, 2008 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
If you told me to build you a computer by Monday I wouldn't know where to begin
Bavasi is an intelligent man. He just isn’t an intelligent man when it comes to player evaluation.
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 21, 2008 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder how many of his dumb statements or moves were driven by inter-office politics
or fan based PR. I don’t want to sound like I am defending the guy, but there has to some reason he was so bad at his job.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
People can't believe anyone can be that bad.
Even with the rumors I’ve heard over the years, I’m fairly certain that he was just flat out bad at building a competent baseball team. No real mystery or conspiracy about it.
I essentially took four years off form baseball (2000-2004) for college,
and before that I knew nothing about front offices or anything like that, so I have no idea who Moore is. He was a Braves guy, right?
Unlike Guillen, that former Mariner is actually good
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 22, 2008 12:37 AM PST up reply actions
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