Dipoto's comments on Blanton

[Spirit]

Jerry Dipoto's statement regarding Blanton. "It’s a mistake on my part, there's no one else to blame, I made the call on signing Joe." 

I say good on him!  It was a bad signing and he owned it.

 

Now ...

 

 

Let's turn the page!

 

[Docwaukee]

Jerry Dipoto's statement regarding Blanton. "It’s a mistake on my part, there's no one else to blame, I made the call on signing Joe. But at least I didn't trade for Vernon Wells." 

I say good on him!  It was a bad signing and he owned it.

 

Now ...

 

 

Let's turn the page!

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[Bruce Nye]

fixed

 

 

The implication is certainly there - that others were involved in the decision process with the FA signings and trades that didn't work out.

[Mark68]

The implication is certainly there - that others were involved in the decision process with the FA signings and trades that didn't work out.

I don't think anybody ever thought others were involved in Blanton's signing.

[Chuck]

I don't think anybody ever thought others were involved in Blanton's signing.

 

Point is, if Blanton was the Blanton most of us, even the detractors thought we were getting last year, we would NOT be having this discussion and website party today.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

My biggest gripe about the Blanton signing was that it was for 2 years.  No one thought he would do as poorly as he did.

[Spencer]

What would everyone have preferred?

 

Option 1 - 1 year of abysmal Blanton, 1 year of no Blanton

 

Option 2 - 2 years of 4.50 ERA Blanton

 

 

Arguably, I think it is better that it turned out the way it did.

Who knows if we would have made all of the pitching moves we did if we were planning on having him as a starter this year.

[FabulousFabregas]

I respect him for admitting it.

[brianvargo]

What would everyone have preferred?

 

Option 1 - 1 year of abysmal Blanton, 1 year of no Blanton

 

Option 2 - 2 years of 4.50 ERA Blanton

 

 

Arguably, I think it is better that it turned out the way it did.

Who knows if we would have made all of the pitching moves we did if we were planning on having him as a starter this year.

Frankly, I would have liked to have had one year of 4.50 ERA Blanton.  I wasn't a huge fan of the contract, to be sure, but I thought that Blanton was going to provide us with pitching of a reasonable standard for a back-end starter.  I'm sorry - for his sake, for the team's sake, and for ours - that it didn't work out that way. 

[mtangelsfan]

It is done.  I give him props for the blame.

 

I won't bring the signing of Blanton up again.

[Season Over]

We can almost fill a roster with catastrophic decisions the Angels have made.

Blanton and Kazmir are the Koufax/Drysdale of this hypothetical team.

[nate]

I may bring it up a couple more times

[gotbeer]

So makes me wonder.  

 

What mistakes were made, where he didn't make the call?

[Season Over]

So makes me wonder.

What mistakes were made, where he didn't make the call?

Probably Hamilton or Pujols

[YouthofToday]

Kudos to Dipoto for owning it. I greatly respect people who are confident enough in their abilities to call themselves out.

[EDinTUSTIN]

It is done.  I give him props for the blame.

 

I won't bring the signing of Blanton up again.

I agree, mt. What is done is done, and Dipoto took accountability, even if there were more that were involved. I have a ton of respect for him. The past is the past, no need to harangue on it anymore. I am excited for this season to get going, and I am optimistic and liking what I have seen so far. Sosh looks invigorated, the guys look ready, let's play ball for real now.

[Angelsjunky]

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Jerry Dipoto's statement regarding Blanton. "It’s a mistake on my part, there's no one else to blame, I made the call on signing Joe, Tommy, Ryan, Sean, Josh, and Albert, and trading Tyler for Chris." 

 

Now ...

 

Let's turn the page!

 

Fixed again.

[SoWhat]

Fixed again.

Chatwood is horrible. I thought that was a pretty good move by Dipoto

[Sherlock31]

Chatwood is horrible. I thought that was a pretty good move by Dipoto

Chatwood was 8-5 with 3.15 ERA last year.

[Chuck]

Chatwood was 8-5 with 3.15 ERA last year.

Smoke and Mirrors. Ask any Rockies fan what they think of Chatwood.

[Spirit]

I may bring it up a couple more times

 

 

I LOL'd

[Docwaukee]

Chatwood was 8-5 with 3.15 ERA last year.

smoke and mirrors.  if his era ends up below four with similar peripherals over 180ip I will buy AW an airplane. 

[SoWhat]

Chatwood was 8-5 with 3.15 ERA last year.

What everyone above me said

[Quinlanforthewin]

Now if only we could get MS to admit when he's wrong I wouldn't be such a "failo"

[Stradling]

Yes, you still would.