Ben Cherington?

[jimbo]

Acceptable as GM consideration? Last place team 3 out of 4 years with a WS mixed in. Has built a pretty strong farm tho.

[Stradling]

I don't follow them closely enough, but if he builds a strong farm that would be a plus. I can tell you I don't like ANY of the money they spent in the off season. I don't like the Panda or Ramirez signings or the Porcello extension. I do like the trade to get Porcello, giving up one year of Cespedes for a young solid starting pitcher. He put no emphasis on defense, which I am sure is another argument, but I certainly feel safer knowing the Angels have guys that can field their positions. I am not a fan of watching guys like Freese, Joyce and Gia. They replaced guys that were solid defensively.

[nando714]

Hell no

[arch stanton]

He tried to cobble together a staff with second tier mediocrity like Miley, Masterson, Porcello, and Kelly. How could we trust his judgement on pitching?

[Jason]

His name sounds like he should be in a country club

[Hollyw00d]

no

[Jay]

Next.

 

We will only consider GM's from winning teams.

[tomsred]

Next.

 

We will only consider GM's from winning teams.

 

......because they are the GM's that are the most available.

[mulwin444]

He helped build what is considered a top farm system that paying dividends with guys like Bogerts and Betts.  Its at least worth looking into... 

Edited August 19, 2015 by mulwin444

[Hollyw00d]

its time to bring beaneball to Anaheim. 

 

get it done arte

[gurn67]

If he wasn't willing to stay and answer to Dombrowski, why in the hell would he take a job where he would have to answer to Scioscia?

[greginpsca]

Give the Klentac kid a shot.

[DMVol]

He tried to cobble together a staff with second tier mediocrity like Miley, Masterson, Porcello, and Kelly. How could we trust his judgement on pitching?

Kind of like cobbling together Burnett, Blanton, Madson and Hanson?

[Stradling]

Kind of like cobbling together Burnett, Blanton, Madson and Hanson?

incredibly good point.

[stormngt]

Hell no

But he won three playoff series in October over the last four years.

[Guest]

He's worse than Reagins. 

[Broad Street]

How do we know he wasn't forced to sign Sandoval and Ramirez by the owner? After all, isn't that what Arte did?

[bloodbrother]

You see the offseason Cherington just had? Brutal

 

Boston's biggest need in the offseason was pitching...so what does he do? He spends  nearly $200 million on 2 more bats, including Pablo Sandoval, who has had weight issues from day one and plays a demanding position in 3B. Pretty easy to see how that deal would end up

 

He then "addressed" the pitching by trading for Wade Miley, who had nearly a mid 4 ERA in the NL, and then traded Cespedes for Rick Porcello. He also decided to hand out $10 million to Justin Masterson after he was coming off a season in which he posted an ERA of 6.03

 

Shortly after adding those studs to the rotation, he gave out extensions to both Miley and Porcello before even seeing how they pitched during the year. Porcello received a 4yr/$82.5 million extension right when the season began. He currently has a 5.81 ERA and his extension doesn't kick in until the start of next season

 

All of this happened in the span of 3-4 months. No wonder he's out of a job

[Ohtaniland]

Scioscia GM / Manager. Just get it over with already.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

His name sounds like he should be in a country club

 

Or be introduced to the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

 

"Your Majesty, Sir Ben Cherington."

Edited August 20, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Tyler]

Definite no.

[ten ocho recon scout]

its time to bring beaneball to Anaheim.

get it done arte

then we can start up the "moreno wants to get rid of the white guys for latin players" arguments again

[Hollyw00d]

Cherington is a big splasher

[Troll Daddy]

Scioscia GM / Manager. Just get it over with already.

Why did you say that?

[tomsred]

Why did you say that?

 

Their are two things even God can't do, 1) hit a one iron, and 2) be a GM and Manager at the same time, or a player and a manager for that matter.