Trader Jerry doin' what he do

[Docwaukee]

Traded Tyler O'Neill (I think he was their #2 prospect) for Marco Gonzales.  Gonzales is a former top 100 guy who's struggled with Injury but is major league ready.  

[tdawg87]

I hope he scouts some turd in Venezuela for 2 pitches next year and makes the M's use all their funds on him.

[Second Base]

Dipoto has a habit of completely abusing whatever farm system he has.  I kind of feel like his motto is "I didn't draft him, so I don't care about him".  He took a depleted farm system and ravaged it into nothingness, and took a nice affordable, contending team, bloated their payroll past it's limits and had one good season to show for it.  Dipoto has shown no ability whatsoever to recognize major league talent when he sees it, which is remarkable given the fact that he himself was a major leaguer.  To wrap that turd sandwich up, he also managed to butt heads with his manager and quit midway through a season. 

I don't care how he markets himself, at the end of the day, he failed the Angels and unless he changes his ways, he's going to run the Mariners straight into the ground too. 

[Ohtaniland]

Short memories 

[totdprods]

M's fans are gonna wake up one day and ask what the hell happened. 

The four for one Phelps deal may not too look bad at first glance if you're an M's fan, but Angels fans know that a year from now it's going to be looked back on as a low point. 

He's obliterated organizational depth in Seattle. It hasn't hurt them yet, but the same thing that happened here will happen there. They will have needs and zero ammo to work with, and ammo like that can't be recouped overnight. 

[Stradling]

33 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

Short memories 

It's not short memories, it's the fact that he didn't perform well and we are bitter. 

[Jobu]

You list those two things as if they're related.

[Farmbuildingfan]

2 hours ago, Scotty@AW said:

Dipoto has a habit of completely abusing whatever farm system he has.  I kind of feel like his motto is "I didn't draft him, so I don't care about him".  He took a depleted farm system and ravaged it into nothingness, and took a nice affordable, contending team, bloated their payroll past it's limits and had one good season to show for it.  Dipoto has shown no ability whatsoever to recognize major league talent when he sees it, which is remarkable given the fact that he himself was a major leaguer.  To wrap that turd sandwich up, he also managed to butt heads with his manager and quit midway through a season. 

I don't care how he markets himself, at the end of the day, he failed the Angels and unless he changes his ways, he's going to run the Mariners straight into the ground too. 

What I found odd was that before coming to the Angels, Dipoto made the kind of trade that I dread by acquiring three prospects, including Skaggs and Corbin, along with Saunders to Arizona for Haren.

I therefore thought he was going to be the type of GM that would start getting the Angels some young prospects, so i was happy he  came to the Angels.

When he started doing the opposite, I thought it was because he was doing Moreno's bidding, but now he is hurting the Mariners.

This makes the trading of Haren seem like a strange  un- Dipoto like move.

 

[Ohtaniland]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

It's not short memories, it's the fact that he didn't perform well and we are bitter. 

Bitter? We knew we were getting an inexperienced GM with a tiny ML resume. What were you expecting. The Angels GM job is beginner position.

[aznhockeyguy]

35 minutes ago, Farmbuildingfan said:

What I found odd was that before coming to the Angels, Dipoto made the kind of trade that I dread by sending three prospects, including Skaggs and Corbin, along with Saunders to Arizona for Haren.

I therefore thought he was going to be the type of GM that would start getting the Angels some young prospects, so i was happy he  came to the Angels.

When he started doing the opposite, I thought it was because he was doing Moreno's bidding, but now he is hurting the Mariners.

This makes the trading of Haren seem like a strange  un- Dipoto like move.

 

My thoughts exactly.  

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

Bitter? We knew we were getting an inexperienced GM with a tiny ML resume. What were you expecting. The Angels GM job is beginner position.

Clod, do you really need to have @Inside Pitch to come on here again and show you that this "logic" is stupid?  Eppler seems to be doing ok building the minor leagues and evaluating pitchers on a budget (something Dipoto didn't have) and finding us some nice pieces.  Remind me again what teams he was the GM of before the Angels?  

[Angel Oracle]

43 minutes ago, Farmbuildingfan said:

What I found odd was that before coming to the Angels, Dipoto made the kind of trade that I dread by sending three prospects, including Skaggs and Corbin, along with Saunders to Arizona for Haren.

I therefore thought he was going to be the type of GM that would start getting the Angels some young prospects, so i was happy he  came to the Angels.

When he started doing the opposite, I thought it was because he was doing Moreno's bidding, but now he is hurting the Mariners.

This makes the trading of Haren seem like a strange  un- Dipoto like move.

 

That was J. Pierpont Reagins trading those guys to Jerry for Haren.

[Farmbuildingfan]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Clod, do you really need to have @Inside Pitch to come on here again and show you that this "logic" is stupid?  Eppler seems to be doing ok building the minor leagues and evaluating pitchers on a budget (something Dipoto didn't have) and finding us some nice pieces.  Remind me again what teams he was the GM of before the Angels?  

What I like best about Eppier is his ability to pluck pitchers out of nowhere and not give up anything.

Now its' time for the same with the offense

 

[Farmbuildingfan]

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

That was J. Pierpont Reagins trading those guys to Jerry for Haren.

Doesn't say much for Reagins

 

[Farmbuildingfan]

51 minutes ago, Farmbuildingfan said:

What I found odd was that before coming to the Angels, Dipoto made the kind of trade that I dread by ACQUIRING three prospects, including Skaggs and Corbin, along with Saunders to Arizona for Haren.

I therefore thought he was going to be the type of GM that would start getting the Angels some young prospects, so i was happy he  came to the Angels.

When he started doing the opposite, I thought it was because he was doing Moreno's bidding, but now he is hurting the Mariners.

This makes the trading of Haren seem like a strange  un- Dipoto like move.

 

Whoops! I meant to say " acquiring" not " sending".

I corrected the mistake.

[Lou]

24 minutes ago, CALZONE said:

Bitter? We knew we were getting an inexperienced GM with a tiny ML resume. What were you expecting. The Angels GM job is beginner position.

Care to guess how many current GMs were experienced before taking their positions? 

Edited July 22, 2017 by Lou

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

Care to guess how many current GMs were experienced before taking their positions? 

Lou, can I guess?  Is it 29?  Every team except the Angels, right?  

 

[Tank]

2 hours ago, CALZONE said:

Short memories 

 

[Inside Pitch]

8 minutes ago, Lou said:

Care to guess how many current GMs were experienced before taking their positions? 

Pretty sure I responded to someone making a similar claim with the actual data on every GM out there...   People are hilariously misinformed

[Lou]

19 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Lou, can I guess?  Is it 29?  Every team except the Angels, right?  

 

So close !!

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

So close !!

Oh Eppler was a GM before the Angels?  30!

[Second Base]

14 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Pretty sure I responded to someone making a similar claim with the actual data on every GM out there...   People are hilariously misinformed

A beginner GM position is an AGM position....I thought. I mean most GM's were AGM's first.

[Ohtaniland]

15 minutes ago, Tank said:

 

Hey I never glorified Dipoto like so many posters did with the "Thank you Jerry" the JeDi genius bullshit.

He replaced Mathis with Iannetta and everybody here ejaculated. 

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

A beginner GM position is an AGM position....I thought. I mean most GM's were AGM's first.

No, a beginner GM position is a GM

[Chuck]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

It's not short memories, it's the fact that he didn't perform well and we are bitter. 

This.