I'm not deeply into all things Philly, but it seems like they made a lot of moves and upgraded the club in significant ways during the off-season.Cratered pretty fast on Joe. It's not really his fault though, as is usually the case in midseason firings.
Maybe the GM should install himself as manager - he was a finalist for the Boston job, maybe that’s a better fit for his skill set.This really feels like a situation where the GM should fire himself, but instead the manager gets axed. They have a scary defensive OF and their bullpen has been hot garbage for over a year, but sure, let's blame the manager.
As annoying as I find LaRussa, I have to say I think he handled the Donaldson situation pretty well.My money was on LaRussa being first (although he probably has more influence with ownership than the GM). I'm still amazed the White Sox clubhouse hasn't had a public squabble yet this season.
This is the meme on Dombrowski. But apart from Moncada/Kopech for Sale, didn't he mostly move fungibles?What a mess. Girardi was probably the wrong guy for this current iteration of the Phillies, but Dombrowski did him no favors with his 'All DH, all the time' approach to roster building. Curious to see how DD fares going forward given that he doesn't have anything close to the bounty of minor league assets he could turn to during his Red Sox tenure.
True, but aren't most prospects fungible with hindsight though?This is the meme on Dombrowski. But apart from Moncada/Kopech for Sale, didn't he mostly move fungibles?
Yes, but he has always been bad at building bullpens, he has never cared much about defense, and in Boston, he did a terrible job restocking the system, to the point where they are still trying to catch up to TB and NY. For BOS, that mattered a lot less IMO as he built the best team in the history of the franchise in 2018, but of course he hasn't come close to that kind of success in PHI.This is the meme on Dombrowski. But apart from Moncada/Kopech for Sale, didn't he mostly move fungibles?
No argument on DD's roster building philosophies. If PHI can't muster a Morrero or two, they're pretty much up the creek.Yes, but he has always been bad at building bullpens, he has never cared much about defense, and in Boston, he did a terrible job restocking the system, to the point where they are still trying to catch up to TB and NY. For BOS, that mattered a lot less IMO as he built the best team in the history of the franchise in 2018, but of course he hasn't come close to that kind of success in PHI.
C'mon RR, nobody wants to hear that.This is the meme on Dombrowski. But apart from Moncada/Kopech for Sale, didn't he mostly move fungibles?