一篇關於Wayne Krivsky 的短評

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之前ptt有個網友在推文中大批 Wayne Krivsky應該走路,因為他screwed up去年跟Nationals的交易.我本人已經在ptt為他稍作辯護.今天的Enquire John Fay一篇專文評Wayne近來的交易分析.我覺得評的不錯,以一個中型市場的城市,他作了個好的GM so far this year. 以下這五人的投資若是有2個work out,就可以最少的花費達到搜尋Reds急需的closer空缺,而根據他們的經驗跟天賦,並不是說沒有可能達到這個目標!

摘錄自John Fay的文章
A guy with 175 career saves.
A guy who saved 34 games two years ago.
A guy who saved eight games last year.
A guy who once was considered the top prospect in all of baseball.
And a guy who was the top closer in the California League two years ago.

We're talking about Eddie Guardado, Dustin Hermanson, Kerry Ligtenberg, Brian Meadows, Josh Hamilton and Jared Burton.

Ligtenberg and Meadows are in camp on minor-league contracts. Hamilton and Burton are Rule 5 draftees.


If everything works out perfectly, the Reds will have their closer for this year, their center fielder of the future and their closer of the future out of that pack.

If all five wash out, the Reds are out $50,000. They spent $100,000 to make the Rule 5 picks, but they'll get $50,000 back if Hamilton and Burton are returned to their old clubs.
You have to like the effort. Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky is trying to make the club better without spending a lot of money.

The Reds' biggest shortcoming, on paper, is the absence of a proven closer on the roster. But if you look at the non-roster list, you'll see Guardado, Hermanson and Ligtenberg. All were closers for playoff teams at one time in their careers.