Easy there! WOAH! The words "good" and "Ricciardi" have just met in the same sentence for the first time. Ricciardi meet good, good meet Ricciardi. Nice to meet you. Likewise. Let's take things slowly, ok? No need to get frisky just yet...
The Kevin Millar signing by Ricciardi in the off-season was genius. It was only confirmed tonight when he broke open the game with a grand slam in the 7th inning (Jays are 8-3!) He is a valuable power bat off the bench, can face tough left handed batters (platooning with Lyle Overbay at 1st base so far this season), and is a great locker room guy...
Easy there Tiger. Come on there bro. Ricciardi is brutal. Or is he??
He drafted Travis Snider (stud!!!!!!) And Aaron Hill. Not to mention Adam Lind, Shaun Marcum and David Purcey. The list continues with Ricky Romero, Jesse Litsch and Casey Janssen...
What to make of his trades? Yes, they were pretty bad at the start of his Blue Jays tenure. However, he fleeced the San Francisco Giants in the Jeremy Accardo trade. What did he have to give up? Locker room malcontent Shea Hillenbrand and mediocre Vinnie Chulk. Accardo went on to save 30 games for Toronto in the 2007 season. Don't forget the Marco Scutaro deal that netted the Jays the starting shortstop for two bums that call themselves pitchers...
The glaring mistake Ricciardi has on his resume is selecting crusty Rusty Adams in the 2002 draft, but every G.M. hasn't struck out in the first round before...
Ok, back to reality. We were talking about how bad Ricciardi was, right?
Friday, April 17, 2009
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riccardi should have kept sal fasano and greg zaun. weren't you one of "sal's pals?" or maybe you were part of "zaunbie nation?"
alright... i'll try to make more serious comments... yes i think riccardi is a good
g-m... it took him a while to re-stock the farm system... but a lot of his picks are starting to develop... the team seems to have a bright future... i like riccardi as long as he doesn't try to bring back tomo ohka, victor zambrano, kevin mench, or brad wilkerson
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