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Originally Posted by Zeke
[*]Vin Mazzaro
[*]Kyle Davies
[*]Sean O'Sullivan
[*]Brian Bannister[/LIST]Note: These last 4 pitchers are guys Dayton TRADED FOR... he went out and got from another organization because he wanted them.
This list can go on endlessly.
Dayton is a very, very bad GM.
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Lots of room for criticism of Moore. But picking on those items is a stretch, IMO. Like it or not, those guys were better than anything available in-house, and at least had a glimmer of upside. The counterpart is acquiring older, more expensive and equally bad guys off t
Vin Mazzero was acquired along with Justin Marks. Mazzero isn't good - he also isn't as bad as his disaster start last year - but Marks still might have promise. He's got back-end-rotation value, and DeJesus has gone on to suck in Oakland and be meh in Chicago.
Simple matter of fact is that DeJesus wasn't that great of a player, and his injury just before the trade deadline killed his trade value (The Royals were talking with the Red Sox and likely to get either Reddick or Kalish in return).
Davies was a gamble, a lotto ticket. The problem wasn't in receiving him in trade (Almost IDENTICAL to James McDonald of Pittsburgh, who also was acquired midseason for Dotel). It was in stubbornly going to him year and year, start after start.
Sean O'Sullivan came over with Will Smith, who is working out pretty well. Meanwhile, Callaspo is expensive and not very good (and was last year, too).
Moore deserves more criticism for his decision making after-fact than for anything else. His trade record is not stellar, but it isn't the colossal fail most make it out to be (when compared to success rates of other GMs).
If Moore's biggest problem was his trade record, the Royals would be in much better shape. Alas, his biggest problem is his refusal to look at baseball with new filters, and his stubborn loyalty to certain players (for no apparent reason).