J.P. Ricciardi Bashes Adam Dunn

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jun 19, 2008 11:03 AM EDT

This is actually a very tricky time to blog about the Pirates, because the team's new management group has been on the job for the better part of a year, and we're still trying to figure out what they're up to, because they haven't made a ton of big moves (the drafting of Pedro Alvarez a couple weeks ago is certainly the biggest one). Which leaves me to look at quotes from the new management to guess what they might end up doing, which results in lots of people disagreeing with me in the comments, sometimes because they don't agree with my outlook on what the Pirates should be doing, but also sometimes because you just can't necessarily take what general managers and team presidents say at face value, and there are always at least a couple of ways of looking at things.

This is frustrating, but I understand, because this (via Primer) is what you get when a GM is honest in public, and it's not pretty.

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GM speak

I guess that’s why some GM shouldn’t talk… sometimes no good can come out of it, even when your honest.

Of course, hard core, thoughtful fans are left to try to figure out what GMs are thinking, especially when there are no major signs about the club’s direction. You are correct Charlie that NH, due to his methodical approach up to this point, is hard to figure than most.

by VanSlick on Jun 19, 2008 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

Close to the vest

seems to be the MO of every aspect of this regime, including John Russell. There certainly doesn’t seem to be many decisions driven purely by emotion, which is probably not a bad thing since, as we know, that hasn’t exactly worked out well for us in the past…

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on Jun 19, 2008 2:10 PM EDT reply actions

not the first time

ricciardi has called out a player by name, though he didn’t get specific and certainly couldn’t question his passion for the game. in the waning days of the littlefield era, he put plain his feelings on our shortstop:

“We have absolutely no interest in Jack Wilson. None.”

by johnnycuff on Jun 19, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions

That article...

Oohh I remember that article. Blow a deal where you dump all of Wilson’s salary, get Jair Jurrjens and another prospect because you want Craig Monroe to come over and try to save your job. What a jerk.

by DITO on Jun 19, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions