07-26-2010, 01:59 PM
(07-26-2010, 12:24 PM)dejota Wrote: His reputation is mind boggling. He's supposedly a complete moron who makes only horrible trades, yet he's "notoriously hard to deal with"...which is it?
Well...nothing says he can't be both, lol.
As for the compensation - I don't think that's true at all. GMs know full well there is Type B compensation thrown around. I can only speak as a Twins fan, but Billy Smith talked about it all the time as we were initially in conversations about Cliff Lee.
I'm not personally judging Wade - I don't see the Astros as a well run franchise myself, but just speaking to the reputation I've heard about the guy. Fair or not.
In looking at his career - the Millwood/Estrada deal was a bad one, his Wagner deal was a good one, I think the Twins got the better of the Milton deal, Byrd deal wasn't very good, Lidge deal was pretty good. That's just at a glance, he doesn't seem like a bad GM.