Grade the NL General Managers

[JamesMogul]

National League

Arizona Diamondbacks Josh Byrnes
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Atlanta Braves Frank Wren
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Chicago Cubs Jim Hendry
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Cincinnati Reds Walt Jocketty
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Colorado Rockies Daniel O'Dowd
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Florida Marlins Michael Hill
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Houston Astros Ed Wade
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Los Angeles Dodgers Ned Colletti
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Milwaukee Brewers Doug Melvin
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New York Mets Omar Minaya
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Philadelphia Phillies Ruben Amaro, Jr.
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Pittsburgh Pirates Neal Huntington
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St. Louis Cardinals John Mozeliak
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San Diego Padres Kevin Towers
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San Francisco Giants Brian Sabean
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Washington Nationals Mike Rizzo
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Grade Options: A+ A A- etc etc etc to F-


AL Will be later

[HoustonGM]

Quick off-the-top of my head

Arizona Diamondbacks Josh Byrnes
Grade: B

Atlanta Braves Frank Wren
Grade: A-

Chicago Cubs Jim Hendry
Grade: B

Cincinnati Reds Walt Jocketty
Grade: C+

Colorado Rockies Daniel O'Dowd
Grade: B

Florida Marlins Michael Hill
Grade: B+

Houston Astros Ed Wade
Grade: C

Los Angeles Dodgers Ned Colletti
Grade: B

Milwaukee Brewers Doug Melvin
Grade: B

New York Mets Omar Minaya
Grade: C

Philadelphia Phillies Ruben Amaro, Jr.
Grade: B+

Pittsburgh Pirates Neal Huntington
Grade: B+

St. Louis Cardinals John Mozeliak
Grade: A

San Diego Padres Kevin Towers
Grade: B-

San Francisco Giants Brian Sabean
Grade: C

Washington Nationals Jim Bowden
Grade: F
He's no longer the GM, though, Mike Rizzo is, and I'd say it's too early to grade Rizzo.

[JamesMogul]

so according to you.. Mets and Giants GMs should be on the way out or close? hmmmmmm interesting... very

[MichelleWie]

Is the grade just for the 2009 season or is it for their whole tenure? Houston your B grade for Melvin is good if your talking about his tenure, but for this year Melvin gets a D in my book.

[HoustonGM]

so according to you.. Mets and Giants GMs should be on the way out or close? hmmmmmm interesting... very

Sabean has job security because of the season the Giants are having. He seems to be a very hit or miss type GM, and I think his misses outweigh his hits. He has excelled at assembling a pitching staff, particularly recently with the likes of Lincecum and Cain, but until Sandoval and Posey, the Giants hadn't produced a position player from their system in something like a decade, and that's a huge part of the reason why their offense is so bad. He's made some terrible signings - Michael Tucker a while ago moments before the arbitration deadline, costing the Giants a draft pick that they would've kept had he waited for the deadline to pass before signing Tucker, Barry Zito of course...and some terrible trades, most famously the A.J. Pierzynski for Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano and Boof Bonser deal, but also the two trades this year for Freddy Sanchez and Ryan Garko. For a while, he had some weird fetish with old veterans, signing tons of mid-30's players and hoping for the best...and that sort of works when you have the best hitter in history at his peak playing for you, but once that guy's gone, it leaves a team of over-the-hill nobodies...Lots of negatives, and I don't think his positives are anything special.

Minaya is a so-so GM but the injuries this year highlighted the extreme lack of depth that is partially his fault.

[HoustonGM]

Is the grade just for the 2009 season or is it for their whole tenure? Houston your B grade for Melvin is good if your talking about his tenure, but for this year Melvin gets a D in my book.

I graded based on an overall (again, quick and off the top of my head though) assessment, not just limited to this year.

[metsguy234]

Omar Minaya- F

[FloydtheBarber]

Arizona Diamondbacks Josh Byrnes
Grade: A

Atlanta Braves Frank Wren
Grade: A

Chicago Cubs Jim Hendry
Grade: C+

Cincinnati Reds Walt Jocketty
Grade: C

Colorado Rockies Daniel O'Dowd
Grade: C-

Florida Marlins Michael Hill
Grade: A

Houston Astros Ed Wade
Grade: D

Los Angeles Dodgers Ned Colletti
Grade: B+

Milwaukee Brewers Doug Melvin
Grade: C+

New York Mets Omar Minaya
Grade: C-

Philadelphia Phillies Ruben Amaro, Jr.
Grade: B

Pittsburgh Pirates Neal Huntington
Grade: A+

St. Louis Cardinals John Mozeliak
Grade: B+

San Diego Padres Kevin Towers
Grade: B

San Francisco Giants Brian Sabean
Grade: C-

Washington Nationals Jim Bowden
Grade: C- for what he did do

[CCamels73]

Washington Nationals Jim Bowden
Grade: F
He's no longer the GM, though, Mike Rizzo is, and I'd say it's too early to grade Rizzo.

In my book Bowden definitely gets a deserved F-! Mike Rizzo, so far, has done an amazing job and next year is looking up even if he does nothing else, simply because there are some dead contracts *cough* Austin Kearns *cough* that come due at the year's end. Plus he was able to pull off signing boon or bust Strasburg and another excellent prospect in Storen.