Reds GM Wayne Krivsky Fired

by jamcadbury on Apr 23, 2008 11:04 AM CDT Comment 15 comments

Not even the Edinson Volquez trade could save his job, apparently:

The Cincinnati Reds have fired general manager Wayne Krivsky less than three years into his tenure, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

Krivsky, a former assistant GM with the Minnesota Twins, was hired in 2006, succeeding Dan O'Brien. He was the first general manager to be hired under the Reds ownership group led by Bob Castellini and is in the last year of a three-year contract.

The Reds are currently 9-12 and 5½ games behind the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3363283

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Wow

With the way Volquez, Cueto and Votto are playing and Bruce and Bailey waiting in the wings this is a bit of a shock

by bigsteve on Apr 23, 2008 11:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow.

Some new GM is going to look awesome in his 2nd year on the job. And all he really has to do is let his players develop.

by GhettoBear04 on Apr 23, 2008 11:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Or some old GM is going to look good

Walt Jocketty came over to the Reds during the offseason as the special assistant to the owner.

by Excel Hearts Choi on Apr 23, 2008 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

it would be pretty nifty

if we did that stuff around here. hey rangers! go get Leo Mazzoni “special assistant in charge of pitcher development”

.500 or bust!

Bad Vibes Kill Rallies!

"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008

by Jayslick on Apr 23, 2008 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

jocketty

With Jocketty as the new gm its only a matter of time before some team trades some veteran to the reds to get some combo of Bailey, Bruce, Cueto, or Volquez.

by ewmvv6 on Apr 23, 2008 11:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Any thoughts on...

Rangers the might be interested in?

by GhettoBear04 on Apr 23, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

blalock?

As far as the Rangers are concerned I think that blalock is the only guy who even starts a conversation, but its gonna take more than just hank. I have to think that Dusty is getting a little tired of Edwin Encarnacion although apparently he does bleed internally

by ewmvv6 on Apr 23, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

MOB

and Jamey Wright spring to mind.

MOB would be a nice upgrade over CoPa’s .265 OBP. You’d think that he could be healthy enough to play CF by mid-summer.

"I hope it's a special dumb person hell so that I don’t have to meet up with you after I die."

- The D-tron

by Chase Irwin on Apr 23, 2008 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why now?

Why didn’t they just do this in January when they hired Jocketty? With both Jocketty and Baker in Cinci, I fully expect some vets to be acquired this summer. Could be a good partner for the Rangers.

Whatever gets you through the night, 'salright, 'salright.

by t ball on Apr 23, 2008 12:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Draft

If they no longer have much confidence in Krivsky, better get rid of him now, and re-evaluate your plans for the upcoming draft. If you wait any longer, you run the risk of not being adequately prepared. That is the only reason I can think of.

by Excel Hearts Choi on Apr 23, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

My point

was, why didn’t they get rid of him earlier instead of waiting until now. It seems odd that they made him work with Jocketty looking over his shoulder if they were just going to dump him.

Whatever gets you through the night, 'salright, 'salright.

by t ball on Apr 23, 2008 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe the whole CF situation

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by ab03 on Apr 23, 2008 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Reds

farm system was really bad 2 years ago, now they are really good.

There has to be something more to this.

by RingoRanger on Apr 23, 2008 1:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Reds farm

There top prospects like Votto, Bruce, Cueto and Bailey were all drafted before Krivsky came aboard. They were high ceiling high school players who took a few years to get to the bigs. Sound familiar? Our system is already rated top notch and the majority of talent is only in their first and second pro years.

This looks more and more like what happened to Doug Melvin. A new owner comes in and demands a winner now. The farm system that had been getting lots of good prospects is neglected and a couple years down the road the GM is gone when the team doesn’t win. I know the situations aren’t identical but there are some similarities

by bigsteve on Apr 23, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here's a good summary

of some of Krivsky’s moves as Cincy GM.

He made some really killer moves. Hambone in the rule-5 was genius. Willy-Mo for Arroyo. Brandon Phillips for… well, nothing.

His tenure wasn’t all sunshine, lollipops and morally-ambiguous strippers, (Drew Stubbs in the top 10? Really? I mean… REALLY?) but he certainly did some good things while there.

"Sabean did a good job on selling high on Liriano." -Excel Hearts Choi

by thedirkatron on Apr 23, 2008 2:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs