Grady Fuson out in San Diego

Haven't seen this posted anywhere, but it is amazing how his star has fallen.

3 months ago JBImaknee 33 comments 0 recs |

Comments

I think he was lucky

to be in the right place at the right time in Oakland.

"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland

by DJCahill on Oct 27, 2009 11:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Fuck him for all nothing he did here.

The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...

by Kinslerhomer on Oct 27, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What about OMFT!?

by BuckyB on Oct 27, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

not that we couldn't have gotten him again

but we gave up a pretty good player for him, too

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Oct 27, 2009 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does anyone think

SD will keep Gonzalez past mid-2010? I’d think he’d be the #1 trade target in July.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Oct 27, 2009 11:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

SD desperately needs

a Teixeira to Braves type deal. They need multiple high ceiling exciting young players. Obviously everyone wants that. But that franchise has only one thing going for them – Adrian Gonzalez. He’s a local, so they’ll need to get something more exciting.

I could see a team like the Red Sox doing that too. The key for SD is to make it look like a deal to take advantage of AGon’s value, not a desperation move like with Peavy (how Towers handled the Peavy situation alone was enough to get him fired)

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Oct 27, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It shouldn't be long before we get a Galloway column explaining that he was wrong when he blasted the club for letting Fuson go

It and the Herschel Walker trade mea culpa should be coming along any day now.

"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT

by WestTxAg06 on Oct 27, 2009 11:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Well

They let Fuson go to keep Hart around. I don’t think that deserves a mea culpa.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 27, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Two words: Drew Meyer

with Cole Hamels, Joe Saunders, Scorr Kazmir, Matt Cain, Joe Blanton, Jeremy Hermida, Nick Swisher, James Loney, Kahlil Greene and Denard Span still on the board.

by twinkilling on Oct 27, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ouchie.

by rcreative on Oct 27, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was flipping out on draft day 2002, but

Fuson did some good things here. In his next draft he added Danks and Kinsler, very strong, and he is the guy who was responsible for the Adrian Gonzalez acquisition. I’m not a real big fan, but while I wondered at the time if aliens had taken over his body to pick Meyer, all in all he probably at least broke even.

by Brett Perryman on Oct 27, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kinsler

After reading MJH’s piece on drafting Kinsler, I don’t know if I could attribute that to Fuson.

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks

by hightowersmith on Oct 27, 2009 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Kinsler was Mike Grouse's guy.

And a roster fill-in at that. No one thought much of him anywhere, including Texas.

MLB Bonus Baby - A Draft Blog
The MLB Bonus Baby Forum
The MLB Bonus Baby Dynasty League

by Andy Seiler on Oct 27, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

When you take this step

I would argue that you can really skew the performance of any executive in a positive or negative direction. We hear some anecdotes about guys, but we don’t even come close to knowing the full story. How many late round, low bonus JC guys should be attributed to the scouting director based on this criterion? If a scouting director drafted a guy, he gets credit for him. Same goes for the GM who employs the scouting director.

by Brett Perryman on Oct 27, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK, I agree with that.

I guess that specialized information about Kinsler being that one guy’s baby came to mind, especially considering the war room didn’t seem to be in agreement.

But it’s getting a little fine with it.

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks

by hightowersmith on Oct 27, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

gross.

"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

by Ryin A on Oct 27, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Joe Saunders sucks

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 27, 2009 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but Lane Meyer is worse than suck.

"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

by Ryin A on Oct 27, 2009 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lane Meyer

would be better off dead.

You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.

by Escher on Oct 27, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

x

"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

by Ryin A on Oct 27, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

x

“One speaks no English, the other learned English from watching ’The Wide World of Sports. So you tell me… Which is worse: speaking no English at all or speaking Howard Cosell?”

You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.

by Escher on Oct 27, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Would you pick Meyer over Saunders right now, though?

by Inkara1 on Oct 27, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No

But Saunders still sucks, and I always feel the need to point that out.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 27, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wasn't he the centerpiece the Angels thought we should be satisfied with for Marky Mark?

Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...

Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?

by Brian Thomas on Oct 27, 2009 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Him and Kotchman

by Brett Perryman on Oct 27, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And some Rangers fans last year...

…bitched that we blew it, because he turned out to be a top of the rotation guy and all we got were some magic beans.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 27, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, Mario Ramos defines "sucks"

A 48-22 career record with a 4.22 ERA is far from sucking.

by twinkilling on Oct 27, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

the thought of that draft makes me vomit a little

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Oct 27, 2009 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

While I'm no John Hart fan, Hart did begat Daniels

If you look at keeping Hart around for a little extra time in exchange for getting Daniels, I think I’ll take that over keeping Fuson around and making him the GM.

"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT

by WestTxAg06 on Oct 27, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Saw that this morning

Great baseball mind that probably climbed a position or two higher than he could really handle. I always thought that he was a guy that needed a buffer between draft selection and draft direction.

Let him find the guys they want to scout and build the staff, but have someone else make the picks

JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook

by laxtonto on Oct 27, 2009 12:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Pitchability sucks ass

Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...

Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?

by Brian Thomas on Oct 27, 2009 6:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

By the way

is Hoyer keeping DePodesta around?

by Brett Perryman on Oct 27, 2009 6:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Don't know

But with Fuson about to leave on vacation, that might explain why he was told now, with other people finding out once Hoyer officially comes on board.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 27, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs