July 02, 2007
Talking to Shapiro
Maury Brown sits down with Mark Shapiro, GM of the Cleveland Indians. I like his approach to free agents:
All that accentuates is that we need to try to stay out of the free agent market whenever possible ... and when we do enter into the free agent market, there is hopefully a realistic desire to supplement rather than build the core talent - because I just don't see us ever being able to compete in the free agent market for core talent ... it's just the very rare, exceptional occasion when that is going to happen.
That's what the Yankees did so well in the 1990s. They had a solid core of players they developed in their farm system, and supplemented them with players from other organizations via trade and free agency.
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Gene Michael was calling the shots in the Bronx, with the Boss suspended via Howie Spira. Cashman is following the same approach, just does not have the same eye for talent.
Shapiro should stay out of the free agent market. In most cases he makes poor judgments regarding veteran players. Sure he got Trot Nixon at a "decent" price, but that is like my bragging I bought a 1970 Plymouth Duster for a decent price. It was only $25 but it was still a piece of crap. He has done okay evaluating minor league talent, but he tends to go for the used to be good types like Matt Lawton with veteran players. If you're going to sign a veteran player who is no good you're better off with whatever you have at AAA.
