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he has made some bad trades granted but look at past GM's trades, Varitek and Lowe for Slocumb? Mike Hampton for Eric Anthony, Bill Swift, Shawn Estes and Mike Jackson for Kevin Mitchell, Omar for Fermin, Tino and Nelly for Russ Davis..the list goes on and on..Soriano had no value left on the team after JJ cemented the closer spot and Ramirez wasnt a bad pitcher in the past few years but yes it was a bad trade, and I just thank god they didnt sign Weaver to the contract they offered Zito...he paid Silva and Batista about market value, they overpaid but thats what you have to do if your a organization who is floundering...and as much as everyone loves Brandon Morrow, myself included who is to say he is going to be an answer or even a good starter, he showed in the pac-10 he was an average pitcher at best, Linecum was dominate and he has been great in the bigs I'm afraid Morrow is going to be average as well in the bigs, The Orioles trade I still say is a good one, Bedard is a pitcher you just dont get and the Mariners seem to screw up on developing, I hated losing Sherill but he was used horribly...he showed how good of a closer he is this year yes the Mariners used him for one batter, if they loved Morrow so much they shouldve kept him down and given the 8th inning job to Sherill not just lefties..I'm not saying Bavasi is a good GM but in my opinion he is still the best GM we have had, he inherited a horrible team that was full of aging veterans who had nothing left and a team that wasnt exactly an attractive draw for big name free agents so I think he has done a decent enough job and as I said its not the GM's role to scout so you cant blame that on him
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