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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
What do you all think of Jocketty? He's made Cinci a damn good team too. I would've killed to get him to KC but we don't deserve him anyway. He's a threat in that division seemingly every year.
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Probably one of the best at extracting maximal trade value and buying low on veteran reclamation projects. He did it in St. Louis with Chris Carpenter. The Rolen, Edmonds, Wainwright/Marquis/Fat Ray King, and McGwire trades were outright theft.
His drafts were generally ok. Hit the lottery with Pujols. Molina was obviously a tremendous pick. Rick Ankiel looked like a phenomenal selection until he went Section 8, but towards the end our farm system really suffered until Jeff Luhnow gained more influence in the development of the system and selection of picks.
If Jocketty didn't handle the draft I'd consider him the best in baseball.
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