St. Louis Post Dispatch reporting Jocketty is out as GM in baseball. Very sad day for me as Walt has been a TOP 5 GM in all of baseball and brought Cards baseball back to prominence. Likely a big mistake by Cards ownership. Should be interesting to see who the next GM is.
Some of Walt's big moves over the years included:
Jim Edmonds for Kennedy and Bottenfeld
Walt Clark for a minor leaguer
Marquis and Wainwright for JD Drew
Renteria for Looper and 2 minor leaguers
Rolen and Stephenson for Bud Smith, Polonco, and minor leaguer
McGwire for 4 minor leaguers that did not amount to crap
Woody Williams for Ray Lankford
Just to name a few.
His last major deal may have done him in with getting Mulder but overall he is has been the best at getting premium players for journeymen players and minor leaguers who never amounted to crap.
Some of Walt's big moves over the years included:
Jim Edmonds for Kennedy and Bottenfeld
Walt Clark for a minor leaguer
Marquis and Wainwright for JD Drew
Renteria for Looper and 2 minor leaguers
Rolen and Stephenson for Bud Smith, Polonco, and minor leaguer
McGwire for 4 minor leaguers that did not amount to crap
Woody Williams for Ray Lankford
Just to name a few.
His last major deal may have done him in with getting Mulder but overall he is has been the best at getting premium players for journeymen players and minor leaguers who never amounted to crap.