January 3, 20197 yr You know I was being facetious. Billy Smith is a crappy swimmer. Smith, BTW did not in fact have the final authority to sign Sano. This decision required approval from above. Smith was the GM of course.My tiresome argument has been consistently based on the distinctions among roles, titles, and authority and I think people have been quick to disparage, quick to attribute credit.No...I'm going to have to push back here. Whether or not the final authority to sign Sano required approval from above...and I hope it didn't, we're talking about a rather small amount of money in the big scheme of things...the decision to devote a large portion of the international budget to one person was certainly Smith's. And I, for one, do not believe that decision would have been the same under Ryan. The underling's work would have been the same. But not the decision.
January 3, 20197 yr Ryan did not like Sano. He hated him enough to sign Byung Ho Park (which was absolutely ridiculous) and hand the third base job to Plouffe (also ridiculous) to "keep his bat in the lineup". With those two moves he effectively got rid of Vargas (who as every bit as good as Park and cheaper) and he put Sano back on his heels Terry Ryan was terrible with Latin players
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