Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Credit Where Credit Is Due

The Grandstander has been assailed in recent weeks for being too judgemental and too hard on GM Neal (the guy who signed Aki Iwamura and thought Neil Walker would make a nice utility man). Well, in deference to those opinions let me jump the gun - I was going to wait until one month of the season had been played to do such an assessment - and give GM Neal props and kudos for the signing of Kevin Correia.

The Grandstander was not the only person to greet the Correia signing with great ennui last winter, but so far the results have been outstanding:

3-1, 2.48 ERA, 1 CG, 29 IP, 12K, 7 BB

If the NL All-Star team was being picked today, Correia would be on it.

So, at this point in the season, put this one in the PLUS column for Neal.

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Another Pirates thought, and, yes, I know it is early in the season:

After going 1-11 in 2010, after beating the Pirates for over $2 million in arbitration in the off season, after an '11 start that has produced a 7.27 ERA in two starts and 8.2 IP, and after being dispatched for what appears to be a lengthy spell on the DL, I am guessing that Ross Ohlendorf will be a prime candidate to be "designated for assignment" (a la Zach Duke) this coming off-season.

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