Padres hire Omar Minaya

[Chrispy]

[EmpireWF]

He's not a bad scout, just don't give him the ability to offer contracts.

[Guest]

He's not a bad scout, just don't give him the ability to offer contracts.

Exactly. Great GM with the Expos/Nats because he could work within a tight budget and evaluated players very well. Going to the Mets was the worse thing for his career, because he from a team that had the least margin for error with salary to one of the teams that had the most margin for error.

[EmpireWF]

Exactly. Great GM with the Expos/Nats because he could work within a tight budget and evaluated players very well. Going to the Mets was the worse thing for his career, because he from a team that had the least margin for error with salary to one of the teams that had the most margin for error.

Well, in hindsight...

He was within a couple innings of going to the World Series against a weak Tigers team.

Still, how in the world do you give those contracts to Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo?

[Woy]

Well, in hindsight...

He was within a couple innings of going to the World Series against a weak Tigers team.

Still, how in the world do you give those contracts to Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo?