The Curious Case of Tyler McFarland & Nolan Reimold

[Rene88]

Wow. Just wow.

Neither one of these guys should be on a major league roster.

They brought up Bridewell probably to see what they have there since his on the 40-man, I get that move. But Ondursek (spelling, who cares) and McFarland? Please.

We have Garcia on the 40-man. We have Drake. We have Despaigne. Gunkel (in rotation though, get that).

Beato, Rodriguez, Andy Oliver. (not on the 40 man).

My goodness...tired of seeing the same cast of clowns out there. Make some 40-man moves.

I know it doesn't drastically alter things, but we need to see what we have depth-wise. Beato for one, has been with us for 2 years now.....

[Aristotelian]

Agree with you on Reimold. He brings nothing now that we have Pearce. Makes no sense to go short in the bullpen when our pitchers are struggling so much and Tillman and O'Day out.

However the options in AAA are not good. I don't think Despaigne is available yet. Garcia can't get outs at AA. I agree, Drake and Gunkel are next up but not much more confident in them than TJ/Ondrusek/Wilson.

[duffaphonic]

Drake is next. Does anyone remember an old black and white cartoon where the elephants are one behind the other doing the rumba around the bases. Cha-cha-cha cha-cha chaaa. That's what it's like watching the opponents vs the Os staff.

[Norfolk orioles]

Dan has to be blamed for how little quality pitching depth we have in our organization.

It's shockingly awful how little we have in the pipeline.

His dumpster diving strategy has been nothing but a complete failure at every possible level.

This is a catastrophic failure from which we will not recover.

I TRULY, SINCERELY wish Dan duquette was toronto's problem right now.

[O's84]

Dan has to be blamed for how little quality pitching depth we have in our organization.

It's shockingly awful how little we have in the pipeline.

His dumpster diving strategy has been nothing but a complete failure at every possible level.

This is a catastrophic failure from which we will not recover.

I TRULY, SINCERELY wish Dan duquette was toronto's problem right now.

I wouldn't say his dumpster diving is a bad thing. The problem as you mentioned is that due to how bad he's let the minors wallow he's had to do way too much dumpster diving and obviously has not been able to make up for the lack of minor league talent. And that as mentioned earlier is his own doing.

[Rene88]

Dan has to be blamed for how little quality pitching depth we have in our organization.

It's shockingly awful how little we have in the pipeline.

His dumpster diving strategy has been nothing but a complete failure at every possible level.

This is a catastrophic failure from which we will not recover.

I TRULY, SINCERELY wish Dan duquette was toronto's problem right now.

Been on record I thought he should have been transitioned out of the role some time ago...but at the OH love him here or they just get tired of hearing people complain about him, boo hoo. A board of bullies that are always right retroactively, but never willing to go against the board anthem. Courage behind the keyboard.

DD is not a bad GM, but he has been so bad with our starting pitching that literally the opposite move would have been better in most cases. He has been a disaster there.

Are you ready for next offseason with Ubaldo AND Gallardo on the books? And down 2 first round picks and no Davies? Not even mentioning Jake Arrietta (I know, tired of hearing this...but he traded him)...

So yes he has made some good moves for depth and the Trumbo move was killer, but you don't get to keep your job for one good move out of 5. This board is the only board that continually makes excuses for him. It's a joke.

[24fps]

Here's a fresh idea. Let's hijack a thread with a decent premise so we can throw yet another tantrum and bash Dan Duquette some. We haven't done that for, oh I don't know, at least 15 minutes now.

I agree that Remold's time has run out and I don't care that September is just around the corner.

[eddie83]

Some guys can't be called back up yet because they haven't been down 10 days. TJ made sense in that the Yanks have some lefties.

[bpilktree]

Been on record I thought he should have been transitioned out of the role some time ago...but at the OH love him here or they just get tired of hearing people complain about him, boo hoo. A board of bullies that are always right retroactively, but never willing to go against the board anthem. Courage behind the keyboard.

DD is not a bad GM, but he has been so bad with our starting pitching that literally the opposite move would have been better in most cases. He has been a disaster there.

Are you ready for next offseason with Ubaldo AND Gallardo on the books? And down 2 first round picks and no Davies? Not even mentioning Jake Arrietta (I know, tired of hearing this...but he traded him)...

So yes he has made some good moves for depth and the Trumbo move was killer, but you don't get to keep your job for one good move out of 5. This board is the only board that continually makes excuses for him. It's a joke.

The Brach move very good, the Kim signing good move, Alvarez was a decent move. He has made lot more then 1 good move. Chen move good as well.

[El Gordo]

Been on record I thought he should have been transitioned out of the role some time ago...but at the OH love him here or they just get tired of hearing people complain about him, boo hoo. A board of bullies that are always right retroactively, but never willing to go against the board anthem. Courage behind the keyboard.

DD is not a bad GM, but he has been so bad with our starting pitching that literally the opposite move would have been better in most cases. He has been a disaster there.

Are you ready for next offseason with Ubaldo AND Gallardo on the books? And down 2 first round picks and no Davies? Not even mentioning Jake Arrietta (I know, tired of hearing this...but he traded him)...

So yes he has made some good moves for depth and the Trumbo move was killer, but you don't get to keep your job for one good move out of 5. This board is the only board that continually makes excuses for him. It's a joke.

Can you find that post you made protesting the Arrieta trade?

[Rene88]

FYI: Chaz Roe hasn't allowed a run in over 8 innings with the Braves. He's looked crisp. I get the options thing, but signing Ondrusek was a head scratcher.

[bpilktree]

Been on record I thought he should have been transitioned out of the role some time ago...but at the OH love him here or they just get tired of hearing people complain about him, boo hoo. A board of bullies that are always right retroactively, but never willing to go against the board anthem. Courage behind the keyboard.

DD is not a bad GM, but he has been so bad with our starting pitching that literally the opposite move would have been better in most cases. He has been a disaster there.

Are you ready for next offseason with Ubaldo AND Gallardo on the books? And down 2 first round picks and no Davies? Not even mentioning Jake Arrietta (I know, tired of hearing this...but he traded him)...

So yes he has made some good moves for depth and the Trumbo move was killer, but you don't get to keep your job for one good move out of 5. This board is the only board that continually makes excuses for him. It's a joke.

Dan made a move to get Upton for Ubaldo but owner would not pay the money. If so probably no Reimold.

[MDK02]

Dan made a move to get Upton for Ubaldo but owner would not pay the money. If so probably no Reimold.

With Adam hurt, that would have been a nice deal to make.

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[Rene88]

The Brach move very good, the Kim signing good move, Alvarez was a decent move. He has made lot more then 1 good move. Chen move good as well.

My main point is he has failed miserably to assemble a competent starting staff despite the payroll to do it. I do not question he's done a good job with depth (AM was atrocious with depth) and a handful of moves.

But I am pretty sure trading a possible HOFer (Arrietta) clouds the Kim or Trumbo move. Plus, we all know Dan will get cute and let Trumbo walk like an idiot.

[Aristotelian]

Been on record I thought he should have been transitioned out of the role some time ago...but at the OH love him here or they just get tired of hearing people complain about him, boo hoo. A board of bullies that are always right retroactively, but never willing to go against the board anthem. Courage behind the keyboard.

I recall most of the board being opposed to the Gallardo trade as well as the Davies trade. You are not the only one who has been critical of DD.