Bill Bavasi, the Seattle GM, was fired today because the Mariners, well ... sucked. It wasn't really a shock. However, I wonder if this opens things up for others to be fired. Did the Mets owners wait until someone else made the first firing so that they could fire Randolph and have the excuse that they weren't the first, overreacting, impatient, etc.? Also, how long does McLaren last? How many players stay (let the fire sale begin in my opinion)?
Darren Beene chronicled Bavasi's tenure. The highlights are few and far between. Some of the bad are the traditional Horacio Ramirez-for-Rafael-Soriano trade, signing Chris Reitsma, trading the farm for Erik Bedard, declining to re-sign Jose Guillen (then trading away his replacement), getting Jose Vidro (although he didn't give up anything, but you have to fault them for keeping him in the lineup), trading Matt Thornton for Joe Borchard, etc. There really aren't many great things that he did. Some smart moves like signing Jose Guillen helped, but he left this team with little. I thought they had a chance because of the rotation (and I actually believed in Miguel Batista ... stupid, stupid, stupid) and the bullpen. The lack of offense has just been too much considering the rotation hasn't done much to help things either. A well-deserved vacation for Mr. Bavasi.
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