Overrated Andrew Friedman's Dismal MLB Drafts (2008-2014)

While GM's who actually win (like Giants' GM Brian Sabean) seem to get no respect around baseball. Overrated bean counters like the former Tampa Bay GM Andrew Friedman seem to get all the publicity. Friedman was being schooled to be an investment banker when he decided to jump into baseball to be the next SABR kid genius. 

But few people remember that the success the Rays had was with players Tampa drafted before Friedman came to town (with the exception of a couple of slam dunk first round picks in 2006 & 2007.) But since 2007, Friedman's amateur drafts have been dismal. Tampa has had 19 first round picks (including the #1 overall pick Tim Beckham in 2008) and none of them have yet made any impact in MLB. In fact, Friedman's drafts have been nearly as bad as Billy Beane's!

Too Many Cardinal Announcers Calling Network Games These Days!

Isn't it time to start ridding the broadcast booth of obvious St. Louis Cardinal shills like Joe Buck, Bob Costas and Tim McCarver. I'm personally sick of all the St. Louis Cardinal ass kissing from the above three. Though I have to admit hearing Buck have to call Travis Ishikawa's game winning home run last night against his beloved Cardinals was a real treat! WE WON'T SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT! (Thank God for that!)

Brian Kenny Off His Rocker About GM Andrew Friedman

MLB Network's Brian Kenny is easily the most repellent person in the baseball media today. He might be even be more hard to take than the crusty old Bill James (Kenny comes close to wetting himself when talking about his idol James.)

Kenny's MLB Network show MLB now is absolutely brutal and should be called Geek Squad (it often resembles a bunch of calculator nerds at a Paul McCartney convention.) This show makes Intentional Talk look good.

Well today, Kenny called departed Tampa Bay Rays GM Andrew Friedman "one of the leaders of the analytics revolution." I'm sorry Brian but what has Andrew Friedman ever won? The answer is NOTHING? This is the real world Brian, they don't give out merit badges for competing and second place finishes. Kenny should have learned this after watching his beloved Billy Beane's Oakland A's choke the chicken in the 2014 stretch run.

Besides all that, Andrew Friedman has been absolutely dismal in his evaluation of amateur talent. Check out some of Friedman's horrible drafts in recent years. Friedman and Beane are home right now watching the World Series like the rest of us on TV. Brian Kenny on the other is no doubt trying to unload some of his Shin-Soo Choo rookie cards at the Ben Zobrist convention!