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By: Eric Grinnell
For the third-part of this series, I wanted to look at the Indians scouting department and player development. If you missed the first two pieces of this series, this series attempts to analyze who deserves most of the blame for the Indians disappointing ’12 season and the disappointment of the last decade in general (yesterday I looked at Manny Acta and the Indians players).
In this piece, I will mainly focus on John Mirabelli (ran the Indians draft through 2007) and Brad Grant (has run the Indians draft since 2008), but will also talk about the Indians player development more generally as well.
John Mirabelli – Current Vice President of Scouting Operations, Ran Indians Draft from 2002 to 2007
Blame Score – 8.5/10
John Mirabelli deserves a lot of blame for the Indians poor performance this past decade. For the purposes of this piece, I’m strictly talking about Mirabelli in his capacity as running the Indians draft from 2002-2007. But the po...
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Death, Taxes, and Rebuilding:
PLAYERS:
Manny Acta,
Ben Francisco,
Michael Aubrey,
Ryan Garko,
Kevin Kouzmanoff,
Aaron Laffey,
Jeremy Sowers,
Scott Lewis,
Trevor Crowe,
Jensen Lewis,
David Huff,
Vinnie Pestano,
Josh Tomlin,
Beau Mills,
Josh Judy,
Lonnie Chisenhall,
Cord Phelps,
Zach Putnam,
Bryce Stowell,
Jason Kipnis,
Joe Gardner,
Austin Adams,
Drew Pomeranz,
Tony Wolters
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels, Colorado Rockies
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels, Colorado Rockies
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