12/24/2006

Organizational Report Cards

BaseballAmerica.com has their organizational report cards posted for subscribers only HERE.

Each team receives an overall grade and is also graded in the following categories: Major Leaguers, Minor Leagues, Talent Level, Player Procurement, and Direction.

The Seattle Mariners, parent club of the Timber Rattlers, got the following marks from BA:

Overall - D+
Major Leaguers -D
Minor Leagues - D
Talent Level - D
Player Procurement - C
Direction - D

I'll excerpt the reasoning for the grades behind Minor Leagues, Talent Level, and Player Procurement because those are the three were affected by or affect the Rattlers the most.

Minor Leagues - D
Losing went down through the minors, with .456 winning percentage; lost San Antonio and Inland Empire affiliations for West Tenn and High Desert.

Talent Level - D
Kenji Johjima was only rookie to make an impact, and he wasn't exactly homegrown; among the worst group of prospects in the minor leagues.

Player Procurement - C
Unloaded veterans like Jamie Moyer, but didn't get any difference-makers in exchange; draft crop looks like it could provide significant boost in arms.


That's quite a little 'bad news, good news' game that Baseball America has going there.

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