A big trade, some missed opportunities and the decision to bring back a manager that has lost 88 or more games in three consecutive seasons highlight Jeff Bridich's first year as Rockies GM. How do you feel about that?
Most of us have been waiting to truly judge the performance of first-year Colorado Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich, who last October inherited a losing team without much of a plan for sustainable future success. Bridich has now been on the job for a year, and that year has been an interesting one.
The Harvard graduate signed Kyle Kendrick and Nick Hundley prior to the season, demoted promising pitchers Eddie Butler and Tyler Matzek amid significant big league struggles, got top prospect Jon Gray acclimated to the big leagues and traded franchise cornerstone Troy Tulowitzki.