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Mets hire Krivsky as Omar's New Frenemy

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 30 2009 09:21 PM

Krivsky once snockered Omar in the Brandon Phillips deal. Also made trades for Volquez and Arroyo. Previous experience with a bad field manager too. Sources: Mets add ex-Reds GM to front office by Ken Rosenthal Mets general manager Omar Minaya is getting more help. The Mets are adding former Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky to their front office, major-league sources say. Krivsky, a special assistant to Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail, is expected to fill a similar role with the Mets. The Mets' front office had been depleted by the firing last July of Tony Bernazard, vice-president of player personnel, and by the move of Sandy Johnson, vice-president of scouting, into a less rigorous role. Krivsky, 55, was the Twins' assistant GM when the Reds named him on GM on Feb. 8, 2006. After his dismissal on April 23, 2008, he became a major-league scout with the Mets that June. The Mets asked him to remain with the team at that end of the season, but Krivsky accepted a job with the Orioles instead.

Ashie62 Nov 30 2009 10:22 PM Re: Mets hire Krivsky as Omar's New Frenemy

"Front office depleted" Those bastards didn't respond to my resume!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 30 2009 10:39 PM Re: Mets hire Krivsky as Omar's New Frenemy

"Also, we've installed a few 'surprise exit chutes' in the floor and electrified roughly half of the doorknobs in the baseball-operations offices. Y'know, for emergency preparedness' sake."

smg58 Dec 01 2009 07:16 AM Re: Mets hire Krivsky as Omar's New Frenemy

Krivsky got Phillips from Cleveland, who got him from Minaya. Volquez was good for the Reds last year, but dealing Josh Hamilton for him while holding onto Griffey and Dunn (both in their walk years) was probably what got him fired. He got the most heat from Reds fans for dealing Austin Kearns and Felipe Lopez for bullpen help and prospects. So far, the most "valuable" player acquired in that deal has been Brendan Harris, whom Krivsky later dealt to the Rays (for I'm not sure what, but the Rays turned him over to the Twins the following year as part of one of the most lopsided deals of the decade). At any rate, the Nats got an outfielder worth far less than his contract and an infielder who stunk in Washington and then became good again once he changed teams.

Edgy DC Dec 01 2009 07:23 AM Re: Mets hire Krivsky as Omar's New Frenemy

Well, anyhow, a good judge of talent isn't always able to balance the organization's needs as a GM, so I welcome him as a guy who continued Jim Bowden's legacy of always having enough hitters laying around when somebody went down. 'Cuz we ran out pretty early this year.

metirish Dec 01 2009 07:30 AM Re: Mets hire Krivsky as Omar's New Frenemy

Sounds like a good hire , Krivsky seems to have a good eye for talent.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 01 2009 08:59 AM Re: Mets hire Krivsky as Omar's New Frenemy

You're right -- my bad on the Phillips trade. Reading up on Krivsky's tenure with the Reds (2005 to early 2008), I get the sense he was pretty well regarded for finding valuable pieces on the cheap and investing in what was considered to be a sound strategy behind good young players (Volquez, Cueto, Homer Bailey, Bruce, Votto, etc) but was let go in early 2008 because: a) too many contracts eaten (including Mike F. Stanton and Juan Castro who were both released owed millions shortly before his firing) b) Reds off to a bad start and despite the promise never had a functional big-league team. That big Austin Kearns trade was designed to push the team to be a contender in 06 but really failed -- the Reds wilted down the stretch and wound up with nothing. c) Lack of "people skills" -- he apparently rubbed people the wrong way and was frosty ("borderline paranoid" one rag said) with the media. d) Walt Jocketty waiting in the wings. Fans and Krivsky himself were shocked at the abrupt firing. "Baseball people recognize the Reds have come a long way," Krivsky said. "I wish more focus would have been on the whole body of work than the 9-12 record, or whatever went into the decision today."