It’s Easy for Amaro

“It’s pretty easy,” Amaro said of the challenge of deciding to pull the trigger on a deal involving a star player. “If you get the proper return, you make a deal. If you don’t, you don’t.

That’s from a Jim Salisbury article yesterday regarding the possible trading of Cole Hamels.  “If you get the proper return, you make a deal. If you don’t, you don’t.” That is exactly what I’m afraid of of. Ruben deciding what is a proper return for Cole Hamels. All Philadelphia Phillies fans have a right to be afraid of that.

Dude has a terrible track record of dealing star players. Actually, I don’t know of a deal involving the Phillies trading a star player under Amaro that has been remotely successful. Hunter Pence, no. Cliff Lee, no. Shane Victorino, no. Yet, we are supposed to be confident in Ruben trading a star player now? I hope he does it before I make my deposit on season tickets on Thursday. I’d love to see which GM fleeces him and for what this time.

Ruben has to think we are stupidest fan base in the country. How can he claim that “it’s pretty easy” to decide whether or not to trade a star player? Maybe that’s his problem. He makes it too easy by taking whatever GM’s offer him. How about making it a little harder and getting something valuable in return?

If it’s so easy, why can’t he do it successfully?

Why is Ruben still here? Please promote him and get us a seasoned GM, not someone simply promoted to Assistant GM after retiring because the Phillies old-boy network liked him.

That is all.