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The architect of the Reds’ first playoff berth in 15 years and their first winning season in a decade, general manager Walt Jocketty was recognized Wednesday as the 2010 Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year.
It was the third time Jocketty has won the award, after also earning it in 2000 and ’04 as GM of the Cardinals.
“We applaud Sporting News for recognizing the contributions of Walt and his staff to our 2010 championship team,” said Reds president/CEO Bob Castellini in a statement. “He continues to improve our organization both on the field and in the front office. We are proud that his work here is noticed throughout baseball.”
You can’t really argue with the selection, and Redleg Nation congratulates Jocketty on the honor. He got all the big decisions right in 2010, and was a large reason the Reds won the NL Central.
Four other Cincinnati GMs have won the award: Warren Giles (1938), Gabe Paul (1956), Bob Howsam (1973) and Bob Quinn (1990).
I’ll agree he deserves it, though I haven’t thought about all the other possible candidates.
He’s made mistakes, but that goes with the job. As Chad says, he’s gotten the big decisions right. He has a good sense of how to build a winner.
A lot of the talent was put together by Krivsky and O’Brien. They deserve credit for that much, despite other shortcomings.
But if WJ signs Scott Posednik as a free agent, I’ll want the award to be retroactively taken away.
But how does he look in leather pants?
“You can’t really argue with the selection…”
Wanna bet?
Jim Bowden also won for the Reds in 1999.
Here’s the full list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sporting_News_Executive_of_the_Year_Award
Yet another reason to be proud of our Reds
@pinson343:
okay why?
Yep. Some of it (Cabrera) was for lack of any better options, but Rolen, Leake, and Chapman were masterstrokes. Great job Walt!
OK, that said, the more I think about it, I’m coming around to Chad’s opinion that we shouldn’t try and extend Arroyo beyond picking up his option. Play it safe, please.