Why could we have not given them borchard some how instead of reed. So far reed is hitting .448 and has an obp of .484 in 29 at-bats. He has half the amount of hits (13) that borchard has in 42 less games.
Toronto's gm you were thinking of is j.p. ricarddi. Also i absolutely love sabremetrics. Like you said kw really does really need some assistants that do nothing but stats.
I know black betsy's blog is on baseball news blog but i do not see yours cheat. http://baseballnews.blogspot.com/
Thought you may want to get onto that site.
Excellent fielder seem to me like he has as much range if not more than valentin. Makes every play interesting even if it is a one hopper right to him and has one of the strongest arms in the league.