I know a lot of morons like to say the ends justify the means, but they don’t. That’s how you end up with the current Yankees. Run things irresponsibly for long enough, and you will mess up your franchise eventually regardless of payroll or anything.

Colletti has been a terrible decision maker since he’s been in control. That’s what GMs do, they make decisions. Do we sign this guy? Do we trade this guy? What can we get back? Can we help this team win?

He is being GIFTED more than half of his team from cost controlled sources, he has a decent sized payroll, and he still wastes 1/3 of it every year on essentially worthless players.

So what you’re basically saying is that Colletti has done nothing, and has let Logan White and Kim Ng’s player development do 3/4 of the work for him, so that makes him a good GM.

Sweet.

The Dodgers have Russell Martin, so we had no need for Navarro. He moved him hoping to get help from Hendrickson and Hall. Nothing wrong with that. Navarro wasn’t going to help the Dodgers. It’s actually better for him that he went somewhere where he could play. What did you expect Colletti to get in return for an OK prospect at the time?

As for Delwyn Young, I’m not sure what you see in him. Cite all the minor league stats that you’d like. And you’re overrating Hu big-time. I’m not saying Castro is great, obviously, but he’s no worse of a fielder than Hu (both are defensive wizards) and is probably a better hitter, too. Hu will never ever hit in the big leagues, I promise you, so I can’t wait to hear you complain when the Dodgers eventually trade him too.

You cite Willy Aybar and Wilson Betemit both, yet that trade was basically Willy Aybar, Betemit, and Baez for Proctor. Aybar’s a decent bench player, but that’s what he is, a bench player. Eminently replaceable. These are not players of significance!

You complain about Greg Maddux? Losing Izturis was NOTHING for the Dodgers. Maddux did OK performance-wise down the stretch that season, but more importantly, his effect on the younger Dodger pitchers was tremendous in that pennant race, and they will be the first to tell you that. The Dodgers had Furcal at the time. What did you expect them to get for Izturis? Good God.

Cody Ross is not the starting center fielder for the Marlins, he is the right fielder, and has never proven that he can be an everyday player. We’ll see if he can do it this year. Even if he can, the Dodger outfield is well stocked. They are losing nothing by not having him on the roster.

Werth is certainly making a nice little run after his wrist problems with the Dodgers, but again, I ask you, where would he be playing if he were with the Dodgers right now? The Dodger outfield is stacked! The Dodgers aren’t losing anything by his not being with them. Had he stayed with the Dodgers, he would be a fourth outfielder and pinch hitter. That’s it.

Of all the players you mentioned, the only one that could be of legitimate use to the Dodgers is Edwin Jackson, who could be our fifth starter. And even that is very replaceable (the fact he’s the third starter on a bad Tiger pitching staff is irrelevant).

Colletti surely has made his mistakes in free agency (Andruw Jones, Jason “Not Worth A” Schmidt, and Pierre come to mind), but this analysis isn’t a very good one, quite frankly. If you just look at this 2009 Dodger team, they have above-average position players at 6 of the 8 spots on the diamond, including one superstar (Manny Ramirez), and Loney and Blake are at least league-average at their positions. The pitching might not be great, but certainly, it’s solid. And the team is well-positioned to trade for an ace like Halladay or Oswalt if they are dangled at the trade deadline. You also fail to mention that Colletti gave up basically nothing to get Manny. Yes, Andy LaRoche is nothing. Or are you upset about losing him too?