Not to get too ahead of ourselves but I would put Ellsbury lower until he earns the ABs, and give more ABs to more productive players. For example:
Pedroia
Drew
Ortiz
Tex
Youk
Bay
Lowrie
Catcher
Ellsbury
Again though, let's not count the chickens.
Phillies got Ronny Paulino from Pittsburgh for Jason Jaramillo.
http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/2008/12/dec-10-heres-deal-phils-acquire-catcher.html
I disagree, he deserves blame for that. He signed an aging, injury prone pitcher for four years and he only earned his salary for one of them. If you can't judge a GM on the quality of the players he acquires, what do you judge him on?
Reyes and Wright made their MLB debut before Minaya was hired.
As for internal positives, he drafted Mike Pelfrey in 2005 (1st round) and Daniel Murphy (13) and Joe Smith (3) in 2006. Not that much to write home about.
When he gets banned next time, balloons fall from the ceiling.
And LMAO at best team in history, considering they have a very good chance at not even making the playoffs (not at shot at the Yankees as much as praising the ALE).