Krivsky's Tenure

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Notable moves during Krivsky's tenure:

2-12-06: Scott Hatteberg signed to a one-year, $750K deal.
2-13-06: Adam Dunn signed to two-year, $18.5MM extension.
3-20-06: Acquired Bronson Arroyo for Wily Mo Pena.
3-21-06: Acquired David Ross for Bobby Basham.
4-7-06: Acquired Brandon Phillips for Jeff Stevens.
5-26-06: Traded Cody Ross to Marlins for a player to be named later.
June '06: Selected Drew Stubbs eighth overall in draft.
7-6-06: Acquired Eddie Guardado for Travis Chick.
7-13-06: Acquired Gary Majewski, Bill Bray, Royce Clayton, Brendan Harris, and Daryl Thompson for Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez, and Ryan Wagner.
7-26-06: Signed Hatteberg to a one-year, $1.65MM extension.
7-31-06: Acquired Rheal Cormier for Justin Germano.
7-31-06: Acquired Kyle Lohse for Zach Ward.
8-7-06: Acquired Ryan Franklin for a player to be named later.
8-16-06: Acquired Scott Schoeneweis for a player to be named later.
8-28-06: Signed Javier Valentin to a one-year, $1.325MM extension.
9-25-06: Signed Juan Castro to a two-year, $2MM extension.
11-20-06: Signed Alex Gonzalez to a three-year, $14MM contract.
11-20-06: Signed Mike Stanton to a two-year, $5.5MM contract.
11-20-06: Traded Jason LaRue to the Royals for a player to be named later.
12-7-06: Acquired Josh Hamilton for cash.
12-7-06: Selected Jared Burton in Rule 5 draft.
12-12-06: Signed David Weathers to a two-year, $5MM contract.
1-2-07: Traded Brendan Harris to Rays for cash.
1-10-07: Acquired Jeff Keppinger for Russ Haltiwanger.
2-6-07: Signed Aaron Harang to a four-year, $36.5MM extension.
2-8-07: Signed Bronson Arroyo to a two-year, $25MM extension.
4-16-07: Signed Ryan Freel to a two-year, $7MM extension.
4-27-07: Traded Chris Denorfia to A's for Marcus McBeth and another player.
5-9-07: Released Rheal Cormier.
June '07: Selected Devin Mesoraco 15th overall in draft.
10-31-07: Exercised '08 options on Hatteberg, Dunn, and Valentin.
11-28-07: Signed Francisco Cordero to a four-year, $46MM contract.
12-21-07: Acquired Edinson Volquez and Danny Herrera for Josh Hamilton.
1-23-08: Signed Jeremy Affeldt to a one-year, $3MM contract.
2-15-08: Signed Brandon Phillips to a four-year, $27MM extension.
2-21-08: Signed Josh Fogg to a one-year, $1MM contract.
3-3-08: Signed Corey Patterson to a one-year, $3MM contract.
4-8-08: Released Mike Stanton.

Looking back on Krivsky's moves, he did a fine job. While many of his small free agent moves were poor, he made many shrewd trades and smart extensions.

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Or you could look at it like this, in terms of who's currently with the organization:

ACQUIRED

Scott Hatteberg
Bronson Arroyo
David Ross
Brandon Phillips
Gary Majewski
Bill Bray
Darryl Thompson
Javy Valentin
Alex Gonzalez
Jared Burton
Jeff Keppinger
Marcus McBeth
Francisco Cordero
Edinson Volquez
Matt Maloney
Jose Castro
Sean Henry
Jeremy Affeldt
Josh Fogg
Corey Patterson
Jerry Hairston, Jr.

DRAFTED

Drew Stubbs
Sean Watson
Chris Valaika
Justin Turner
Josh Roenicke
Devin Mesoraco
Kyle Lotzkar
Todd Frazier
Zach Cozart
Scott Carroll
Neftali Soto
Brandon Waring

TRADED/RELEASED

Wily Mo Pena
Bobby Basham
Jeff Stevens
Travis Chick
Justin Germano
Zach Ward
Juan Castro
Jason LaRue
Russ Haltiwanger
Chris Denorfia

BOTH ACQUIRED AND TRADED/RELEASED

Mike Stanton
Cody Ross
Eddie Guardado
Brendan Harris
Rheal Cormier
Jeff Conine
Josh Hamilton
Kyle Lohse
Ryan Franklin

NOTABLE EXTENSIONS

Ryan Freel
Adam Dunn
Aaron Harang
Bronson Arroyo
Brandon Phillips
David Weathers
Juan Castro

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If you ask me, he brought in a LOT more talent than he let go.