Walt Jocketty Relived Of Duties

St. Louis Cardinals General Manager Walt Jocketty was relieved of his duties today, according to an anonymous source. The Cardinals finished third in the division a year after winning the World Series, so his dismissal is justified. Not only that, he was unable to keep a solid team together last off season, losing several key players to teams in his division. Also, he was very quiet around the deadline, making no deals. Over his time with the Cardinals, he has made some good and bad deals:

Date	Traded	To	Received
11/28/94	Aldo Pecorilli	ATL	Ramon Caraballo
12/07/94	Luis Alicea	BOS	Jeff McNeely, Nate Minchey
04/05/95	Kirk Bullinger, Bryan Eversgerd, Da Rond Stovall	MON	Ken Hill
04/09/95	Rheal Cormier, Mark Whiten	BOS	Cory Bailey, Scott Cooper
06/16/95	Todd Zeile, $	CHC	Mike Morgan, Francisco Morales, Paul Torres
07/09/95	John Habyan	ANA	Mark Sweeney
07/27/95	Ken Hill	CLE	David Bell, Rick Heiserman, Pepe McNeal
08/25/95	Anton French	ATL	Jose Oliva
10/19/95	Marc Ronan	MIL	Mike Stefanski
12/04/95	Andre King	CIN	Luis Ordaz (CIN), Miguel Mejia (KCR)
12/14/95	Allen Watson, Rich DeLucia, Doug Creek	SFG	PTBNL (Chris Wimmer), Royce Clayton
01/09/96	Allen Battle, Carl Dale, Jay Witasick, Bret Wagner	OAK	Todd Stottlemyre
01/22/96	Bernard Gilkey	NYM	Erik Hiljus, Eric Ludwick, Yudith Orozio
02/13/96	Steve Montgomery	OAK	Dennis Eckersley
06/07/96	Tom Urbani, Miguel Inzunza	DET	Micah Franklin, Brian Maxcy
06/15/96	Pat Borders	ANA	Ben Van Ryn
12/16/96	Cory Bailey	TEX	David Chavarria
12/19/96	PTBNL (Rene Arocha)	SFG	Tom Lampkin
03/27/97	Keith Johns	MIL	PTBNL (Scotty Pace
06/13/97	Rich Batchelor, Danny Jackson, Mark Sweeney	SDP	Scott Livingstone, Phil Plantier, Fernando Valenzuela
07/31/97	Eric Ludwick, TJ Mathews, Blake Stein	OAK	Mark McGwire
11/10/97	Dmitri Young	CIN	Jeff Brantley
03/28/98	Rigo Beltran	NYM	Juan Acevedo
03/30/98	Craig Shipley	ANA	Chip Hale
06/10/98	Wayne Kirby	NYM	Shawn Gilbert
07/31/98	Royce Clayton, Todd Stottlemyre	TEX	PTBNL (Mark Little), Darren Oliver, Fernando Tatis
11/19/98	Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant, Cliff Politte	PHI	Ricky Bottalico, Garrett Stephenson
12/14/98	Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, Pablo Ozuna	FLA	Edgar Renteria
02/09/99	Sean Lowe	CHW	John Ambrose
03/30/99	John Frascatore	ARI	Clint Sodowsky
07/31/99	Shawon Dunston	NYM	Craig Paquette
08/24/99	Kent Mercker	BOS	Mike Matthews, David Benham#
11/11/99	Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt, Lance Painter	TOR	Pat Hentgen, Paul Spoljaric
11/16/99	Manuel Aybar, Brent Butler, Rich Croushore, Jose Jimenez	COL	Darryl Kile, Luther Hackman, Dave Veres
12/20/99	2 PTBNL (Eliezer Alfonzo, Matt Parker), Juan Acevedo	MIL	Fernando Vina
03/18/00	Joe McEwing	NYM	Jesse Orosco
03/23/00	Kent Bottenfield, Adam Kennedy	ANA	Jim Edmonds
07/29/00	Chris Richard, Mark Nussbeck	BAL	Mike Timlin, $
07/31/00	Jose Leon	BAL	Will Clark, $
12/14/00	Britt Reames, Fernando Tatis	MON	Dustin Hermanson, Steve Kline
07/03/01	Larry Sutton	MIN	Hanley Frias
07/31/01	Jason Christiansen	SFG	Kevin Joseph, $
08/02/01	Ray Lankford, $	SDP	Woody Williams
12/15/01	Dustin Hermanson	BOS	Dustin Brisson, Luis Garcia, Rick Asadoorian
06/11/02	PTBNL (Seth Davidson)	MIN	Warren Morris
07/11/02	Neil Simoneaux	CLE	Nerio Rodriguez
07/19/02	PTBNL (Coco Crisp), Luis Garcia	CLE	Chuck Finley
07/29/02	Placido Polanco, Mike Timlin, Bud Smith	PHI	Scott Rolen, Doug Nickle, $
08/25/02	2 PTBNL (Jared Blasdell, Jason Karnuth)	CHC	Jeff Fassero
08/29/02	PTBNL (Mike Matthews), Chris Morris#	MIL	Jamey Wright, $
12/15/02	PTBNL (Mike Wodnicki), Luther Hackman	SDP	Brett Tomko
08/22/03	Ben Julianel, Justin Pope	NYY	Sterling Hitchcock
08/27/03	2 PTBNL (Mike Crudale, John Novinsky)	MIL	Mike DeJean
11/21/03	Tino Martinez	TBD	PTBNL (John-Paul Davis#), Evan Rust
12/13/03	JD Drew, Eli Marrero	ATL	Jason Marquis, Ray King, Adam Wainwright
03/21/04	Matt Duff	BOS	Tony Womack
03/29/04	Kerry Robinson	SDP	Brian Hunter
04/04/04	Wilson Delgado	NYM	Roger Cedeno
05/07/04	Joe Horgan	MON	Benji DeQuin
08/06/04	2 PTBNL (Luis Martinez, Chris Narveson), Jason Burch	COL	Larry Walker
12/18/04	Danny Haren, Kiko Calero, Daric Barton	OAK	Mark Mulder
03/29/05	Mike Myers	BOS	Carlos De La Cruz#, Kevin Ool#
06/04/05	Javier Cardona	CLE	PTBNL (John Rodriguez)
12/07/05	Ray King	COL	Larry Bigbie, Aaron Miles
07/05/06	Terry Evans	ANA	Jeff Weaver, $
07/30/06	Hector Luna	CLE	Ron Belliard
07/31/06	Rich Scalamandre	ATL	Jorge Sosa

He has made some good trades in the past to acquire Mark McGwire, Dennis Eckersley, Larry Walker, Mark Mulder, Adam Wainwright, and Scott Rolen, to name a few. He gave up J.D. Drew and Coco Crisp, but both haven't been amazing since leaving. However, he did trade Dan Haren and Daric Barton to acquire Mulder, and both are on the verge of being All-Stars. He's decent in making trades, and developing some good young players, but improving the team outside the organization is his struggle. He hasn't had much success in the draft, so there are some legitimate reasons to let him go. Possible replacements include Ruben Amaro Jr., Randy Bush, Mike Jorgensen, and others. During his time, the Cards have been to the playoffs six times, winning the World Series once. They also had seven straight winning seasons during his time.

UPDATE: John Mozeliak has been named interim GM.