I guess I don't see a lot of "costly" mistakes by Bridich. Desmond is certainly costly and one year in it has mistake written all over it, but I think the jury is still out on that one. Desmond's injuries this season at least give us some hope that he will rebound and contribute near his pay level (as Parra did).

The other signings that could go into Bridich's "mistake" pile, including Motte, Qualls, & Lyles, hardly qualify as costly, at least not in the baseball sense of the term. All were short-term deals that didn't work out, but didn't cost a ton of money and didn't handcuff the team's finances for years down the road.

Reyes was costly to be sure, but I think the blame for that largely falls on the player himself. Bridich didn't make the guy untradeable, Reyes did. He played 140+ games this year for the Mets, so he may well have been tradeable if not for his DV charges. The Rockies could have kept him and waited for his value to rise, but I'm glad they didn't.