Is Jerry Dipoto Unfirable?

Does he have some dirt on Arte Moreno?  He must.  Nothing else can explain why he is being allowed to finish out the remaining year on his contract.  Let's do a quick review of some of his farm system-destroying moves.  He traded Jean Segura, a rookie All-Star shortstop this year, and two much needed young pitchers in order to rent Zack Greinke for TWO MONTHS.  The only way that deal is fathomable is with a firm guarantee that he resigns with the Angels.  Now he is the Dodgers second ace while CJ Wilson can't get out of the 5th.  That whole debacle would never and should never have happened had Dipoto learned the lesson from renting Dan Haren in exchange for giving up on Tyler Skaggs and Patrick Corbin, who led the NL in wins for the 60% of the season.  It's funny that I'm happy the Angels weren't in the hunt around the trade deadline, because it kept Dipoto from hamstringing the franchise's future any further.  Like I've said before, my sister knew that Joe Blanton was a terrible signing.  The $7.5 million dollars owed to Blanton in 2014 should come directly out of Dipoto's personal bank account.  It's like the only time he took notes from Tony Reagins was during the Vernon Wells trade that cost the Angels $72 million for 2 seasons of AA-level production.

I was surprised when the news came down this week that Mike Scioscia & Jerry Dipoto would both be keeping their jobs.  I literally want Scioscia to die in an Angels uniform, so at least that is comforting to see.  He does have 5 years left on his deal, so that may have been a larger factor than people think.  On the other hand, Dipoto now has a stay of execution until the Angels are ruled out next year due to terrible pitching.  The Angels also announced that hitting coach Jim Eppard & bench coach Rob Picciolo have been let go.  There is some real irony to firing the coaches least responsible for the season's woes.  Mike Butcher better be looking over his shoulder if he can't get a starter other than Weaver into the 6th inning.  I heard the Dodgers are going to overpay for David Price from the Rays.  Maybe it's time for the Halos to grab a 2nd ace instead of allowing the Dodgers to add a 3rd.