Gillick Named Phils New GM

Pat Gillick was officially named the Phillies new GM on Wednesday closing another chapter in the Philadelphia baseball history books. Gillick becomes the Phil's newest member after Ed Wade was fired in October. Gillick of course has quite a track record of success, as he was actually Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Blue Jays in...you guessed it, 1993. His numbers look good, but that was then, this is now. Nicknamed "Stand Pat" in Toronto for his unwillingness to make trades, one can only hope that this is a good thing for the Phillies organization. Gillick will need to come into a situation where trades were made to get certain players and to build this team. The test now is to work with these same players which were signed for long term contracts and figure out a way to shake things up a bit in the organization and hopefully create a fresh start. We all know what is needed, we all know what players are available, Gillick will obviously get his first test this offseason as Montgomery has said that the payroll will not increase over last year. As the winter meetings approach, time will tell if Gillick was the right guy for the job. You can only trust David Montgomery, Bill Giles and everyone else involved with this process that they made the right decision. I think they did, now we need to make things happen this offseason and the first stop after that will be the NL East Pennant.