This offseason wasn't even that terrible, but it was mediocre. And when you add that to the past two offseasons (mediocre, awful) it comes out as three years of horrible decision making.
His biggest mistake to me was with Beltran in 2005. Instead of really going after him, Hendry was a few million short on his initial bid and instead decided to spend the money on a bunch of mediocre players (Howry, Eyre, Neifi, etc) instead of one great one. Same thing happened with Tejada, the Cubs let a few million stand in the way of a superstar and instead dispersed the payroll over several weak players.
This last offseason is where Hendry finally signed a big star. Unfortunately I don't think Soriano is nearly as valuable as Beltran.
