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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
That's something that stood out to me in the Grantland piece:
But the cold reality is this: Dayton Moore took the job right after the 2006 draft, and six years later, not one pitcher he has drafted is in a major league starting rotation. And unless the Royals make a major splash in free agency or through a trade, there is no reason to believe their starting rotation next April will be any better than the one that has torpedoed this season. Moore knows this, and he also knows that excuses for losing are wearing thin on ownership. The only way out may be to trade a sizable chunk of his vaunted farm system this winter to acquire an established starting pitcher — which risks undoing all the good that Moore has done with the farm system to begin with.
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I really don't get Rany's last point. The entire purpose of building a great farm system is to use them as trading chips for major league talent, not sit on all of them and pray them develop into stars. The bust rate of prospects is extremely high, so you need to evaluate which ones are keepers and which ones are assets to trade.
The 90's-00's Atlanta teams were great at trading their overrated prospects for established MLB talent, but it seems like Moore is too scared to trade. Guys like Mike Montgomery and Chris Dwyer could have been key pieces to trade for a very talented player two years ago, but now they are virtually worthless due to waiting too long.