Quote:
Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ
I don't disagree with you in theory, but in actual practice I don't think this is possible. It's not like there are 10 teams with 25 year old cy young winners just waiting around to be traded. If you look at trades for pitchers that you can control for more than 2 years, the royals would likely have to assume just as much risk in the player they get as they do sitting and hoping the prospects turn out. Guys that get traded usually have big red flags like Jimenez and Pineda, not sure things.
|
Your point is well taken.
I think what the struggles of our pitchers on the farm have reaffirmed, though, is that pitching prospects are exponentially more risky than someone with some background of ML success. All pitchers are going to get hurt, so in some ways it's a guessing game as to how long one has until the bomb blows up.
But rather than taking educated, logical guesses (if such a thing exists), the Royals seem content to buy scratch-off ticket after scratch-off ticket from the pitcher lottery, screaming, "This one HAS to be it! Don't touch my ****ing tickets!"
It's aggravating as shit.