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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
 Thanks for the info. Informative.
To extrapolate a plan with this info, a GM should be trading top prospects for proven or semi-established MLB players. correct? That would be the safest route and keep whatever "value" your farm system has to benefit the MLB team? |
You have to be able to scout your own players extremely well and develop the lottery tickets, but you're probably going to need to tank or get lucky at this point.
There aren't really stupid front offices anymore, so to further what DJ said, you can't fleece bad ones, which is how Jocketty operated.
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