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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
And somehow people will use this as evidence that Mozeliak was hamstrung.
Dude has plenary authority over all of baseball ops. HE chose that direction that led to the implosion of our player development system.
And idiot assholes like me pointed this out EIGHT YEARS AGO.
When the Cardinals were still winning 90-100 games/season many of us were saying "Hey guys...uh...do you notice that our minor leagues usually kinda suck?"
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I knew they were trying to keep the MLB roster duct taped together but hadn’t quite realized the extent they were just not spending on anything development related to pay for the duct tape. It makes some of those dumb contracts and particularly lighting money on fire with extensions all the more frustrating.