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"If you cared you'd know..."
Let me get this straight: I don't care because I'm not satisfied with 23 straight seasons of mostly terrible baseball? It takes a leap the size of Carl Peterson's id to connect those dots.
Yes, I know they've signed Gil Meche and Jose Guillen. Neither of them were considered the elite players at their positions in free agency. But the point is valid. It was better than, say, 4 years ago.
Consider the upcoming free agent crop. The players who make the most sense, IMO, when contrasted with the R's needs are players like Teixiera, Adam Dunn, Brad Penny (if he opts out) and Ben Sheets. Think the Glass family will get in the bidding on any of these? Or do you think they'll focus more on retreads like Raul Ibanez, Bobby Abreu and Rafael Furcal? You can guess what I think they'll do, I'd imagine.
I'm not saying that spending FA money is necessarily the way to go, especially not in the long term. But until the farm system begins to regularly bear fruit (and that's still likely 2-3 years away), if they want to be competitive, they're going to have to augment the lineup this way, as there just isn't a ton of talent on the major league roster to trade away.
I'm more hopeful, as I said, than I was 5 years ago. But I need the results on the field.
SHOW.
ME.
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