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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
So if you didn't draft them, it didn't count?
We traded for Freese as an overaged, 24 year old non-prospect mired in A ball; 4 years later he was a WS MVP. I'd say the Cardinals developmental staff had a hand in that.
Waino was a 21 yr old kid that the Braves were worried wouldn't re-discover his mechanics after a major growth spurt turned him into a gangly mess of arms and legs. 3 years later he closed out a WS and went on to record back to back 2nd place CY young finished before was the age Shields is now. Yeah - the Cardinals system didn't do anything there.
Chris Carpenter was a sub .500 pitcher with an ERA approaching 5 and a bad wing before becoming a CY winner and post-season God.
And all those 'rehab projects' came in and adopted the philosophy espoused by Dave Duncan and the organization to become far better than they were before they got here.
And that's not even getting into guys like Craig, Jay, M. Carpenter, Lynn, etc..; unheralded prospects that have simply outperformed the byproducts of "The Greatest Farm System in Baseball History".
But you're right - we could've totally fired a smart hitting coach, starting shouting "MOAR HOMERS!!" and chalked everything up to back luck.
Because that's all it is for the Cardinals...right? They just get lucky a lot.
The team has one big money free agent on the roster and you're honestly trying to avoid crediting their developmental system. Unreal.
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**** off I never said anything about the stupidity of the Royals. I never said anything about this years team. I was talking about your World Series teams. Hell your best team, 2004, that didn't win a championship was pretty much a bought team.