
Originally Posted by
acerimusdux
Agree. I also agree with YS that the talent isn't there for it to make sense to go all in right now. I wouldn't give up a first round pick at this stage to add a 32-year old Nick Swisher, for example.
But the talent isn't there because they already decided to dump most of their best talent. They already gave away an all-star SS, traded a star OF and middle lineup bat, traded another above average OF who was under 30, and traded a Cy Young winning ace. So yeah, there aren't that many pieces left, but that was a choice.
At this point, we aren't going for it in 2012, as our best talents are already traded, and the best free agents are already signed. So 2012 should be a year of breaking in lots of young talents like Wheeler, Harvey, d'Arnaud, maybe Mejia or Familia, and maybe hoping guys like Tejada, Valdespin, Gee, Niese and Nieuwenhuis still have a little more room for growth.
But I'm not rooting for any top 10 draft picks, either. I'd much rather see the above players perform enough to get us to over 80 wins at least, and I'll gladly then part with that one draft pick next year assuming there are guys worth spending on to fill the remaining holes.
Sandy has had 2 years now of patient waiting for the farm system to develop, without making an effort to field a truly competitive MLB team. It looks like 2013 will be a 3rd. If the end result of all this waiting eventually gets us a championship, that will be one thing. But if the result is that after 5-6 years we are back to something like the 89 win team we were on average over Minaya's first 4 years, I wouldn't consider that any great achievement.