CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago 1 hour ago, WestEddy said: And Acuña was getting the Vargas treatment right after the trade. I think he's going to be a bit more than a light-hitting Leury Garcia. Lets hope so. Unbelievable that people continually cry about the bad records and say its so embarassing then double talk saying dont waste money on vets to incrementally improve the team while working in the rookies. These vets help the young players. Every rebuild does this.No team in any sport relies solely on young players. It helps the young players to know they will get the chances to play while they also see win totals increase year to year . That idiotic strategy would have precluded the 2 year contract to Murakami. There's also no way to acquire young players if you have nothing but young players unless all you do is sign guys like Kelenic. People really need to think before they talk about such idiotic notions. The drafts the last few years are way better than most drafts in the Hahn Williams years. Then they built the infrastructure to help them. The $85M payroll isnt low enough for people yet I guess. Jerry is that you ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago 9 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Lets hope so. Unbelievable that people continually cry about the bad records and say its so embarassing then double talk saying dont waste money on vets to incrementally improve the team while working in the rookies. These vets help the young players. Every rebuild does this.No team in any sport relies solely on young players. It helps the young players to know they will get the chances to play while they also see win totals increase year to year . That idiotic strategy would have precluded the 2 year contract to Murakami. There's also no way to acquire young players if you have nothing but young players unless all you do is sign guys like Kelenic. People really need to think before they talk about such idiotic notions. The drafts the last few years are way better than most drafts in the Hahn Williams years. Then they built the infrastructure to help them. The $85M payroll isnt low enough for people yet I guess. Jerry is that you ? https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2013.shtml Top 14 position players all 29 and younger Every position player used during season 29 and younger except 31 bench player Jed Lowrie https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2015.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted 14 hours ago Author Share Posted 14 hours ago 48 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Lets hope so. Unbelievable that people continually cry about the bad records and say its so embarassing then double talk saying dont waste money on vets to incrementally improve the team while working in the rookies. These vets help the young players. Every rebuild does this.No team in any sport relies solely on young players. It helps the young players to know they will get the chances to play while they also see win totals increase year to year . That idiotic strategy would have precluded the 2 year contract to Murakami. There's also no way to acquire young players if you have nothing but young players unless all you do is sign guys like Kelenic. People really need to think before they talk about such idiotic notions. The drafts the last few years are way better than most drafts in the Hahn Williams years. Then they built the infrastructure to help them. The $85M payroll isnt low enough for people yet I guess. Jerry is that you ? It's sports-talk syndrome. Everybody gets to scream about organizational incompetence, and how everything they don't like is a fireable offense, when all they're doing is yelling the things they're too scared to suggest at their own jobs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted 14 hours ago Author Share Posted 14 hours ago 42 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2013.shtml Top 14 position players all 29 and younger Every position player used during season 29 and younger except 31 bench player Jed Lowrie https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2015.shtml Weird year to pick for the Astros. They didn't actually win until they had a 40 year old Carlos Beltran and 33 year old Yuli Gurriel in their lineup, and a 33 year old Charlie Morton leading the rotation. The young males needed older bulls to help them find their way: Teenage elephants need a father figure | BBC Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago 14 minutes ago, WestEddy said: Weird year to pick for the Astros. They didn't actually win until they had a 40 year old Carlos Beltran and 33 year old Yuli Gurriel in their lineup, and a 33 year old Charlie Morton leading the rotation. The young males needed older bulls to help them find their way: Teenage elephants need a father figure | BBC Earth Don't forget Lester/Zobrist for the Cubs and James Shields/Cueto/Volquez/Zobrist for KC? When do they get added? 2029? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted 14 hours ago Author Share Posted 14 hours ago 18 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Don't forget Lester/Zobrist for the Cubs and James Shields/Cueto/Volquez/Zobrist for KC? When do they get added? 2029? I was thinking about getting an old elephant in the bullpen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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