their success was primarily because of one move. Yes, and the Cardinals have somewhat lucked into success as well. My point is that they aren't a sabermetric team, but they (at least they think they are) are good at recognizing and developing amateur talent. Who exactly have they developed outside of Joe Mauer who was someone they couldnt mess up. Justin Morneau and Matt Garza and that's about it. 1998 - Ryan Mills (6th overall) 1999 - BJ Garbe (5th overall) 2000 - Adam Johnson (2nd overall) 2001 - Joe Mauer (1st overall) 2002 - Denard Span 2003 - Matt Moses 2004 - Trevor Plouffe 2004 - Glen Perkins 2004 - Kyle Waldrop 2004 - Matt Fox 2004 - Jay Rainville With the exception of the no brainer choice, that's about the worst run of drafting during that time frame in the first round in the non-Royals division. Pirates? Heck, the cubs