When's the last time one of their first-round picks hit it big? Like sonny gray is doing? He's pitched 105 innings. On the list of ways they built their team, he's a blip. The A's built their team with savvy trades, late-round picks emerging and value free-agent signings. They may be low-payroll, but they are doing things very differently from our plan.
Teams that are not in playoff position as of today: Tampa Bay, Washington, Kansas City, Pittsburgh Teams that are: New York Yankees, Milwaukee, Chicago White Sox Building the "right way" is overrated.
Have to imagine Amaya will be pretty high on the list when he ends the season with his 1.046 OPS. He's in the bus crash. The bus crash is gonna take out a lot of guys.
Our top prospects list for 2015: 1. No. 4 pick 2. Albert Almora 3. Corey Black 4. Armando Rivero 5. Josh Vitters (still has eligibility) 6. Dustin Geiger
I don't want him. He's hitting in the #@#$ Korean League. That's not even hitting in the Cuban or Japanese leagues, it's a step below that. But I reserve the right to be mad later if he turns out to be good.
I didn't say I wasn't being negative. I said I was being *on-topic* negative. There's a lot to be negative right now in the minor leagues. Basically every one of our hitting prospects swings-and-misses way too much or can't draw walks. And our good pitching prospects are all either hurt or wild or both.
I am revelling in the fact that it's not just me disappointed that all our prospects are having crummy Aprils. For once it's not only me noticing things going badly. That *is* on topic.
Most of us were talking about how all the prospects had crummy Aprils. The only person to bring up something non-minor league related, something processy, was whoever brought up the future rotation. So that guy's getting banned, the rest of us are cool.
That's a 77-win rotation if I ever saw one. That's stupid. You forgot to include the guys we got for trading Garza. I seem to remember we weren't supposed to project the rotation going forward without the near-ready elite SP prospects we were definitely getting for Garza.