Or you turn it like the early 2000 A's or the Giants during their recent heyday, or the Cards...
Now obviously those teams had more than just dominant pitching, as each team had at least 1 MVP winner on their team. But they did have dominant pitching that was pretty much entirely home grown.
I don't know that it's all that likely we would look like the Cubs 2-3 years ago either, even if we had focused on position players.
It has been said that pitching is easier to acquire and hitting is worth substantially more. But the last couple of off-seasons don't align with that opinion. The highest contracts have been going to the pitchers and the asking for front line starting pitching has been astronomical.
What were Bonds War numbers during the early 2000s. Was thinking about that earlier today. Imagine they were up there.
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The reason you have seen that the last couple of seasons is no true top tier position player has hit the market in their prime. Expect that to change with Machado and Harper.
Position prospects are safer and as a result have better return rates. That is a historical fact. The Braves are in a good spot because they do have quite a few position players even with a lot of pitchers.
Did we Jackson or gohard for mallex. I always thought highly of mallex. I think he will be a good player.
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