All valid points. Since he's gone this route, I'd like him to take the farm system rebuild to another level. It's like the Dodgers and Yankees do every year. Draft and international free agents.
The last two years have been exciting from my prospect-hound view point. AA has used the 2021-19 drafts as the center point of his trades. Of which I'm not particular sad about ( Shea is a stud, but Murphy is a proven stud). The top heavy prospects such as Waters, Tarnok, et.al allowed AA to maneuver his way to get the MLB club what it needed.
This leaves a bottom heavy farm that will need 3 years minimum to bear fruit even to the most optimistic prospect guru. You'll get 1-2 that will be closer, but this is major rebuild time. Shuster, Elder and a few others can plug and play at times. I won't bore you guys another list, but I'm ok with the farm knowing it'll be a minute until replenished unless we start trading high end talent which doesn't seem make sense IF the core performs as expected.
