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Paul M. Wade's avatar

You are quite the prognosticator, just saw Anthony V to Omaha and Noah C to NW Arkansas.

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BassPlayerDude's avatar

This team is extremely unlikely to make a franchise-changing acquisition via trade or free agency, so your approach in looking to the minor leagues for hope is undoubtedly the correct one. Where else could one possibly look?

As for me, starting in 1969 I spent 40 years doing exactly that but by the end of the 2008 season I just couldn't do it anymore. I had seen so many highly touted and "can't miss" prospects flame out that since '08 I just have trouble getting interested in anything going on in the minor leagues. Especially now that the gap between AAA and MLB is bigger than ever. I view all minor league numbers, no matter how impressive, as smoke and mirrors unless and until somebody produces at the MLB level.

Again, I'm not saying you're wrong, not at all! I'm just saying that based on my experiences I can't go there with you.

Just for fun, try Googling Frank Ortenzio. He should probably be the poster child for these kinds of disappointments and failures, even more than Kila Ka'aihue should. At Omaha Ortenzio was Babe Ruth. In the big leagues he was phhhhht. And he was just the first of far too many.

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