Should not be afraid to drain the farm.

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Should not be afraid to drain the farm.

Post by D-train » Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:48 pm

3 first round picks and the best international signing since Julio coming in the next 7 months. All of those guys will be in our top 10 replacing anyone that is traded for Reynolds. Churchill now has Miller at 2 and Sanchez at 4.

Good piece here.

https://prospectinsider.com/farm-system ... -starting/
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Re: Should not be afraid to drain the farm.

Post by bpj » Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:55 pm

D-train wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:48 pm
3 first round picks and the best international signing since Julio coming in the next 7 months. All of those guys will be in our top 10 replacing anyone that is traded for Reynolds. Churchill now has Miller at 2 and Sanchez at 4.

Good piece here.

https://prospectinsider.com/farm-system ... -starting/
Exactly. We have 1 rotation spot that's not filled for at least 4 years and there's no bats close enough on the farm that can't be replaced in the next 4 years of drafts or signings.

Makes no sense to just sit on your prospects when there aren't even spots opening up for them any time soon.

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Re: Should not be afraid to drain the farm.

Post by GL_Storm » Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:16 pm

It makes sense to keep the ones that you think are going to be stars. It's hard to always get that right though. On my list to keep, in Churchill's top 10: Ford, G2, Montes, Cole. The others can go.

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Post by Sibelius Hindemith » Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:18 pm

Just don't trade them for some guy that's only got a year or two left on their contract and (in the case of position players) won't likely want to re-sign here. They need to develop hitters.

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Re: Should not be afraid to drain the farm.

Post by D-train » Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:21 pm

If they don't have enough to get the Pirates to bite Wil Myers is growing on me. He returned from injury on August 1st.

From then to the end of the season he hit .285 with a .831 OPS. Him and TT in LF and DH might be solid...
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Post by Donn Beach » Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:56 pm

That's what was interesting about that phoney tweet, he would seem like the guy dipoto be all over

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Post by GL_Storm » Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:58 pm

I just wish our damn beat reporters had some sort of fucking clue what front office is up to.

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Re: Should not be afraid to drain the farm.

Post by D-train » Sat Dec 10, 2022 8:07 pm

GL_Storm wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:58 pm
I just wish our damn beat reporters had some sort of fucking clue what front office is up to.
Yep even when they do ask a provocative question like Stone did about moving JP from SS for a FA, they just let them answer with a canned BS response instead of following up with the obvious, "Don't ya think that kind of puts you at a disadvantage in a highly competitive process to convince players to join your team?????"
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Re: Should not be afraid to drain the farm.

Post by GL_Storm » Sat Dec 10, 2022 8:30 pm

D-train wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 8:07 pm
GL_Storm wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:58 pm
I just wish our damn beat reporters had some sort of fucking clue what front office is up to.
Yep even when they do ask a provocative question like Stone did about moving JP from SS for a FA, they just let them answer with a canned BS response instead of following up with the obvious, "Don't ya think that kind of puts you at a disadvantage in a highly competitive process to convince players to join your team?????"
It's not just the question and answer, it's the total lack of inside information. There's just nothing from these guys. Not a damn thing.

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Re: Should not be afraid to drain the farm.

Post by gil » Sat Dec 10, 2022 8:40 pm

I think whether or not you have inside information, you can do a better job with an interview. Make it more like a discussion. Idea: employ follow up questions, respond to answers with clarifying questions. Having a list of questions, letting your interviewee answer one at a time, and just moving on to the next question on the list, is the lowest form of conversation.

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