So we will have the 9th pick in the draft next June. I will start to post as many prospects as I can find that might fit our needs. As you know, their seasons don't start for another couple months, so a lot of prospects will rise and fall, like Schwarber did, who is obviously killing it for us in his first year as a minor leaguer.
We avoided losing 90 games which is kind of nice, and we did what we wanted. Rizzo and Starlin both looked great this year. Arrieta proved to be an Ace. We shored up our bullpen with young power arms. We got time and experience for Alcantara, Baez, and Soler, and soon we will see a few more of our shining young stars come up thru May/June of next year.
And we have cleared basically every bad contract off the books, outside of Edwin Jackson who only has 2 years and that's not terrible at all. We can now start to add pieces via free agency, and start to try and win. 2015 should be another step forward, somewhere in the 81-85 win range, with 2016 the year we really believe should be a 90+ win type team.
As examples, look to the Nationals, Pirates, and Royals as teams that have taken a few years but eventually got there thru youth/drafting of solid pieces. We're following that same path, only we have the money/city to bring in free agents as well, the Royals and Pirates don't have that same luxury, hence it took them longer than it should take us.
Theo is in year 4 of his 5 year contract, he has done EXACTLY what he wanted, and has rebuilt us from the ground up. Now, he gets to just pile up assets, and sign some new proven toys with all the money we have saved. He will absolutely be getting an extension soon, and I will celebrate the **** out of that day.
We avoided losing 90 games which is kind of nice, and we did what we wanted. Rizzo and Starlin both looked great this year. Arrieta proved to be an Ace. We shored up our bullpen with young power arms. We got time and experience for Alcantara, Baez, and Soler, and soon we will see a few more of our shining young stars come up thru May/June of next year.
And we have cleared basically every bad contract off the books, outside of Edwin Jackson who only has 2 years and that's not terrible at all. We can now start to add pieces via free agency, and start to try and win. 2015 should be another step forward, somewhere in the 81-85 win range, with 2016 the year we really believe should be a 90+ win type team.
As examples, look to the Nationals, Pirates, and Royals as teams that have taken a few years but eventually got there thru youth/drafting of solid pieces. We're following that same path, only we have the money/city to bring in free agents as well, the Royals and Pirates don't have that same luxury, hence it took them longer than it should take us.
Theo is in year 4 of his 5 year contract, he has done EXACTLY what he wanted, and has rebuilt us from the ground up. Now, he gets to just pile up assets, and sign some new proven toys with all the money we have saved. He will absolutely be getting an extension soon, and I will celebrate the **** out of that day.