Someone is gonna fix that kid and turn him into a monster.
Seriously though, you had the #1 farm system for what seemed like 2-3 years running and had nothing come of it, and in fact actively regressed.
Just awful.
My hope is that whoever comes in is a bit more forward thinking than the current FO, and they bring in some good development staff.
Buxton is like the third highly thought of CF prospect in the last 8 years (following Gomez & Hicks) who they rushed up from AA and fucked up their development. I was terrified it would happen with Buck, and they did it. But I mean in the last 5+ years, they've always sold too late (or not at all), they gave out idiotic extensions that would undo any good signings they made (Suzuki, Willingham, Hughes), they signed lots of middling players instead of spending on one or two more highly paid players. I mean for fuck's sake, they
re-signed Mike Pelfrey for two more years after he had one putrid one. They let
Mike Pelfrey start a make or break game towards their chances at a Wild Card last year. They would've been a fuck of a lot better rolling the dice on a Zimmerman signing than the shit they signed for half as much. The Ervin Santana contract is literally the biggest FA deal they've ever given out!
The shine is off their farm system, but they have some pieces still. The pitching is a fucking disaster (doing things like trading Chih-Wei Hu for Kevin Jepsen doesn't help!), but Jay and Berrios are exciting. I just hope they can find someone who will fucking right the ship. It's been 12 years since they've won a playoff game.
