Re: If I owned the Devil Rays...

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 18:36:06 +0000 (UTC), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>Craig Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>: That's exactly what I'm talking about.  Basically, I look upon every
>: developing pitcher as a potential bargaining chip.  Sure, I lose out
>: on the Cubs' young guns, but remember the upside my Mariners' Gil
>: Meche, Ken Cloude, and Ryan Anderson had at one point?  Teams show a
>: tremendous reluctance to part with 20-yo pitching prospects, even when
>: it might land them a 26-yo /pitcher/.
>
>Note that this has been one of Brian Sabean's key strategies: he basically 
>uses all his high draft picks on arms, and then packages them to get 
>useful stuff.  
>
>It's such a good strategy that Sabean's made it work despite having pretty 
>miserable talent judgement.  

Well, at least it works when what you're building around is one of the
best players in history at his peak.  I'll be curious to see how it
works after Bonds is gone.

Of course, he may change his strategy somewhat then, and show a
greater concern with developing and actually keeping prospects.