See, I understand your view. Both our views have no evidence to back them up. Dunn was one small cog to get an entire gear running, in my view. I didn't think they signing Dunn we would be a WS team, or even a winnign team that that. I just thought hes a piece we need. I think thats the view everyone has on both sides. That's why I want us to sign him too, not pass up on him. Losing him sets us back. If we keep him, we can move forward and get more pieces. It's what's necessary to be a winning team. One player wont change anything, but a bunch will. And if signing one or two can help us, why pass up that opportunity? Waiting to see what the youngsters will do is a dagger. It's great to do if we had a team that is winning on its own because that way, if a few players succeed, we can add them to the gear that is the Nationals. If we don't sign anyone and we're waiting on the farm, we could be S.O.L. because we could end up playing AAAA players after waiting 2-4 years. That's all I'm asking. Sign good free agents, and we could have a good team. Add to that team with minor league players, and we have a WS team.
I understand. Everybody has different viewpoints. The only underlying thing is, that every single thread gets LAC dominated at some point. The only way to stop that is just not to bring it up. Or argue it. Ever. That goes for me too.
Now, back to following the Minor League teams:
Assuming only prospects and the young core, the team in a few years could look like this:
LF: Burgess/Oduber
CF: Perez/Bernadina
RF: Harper
C: Ramos/Norris
1B: Marrero? Tyler Moore? Needs work here (hopefully they keep Dunn).
2B: I like this spot. Desmond/Espinosa/Kobernus/Lombardozzi
SS: Desond/Espinosa/Lombardozzi/Hague. This one's even better.
3B: Zimmerman. Enough said.
SP: Strasburg, JZ, Cole, Solis, Milone/Meyers/Peacock/Ray (off the top of my head).
That's a lot of talent and potential.
