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Oh OK, thank you. I thought maybe they stopped counting once a team reached 81 losses. If that were the case then that means we didn't really lose 102 in '08.
If the farm system is as good as the FO wants us to believe, we won't need many FAs when we're ready to contend. Look at the Rays last year, the D-Backs the year before were largely homegrown and trades. The Marlins won largely with home grown talent. Even the phillies last year didn't have big name free agents.
No, I didn't mean it that way -- I meant if we had won only 6 more games, we'd have been 500 ...
Our FO has overrated our system to give everyone hope. If you ask around the league our farm has gotten better, but it's not elite in anyway.
which is reasonable. you don't turn a farm system into an elite one overnight. our farm system is backloaded heavily. all the *real* talent is in the lower half of the farm system.our AA and AAA are filled still with remnants of the Expos farm system. it's gonna take another 1 or 2 drafts before Nats-drafted talent begins to pour into the upper levels of our farm system.
Zimmerman has been in the majors for over 3 seasons already so I wouldn't count him as a prospect anymore, even for the sake of this discussion. The same can almost be said about Milledge but you're right about the other ones, Flores was only on the MLB roster in '07 because he had to be so I would still count him as a prospect.
Well I was speaking of when Ryan first got here -- how fast Ryan went from College senior to minor leaguer to major leaguer -- what was it -- 8 weeks? And wasn't millege in the Mets minor leagues when the trade was made (even though I know he saw some time with the big club) ... regardless -- it would seem we're fast tracking more players than other clubs otherwise would ...
The farm rating is also skewed somewhat because the top prospects are in the Majors-- Millege, Flores, Dukes, Zimmerman, Ballester, Lannan - in other organizations, it's likely they're still in the minors waiting their turns behind established regulars --
Milledge had 166 AB's in '06.
Milledge made his MLB debut in 2007 for the Mets. then they traded him to us in the offseason.2008 was Milledge's first full season.
Milledge had 166 AB's in '06.My bad. I was going by this...
Well, it appears as if our FO is still ready to spend, so there's no use griping about that right now.I just hope they've learned their lesson about the need to keep the team competitive every year in order to attract the once-in-a-generation FA's like Tex when they do hit the market.
Tex was once-in-a-year, maybe once-in-three-years. I hate this overvaluing crap. He's not A-Rod.
In terms of matching up with the Nationals' immediate and long-term needs perfectly and being an ideal free agent, he certainly isn't "once-in-a-year" and probably isn't "once-in-three-years" either.
Knowing me, I'm probably forgetting someone, but I don't think there's been a FA as good as he is in at least 4-5 years.
Knowing me, I'm probably forgetting someone, but I don't think there's been a FA as good as he is in at least 4-5 years.Before someone mentions Soriano, Tex is better.
I'll answer your Q with another Q, when was the last time we saw a free agent get 5 contract offers of at least $140 mil (and that's in a roaring recession with many teams and the league in general laying employees off)? That shows what baseball thinks of his talents.
CC Sabathia. $161,000,000 (2009-2015)
"5 contract offers of at least $140 mil" - name the 5 teams and list their offers.
