Here's to hoping we go a decade and a half with top 10 picks then sign Ned Yost for the WS run
Hooray Consensus boards!
Originally Posted by Tschmack:
It's not just KC. Houston and Chicago and Pittsburgh were just as bad if not worse than the Royals and they look to be decent for a while now.
The common theme with those clubs is they all hit rock bottom and had several years of Top 5 picks. That adds up to guys like Garrett Cole and Chris Bryant (among others) and the Brewers need to follow that model
The common theme with those clubs is they all hit rock bottom and had several years of Top 5 picks. That adds up to guys like Garrett Cole and Chris Bryant (among others) and the Brewers need to follow that model
Is that the same model St. Louis is going to use? I thought their old plan was working? I know I was jealous.
Escobar and Cain looking very, very good. And young. And cheap....
You mean KC traded talent to get younger and parlayed that along with multiple years of high draft picks into building a winner?
Sounds like a good plan! Good to hear the Brewers management is in support of a similar plan.
That's the key- the Royals nailed the draft picks and then hit paydirt on the trades. If the Brewers are going for the "get young" model, they need to be right about what they get. Will the Gomez trade equate to 2/3rds of the starting OF in 2018? If so, then it was the right thing to do.
I think Domingo Santana looks like he might be something. Early sure, but he's a big guy with pop. I don't know about him in the OF, especially in CF, but he seems like he has a future. Will the other guy? Phillips or whatever?
I think Domingo Santana looks like he might be something. Early sure, but he's a big guy with pop. I don't know about him in the OF, especially in CF, but he seems like he has a future. Will the other guy? Phillips or whatever?
ROYALS WIN!!!
NICE JOB MARK A LETTING A WORLD SERIES CHAMPION GO. DERP
#Yosted
Easy team to root for there. Shows what lots of high draft picks can do!
It also shows that a team can win by getting guys on base, playing good defense, and having really solid pitching.
Not a huge Royals fan but it should give a team like Milwaukee hope. You don't need to have a 200MM payroll to win it all but you need to get a lot better at drafting and developing pitching.
Not a huge Royals fan but it should give a team like Milwaukee hope. You don't need to have a 200MM payroll to win it all but you need to get a lot better at drafting and developing pitching.
Congrats to KC, I never like them till the playoffs this yr. A never give up bunch for sure.
Yosted.
Was happy to see the Royals win. Really the only teams I didn't want winning the World Series this year would be Yankees and Cardinals.
The Brewers motto for the next couple years should be: "Embrace the suck!!". Under no circumstance should they spend money on anything that isn't going to pay dividends at least 2 or 3 years into the future.
It sounds like they've got the farm system on the right track, maybe 2 more really good drafts combined with shrewd future building trades and they can get back to where they were circa 2007 with all the young talent they had at that time (Fielder, Braun, Hardy, Hart, Weeks, Gallardo, etc.).
As others have said, talk is cheap. Drafting high is nice but they have to be smart, and maybe get a little bit lucky and find some new building blocks for the future.