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Originally Posted by philthepat
As someone who enjoys building up a farm system and developing players, this is an excellent post! As you mention a few times, the key is patience! That can't be stressed enough.
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Yeah - patience and big picture seem to be the key.
Like everyone, I've had more than my share of 80 prospects go down the crapper... but longer term, when you watch the entire organization over the course of several seasons - I guess (in Sickels parlance), it's probably better to have 5 B+ prospects than one A prospect.
I used to
hate the new coaching attributes and org options - but I have to hand it to Markus... Over time, I've come to accept the idea that "real life" MLB works the same way -- if it were as easy as just hiring all the LEGENDARY guys to man your coaching positions, everybody would do it... I guess I also have come to the realization that my local beat writers and team bloggers might not be totally honest with me: Maybe my beloved Cubs actually
haven't always hired the world's greatest minor league instructors every offseason!