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Originally Posted by cephasjames
Miggy is still there  , but I agree. I'm really excited about the potential. I think they'll need to sign another Pudge or trade for another Miggy-type player to get them to the highest levels (and probably some other vets like Magglio Ordonez), but there is so much good potential right now. |
Doh! I don’t know how he slipped my mind! Totally right about Miggy and your assessment. Once you have a good foundation you can open it back up and start sprinkling in big money stars. I have been very critical of Avila but one thing I will say about him is he has stuck to his plan. I was critical because I don’t know of any club that has been able to develop 4 starting pitchers and have them come up and be successful at the same time. Even the Braves of the 90’s were not built this way. Then you add in Riley Greene and hopefully Torkelson and all of a sudden Avila is a mad genius. Now I know I need to tap the brake hard here since none of these guys has done a lick at the MLB level yet but a bunch of these guys sure looked poised to break out. I guess I’m kinda buying into the hype.