01-22-2009, 05:59 PM
<!--quoteo(post=13002:date=Jan 22 2009, 09:17 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jan 22 2009, 09:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=13000:date=Jan 22 2009, 10:04 AM:name=Brock)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brock @ Jan 22 2009, 10:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->The other thing that kind of bothers me about using trade acquisitions as proof of success of a minor league system is that in many of those cases those players were acquired because of the failure of our own prospects that couldn't get the job done.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It doesn't matter WHY those players were acquired. The minor league system's job is to provide the major league team with talent. The Cubs system has been doing that. I'd argue the system has been doing it better than most teams.
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Exactly.
It doesn't matter WHY those players were acquired. The minor league system's job is to provide the major league team with talent. The Cubs system has been doing that. I'd argue the system has been doing it better than most teams.
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Exactly.
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