11-17-2010, 11:27 PM
It will absolutely affect two year rebuilds. Using the Cubs as an example again - they did a great job trading for great prospects and those players would have become what they are now either way - the difference is it happened, in my opinion, two years before it should have. Florida is another example of a team that has been built around 25 year olds who are peaked and are now watching those same guys crash and burn right after they sign them to large extensions right when they should be enjoying their best years.