11-17-2010, 11:38 PM
(11-17-2010, 11:27 PM)AndyP Wrote: 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.
When it comes to the Marlins, I see guys like Iglesias, Hunter, Hand, Anderson, Baez and Pace who are producing in the years you state they should be at a high rate, 24, 25, 26 and 27. Same with Chicago and guys like Gossage, Almanzar, Castro and Aitkenhead. Chicago isn't even producing as a team like they should be, so we can't necessarily say it was a successful rebuild in the first place. Their really big pieces that made them look like a threat earlier this year was the fact that they added players from Cleveland's fire sale and some other nice pieces, not really because of their rebuilding project.