Let's just hope that Fields doesn't sign
Hail to the king, baby.
Let's just hope that Fields doesn't sign
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M's could have a bright future, don't they have a decent farm system as well? not to mention felix, if he can turn into an ace.
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Yeah, just imagine if they still had Adam Jones and Chris Tillman.Originally Posted by Jeffy25
Hail to the king, baby.
They don't have a ton of great players in the farm system since they've been super aggressive with players recently, but hopefully that will change under Z. The best prospect is probably Truinfel but there have been questions about his age since he's from the Dominican and he has gotten in to trouble with team rules which would put them farther down the list if we found out he was older than he was. I think I heard that the Rangers have the best farm system in the West this year.
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The Rangers have the best farm system in the majors, bar none.
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To: Texas Rangers
From: Atlanta Braves
Subject: #1 ranked farm system
You're welcome.
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By who?
Keith Law ranks Atlanta fourth, behind Texas, Tampa Bay, and Oakland. I'd put them above Oakland, but not ahead of Texas or Tampa Bay.
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I think he was saying that Texas has a great farm system due to trades. Like the Tiexera deal.
Anyway. If I was running a mogul dynasty and wanted compensation picks for free agent signings, anyolne have any suggestions?
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There's really no way to rank in any remotely accurate way who has the "best farm system" in any terms other than which farm system has the best assortment of prospects.
You'd have to do a lot of work, tracking which FA's give compensation, and then come draft team, force trade draft picks.Anyway. If I was running a mogul dynasty and wanted compensation picks for free agent signings, anyolne have any suggestions?
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Yeah, exactly.
I think that is the one weakness with JS. I think that he was more concerned with keeping our division title streak going and less with what if would mean for the future.
He traded away Dye, Schmidt, Wainwright, (guys who have proven themselves) and guys like Salty, Andrus, Harrison and Feliz (who I think will range from being good to great) for one or two year rentals (actually, in the case of Dye, for a utility IF and a 4th OF).
Now, it would be different if they actually re-signed a few of those guys, but because of a stupid in house policy of not giving no trade agreements, we have to settle for selling our farm for any big free agents out there, and unless we change this policy, we will always have to. The Braves used to be a team that people felt honored to play for, sort of like (but not on the same level) as the Yankees and Red Sox. Unfortunately, I think some in our front office still expect free agents to feel like its a privilege to play for Atlanta, and that seems to cause them to lowball several players, and then have to out right overpay for others.
I just think that we would have been better off accepting the fact that we would be down for a few years and let our farm work for us.
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Ah, okay, I get it now. Your original post was saying that the Rangers have the Braves to thank for that #1 farm system,. In that case, yes, mostly.
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They still have Type A/B/C free agents? I'm pretty sure they got rid of those in 2006 or so.
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Type A and B, yes, as always. The system was altered but they most definitely did not get rid of them.
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Braves still have a bright future and I can't wait until they are back on top. I grew up watching them (TBS) because they were/are my bro's favorite team so I like to see them succeed.
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Please don't post that nonsense outside of the threads it belongs in. Thanks.
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