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At least, in season. It's more crucial than ever that teams gather all the vets they need in the offseason, and rely more on internal promotions during the season, or AAAA vet stashes. Morales was not the right piece, but MOST of the available pieces were not the right piece, as you say. Better to not need to trade for a plus hitter at the deadline when then only teams who are REALLY out of it are unlikely to have one of those they are willing to part with.
Let's try to fix the offense in December, not July, huh?
~G