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I don't think not trading is the answer. It's being on the other side of trades. We need to trade quantity for quality now ie. receiving Fister. We're not in a position to trade away production much but in position to trade Prospects plus spare parts for production. Keep trading but get the best player in trades.
Sandy, we had the same thought and I posted first (by mere minutes, while you were still typing, I'm sure) but you put it much better. I don't see why anyone would think Ackley's path is likely for anyone. Possible, sure. Something to fear but not to focus on.
Didn't most people think Seager was brought up too soon? Mishandled, as it were? Franklin and Miller as well? So much mishandling of Prospects. Walker wasn't ready either? Nor Zunino. Pineda before that. (I know, that thinking isn't as common here) You can read it in many places how rushed they've all been and yet they seem to be doing what you'd expect in normal range of struggles and success. Prospects who weren't rushed fail too, for every team. Failure really hasn't been the most common here this year. Even as rushed as many think all of them were they're all looking like they belong yet have things to learn. That's exactly when they should be up. Ackley/Smoak/montero/Saunders/Seager is not the complete list anymore. Expectation that your blue chip Prospects dominate and don't look back are unrealistic so of course you can't ink numbers for them after a few months. Can you really do that for anyone though? If you really think Seager is the only certain block and isn't impressive anyway... that's assuming 100% failure of the rest, isn't it? I think it's more realistic to think that some will fail and some succeed in varying degrees between Zunino, Smoak, Franklin, Miller, Ackley, Saunders, Almonte, and the next wave. Expecting 100% failure is unrealistic just as expecting 100% success is.