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I've made the exact same commentary as Gordon.
I will just point out that Bavasi's crew did pick Michael Saunders, and is still responsible for Brandon Maurer and Bobby LaFromboise, who may end up with some value. Just to be fair.
But the complete lack of "pipeline" when Z came in has made his job twice as hard. He successfully created some "pipeline" of his own in the Putz trade, but then bombed when trying to create some more in the Fister deal.
[The Fister deal must be understood as an attempt to create high-minors "pipeline" where there was virtually none.]