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Can Jack really afford to double and triple down on young, underperforming talent though? I mean, the payoff could be huge: adding Brown to a lineup featuring a ton of young hitters in Ackley, Seager, Saunders, Montero, Zunino...
Man, if that were to work out it could be a Mid-90s Indians thing. They had Albert Belle, Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez, Omar Vizquel AND Kenny Lofton all in their 20s. Yeesh. How did they not win a World Series again? That's about as inexcusable as the 90s Ms failing to do so.
Of course, we'd be trying to do that while also having a baby pitching staff. Has any team ever fielded so many young players on a winning team? Trying to marry the Giants baby rotation that won them the World Series (or the 2000s As 100-game-winning teams) with the early-to-mid 70s Red Sox offenses seems like a tall task, but if you believe in your kids...
It would really be something to see if it worked. Like a minor league All-Star team barnstorming the bigs, led by a mid-20s Cy Young winner. It would definitely be different - nobody would have a team that looks anything like ours. Well... the 2013 Braves might be trying something similar now with both Uptons and Heyward on the team.
Would still be interesting.
~G