Felix is here through 2014, and if we’re really, REALLY lucky, longer. It’s hard to get pitching maypoles, but we have 3 years left of Cy Young winner and all-around consummate professional King Felix – plenty of time for Pineda, Hultzen and Paxton and whomever to find their sea-legs.
If you wanted a hitting maypole or two (veteran players with plus or plus-plus bats who will not hit a severe decline slope for several years), of which we currently have zero…
Who would you want?
I’d want an absolute stud if I could get one. One Jim Thome instead of two Raul Ibanezes. Reason? It’s harder to develop the truly great player, but Jack’s developmental system SEEMS to have good players popping out all over the place (as Spec via Jason Churcill just reiterated). I'd want to plug in the player I cannot get anywhere else and then draft and trade to get the good players to assist - and maybe become great.
But that's the question for me: can we go GET that one great player, or do we need two good ones instead?
~G
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