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Why is everyone saying Oakland's farm system is super-dee-duper strong? I just don't see it. ALl of their pitchers are high-stoploss low-upside #3 grade guys...there aren't aces in that pipeline. All of their position player prospects are not sluggers...lots of gap to gap hitters and the like. I don't see where all of this optimism about Oakland prospects is coming from.
Now Texas does scare me. They are starting to find some pitching...
And perhaps more importantly...they learned how to field under Washington
That makes them a threat again. The Mariners will have to find some bats in order to match up with the Rangers better in the future...