Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
This is just not true. Teams like Atlanta who are not major-market teams have to rely on their farm system for most of their talent at all positions. You can't rely on trades to bring in all of your bats.

Look at what teams like the Cubs and Red Sox are doing. Hitting is at a premium all around baseball right now. If you don't have much of it, you're at a big disadvantage.

I'm all for drafting arms, but it has to be balanced, especially given the current state of our system.
atlanta isn't a NY or chicago or LA or SF or boston, but they are every bit the market or better than pretty much everyone else in baseball. they just choose not to behave like it. no one to blame there but your own management.

but yeah, epstein immediately started hoarding high ceiling bats when he took over the cubs GM spot because it's harder than ever to find bats. you can find plenty of relatively low ceiling guys that'll give you a <4.00 era with a chance for <3.50 with the right breaks these days. they are everywhere.