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Originally Posted by cross16
Which blue chip prospect did he acquire? The Halladay trade didn't work out, and the only position player or prospect that he acquired that wound up being anything at all was Kevin Pillar.
I think the opposite. AA early on did not have a plan and really until he got Donaldson, which to give him credit was an excellent acquisition, he was really spinning his wheels as a GM (which he himself sort of admits).
I see more of a plan out of Shapiro/Atkins personally.
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I honestly can’t remember the majority of the deals at the beginning but he did deal for Lawrie, who at the time was a very highly touted prospect. Which is how Donaldson came to be. I’m sure there were others, but there was a definite plan in place to get picks from losing guys and such to qualifying offers.
As for having a plan in place for Atkins and Shapiro, to be clear, you don’t work for an organization and not have a plan. Behind the scenes they 100% have one drawn up and probably pitched to the board. I don’t have line of sight on what that is exactly. What I’m seeing is possibly flawed execution on getting higher end prospect talent through deals. So far none of these guys are highly touted. The foreign signings from abroad look to be but these guys that they’re trading for seem to have a significant ceiling or small chance of reaching that ceiling.