Regarding Shapiro and Atkins their message from the get go was the importance of development and to have "waves" of impact players coming through the system, and this appears to be coming to fruition. The real obvious losses for Shapiro/Atkins was the Donaldson trade and the Encarnacion debacle, but they have been fairly shrewd at drafting and acquiring talent via trades (not Derek Fisher).
There are so many players that I am excited about that it's hard to keep track.
Simeon Woods-Richardson
Alek Manoah
Eric Pardinho
Adam Kloffenstein
Nate Pearson
Jordan Groshans
Orelvis Martinez
Alejandro Kirk
and now Austin Meadows and Van Eyk
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