Baseball is a sport where you really need both development, free agency, and trading to win.
It seems like almost no one is drafted, developed, and plays with the same team. There's tons of movement in the minor leagues. International signings can be here too.
Then there's the trades to put you over the hump. Give you that extra edge for a playoff push/run.
Then of course, free agency.
Look at the Rangers:
Free Agency:
Evolaldi
Gray
Heaney
Semien
Seager
Traded as a Prospect:
Lowe
Heim
Garcia
Sborz
Drafted and Developped:
Jung
Carter
Signed international and developed
Taveras
LeClerc
Traded for when already MLB:
Garver
Scherzer
Montgomery
Chapman
This is mostly from memory so I could be wrong one a few guys. However, overall it shows you need to have players from from all over to win.
The Angel's showed that you can have the best, hell literally two best, players in baseball and do diddly squat for years.
__________________
"Calgary Flames is the best team in all the land" - My Brainwashed Son
|