Re: Minor League News 2026

[Fan_In_NY]

The nice thing is the depth and puzzle pieces all matriculating to the upper levels at this point to create a window in 2028.

We will still probably be mid next year, but 2028 has a chance to have enough depth and cheap labor to allow for one or two big ticket moves to gain the necessary 4-5 wins to get into contention outside of expected growth from the young core.

I think the good part is that they have depth and waves of prospects. We know a bunch of these guys are not going to be able to make the jump, a couple of arms will get injured, etc. But the hope is having multiple options and lottery tickets helps ensure that there are some 3 and 4 WAR players that will help the big league club. The bigger issue is going to be the big ticket moves - I really don't think there are many interesting free agent options in the coming years (even if ownership wants to pay) so targeting expensive (in terms of prospects) pre-free agents is going to be the best way to acquire high end talent.

[Magneto2.0]

[phins]

The nice thing is the depth and puzzle pieces all matriculating to the upper levels at this point to create a window in 2028.

We will still probably be mid next year, but 2028 has a chance to have enough depth and cheap labor to allow for one or two big ticket moves to gain the necessary 4-5 wins to get into contention outside of expected growth from the young core.

I think the good part is that they have depth and waves of prospects. We know a bunch of these guys are not going to be able to make the jump, a couple of arms will get injured, etc. But the hope is having multiple options and lottery tickets helps ensure that there are some 3 and 4 WAR players that will help the big league club. The bigger issue is going to be the big ticket moves - I really don't think there are many interesting free agent options in the coming years (even if ownership wants to pay) so targeting expensive (in terms of prospects) pre-free agents is going to be the best way to acquire high end talent.

Agreed. If you want a star, you probably need 10 45+ type prospects.

It's ~10% of those guys turn into stars.

Basically, I think we agree all the way around.

[jagtrader]

Franklin’s gonna have a better career than Doyle.

[CardsofSTL]