No matter how you slice and dice, there is not enough PT to wade thru the eleven prospects Bimbo mentioned....and only one (Noel) fits the RH 1B/OF/DH hole.
There is no PT available at 3B, one MIF, CF, LF, and LH 1B/DH. There is no PT at SS, if Rosario is retained.
The value of many of those eleven is already dying on the vine as their options tick away...just as it did with Jones and so many before him...and Brito has been added to the mix.
You can't develop prospects by having them sit on the bench as utility pieces (Arias, Freeman) nor by having them backed up all the way to Lake County, because of roster overfill.
We already wasted Jones value. Palacios and Benson have none. Another year of bench duty for Freeman and Arias will eliminate theirs, just like Clement, Chang, and a half dozen others.
We could trade two MIF prospects right now, and still have five of Rocchio, Tena, Brito, Martinez, Arias, Freeman, and Rosario for one spot over the next four years (Gimenez isn't going anywhere), by which time we will have an entirely new batch. Util MIFs are a dime a dozen.
Meanwhile, the FO is trying to get to the World Series now, and even more prospects aren't gonna make that happen. Not one prospect we have is going to provide the RH pop this team needs this year. Plus, we certainly aren't gonna spend at the top of the market to bring in a top tier FA that will provide that RH pop, and that can also play 1B/RF.
There is no PT available at 3B, one MIF, CF, LF, and LH 1B/DH. There is no PT at SS, if Rosario is retained.
The value of many of those eleven is already dying on the vine as their options tick away...just as it did with Jones and so many before him...and Brito has been added to the mix.
You can't develop prospects by having them sit on the bench as utility pieces (Arias, Freeman) nor by having them backed up all the way to Lake County, because of roster overfill.
We already wasted Jones value. Palacios and Benson have none. Another year of bench duty for Freeman and Arias will eliminate theirs, just like Clement, Chang, and a half dozen others.
We could trade two MIF prospects right now, and still have five of Rocchio, Tena, Brito, Martinez, Arias, Freeman, and Rosario for one spot over the next four years (Gimenez isn't going anywhere), by which time we will have an entirely new batch. Util MIFs are a dime a dozen.
Meanwhile, the FO is trying to get to the World Series now, and even more prospects aren't gonna make that happen. Not one prospect we have is going to provide the RH pop this team needs this year. Plus, we certainly aren't gonna spend at the top of the market to bring in a top tier FA that will provide that RH pop, and that can also play 1B/RF.