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TNBucs's avatar

It's a little disappointing that in year 4 of the tear-down/rebuild that we don't have better representation on the Pipeline list than players at 30 and 31, especially given how quickly the Reds have turned things around. Maybe it's a year or two too soon to expect better, but we traded away a lot of talent for prospects that haven't panned out yet.

OTOH, development isn't linear and I'm hopeful that players like Peguero, Bae, Gonzales, ... follow the Suwinski path where they take significant leaps forward in the sophomore years and that Contreras, Ortiz, Priester, ... figure things out the way Keller has.

For now, though, I'm skeptical as to whether we've fixed the biggest issue from the previous regime in terms of development. There's no doubt things are different, but for all the talk where is the tangible evidence that the changes are helping prospects get to and then succeed in the majors? Again, maybe too soon and I'm staying open-minded, just skeptical.

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Abe_TR_FDR's avatar

Triolo will end up being better than 90% of that list

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