So, our wish list is Jose Abreu, Sean Murphy and a quality lefty power reliever. You could wish on a star for more but the players who played this year and even our current minor leaguers who are close to the majors have shown that, say, bringing in a veteran power-hitting outfielder would be redundant and waste resources (unneeded extra salary, prospects, or both)
Hey, could Oscar Gonzalez fall on his face next year? Yes, of course. Could Steven Kwan regress. Absolutely. The issue is that we gambled this year on the quality of minor leaguers and with the quality still in the high minors and the success this year of using internal prospect options, I see no reason to change except with the 3 guys/positions above.
Anything else I think we would address at the trading deadline.
So, front office. Your job is simple
(1) Get us Abreu, Murphy and a power lefty to complement Hentges
(2) Don't gut the farm system unnecessarily doing it.
Just a couple of tweaks to a 92-70 team that I think will energize the players and, hopefully, the ticket-buying fan base and not break the bank like certain moves would likely do.
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