I think he might be right.
If you go back to 2003 when Theo took over, this has pretty much been the case.
What valuable 'worker bees' has the farm system produced since then, that we have kept?
You're going down in flames on this one, Dojji.
And it's not about whether Mookie can play second adequately or not. The guy can do just about everything on a baseball field well.
I'm betting against it. Look at the small increases in the tax thresholds in the last 2 CBA's, and look at what happened this past offseason.
I think the baseball gravy train is finally hitting the brakes a bit.
It's a fact that the 2 bullpens are very close statistically.
Britton might change that a bit, we'll see.
But Green and Holder have been struggling, Warren is gone, Kahnle is injured, and DRob is not what he once was.
The economic landscape is changing a bit too. It looks like the cheap young talent ain't gonna stay cheap quite as long, when you see Mookie making $10.5 million in his 4th year and 2 more arb years to go with substantial raises.