Abreu is 23. It’s not uncommon for players signing at 18 to spend 5+ years o on the minors. Willy Aybar himself did not get called up until he was well into his sixth session of minor league ball…
One guy on the Phillies DD was able to acquire that I wish Bloom had gotten is Brandon Marsh aka The World’s Oldest 24 Year Old. But not sure if abloom would have surrendered the catching prospect even if we’re had one good enough. Realmuto made the Phillies’ one expendable, at least for a while…
Before this year, I wasn’t really sure if I would have called Schwarber a Three True Outcome guy. He always had the Ks and walks, but I wasn’t sure if he hit enough home runs. This year, he definitely added that third outcome into his arsenal…
“Every franchise that has won a World Series” means every team except San Diego, Tampa, Milwaukee and Seattle. And all of them - including Tampa - have signed prime free agents at some point…
But most of the correlations are so vague. If there was any magic formula for winning a title, every team would do it. But that magic formula simply doesn’t exist.
And even if the Sox signed no one this off-season and then won the title, we slay have prime free agents. Certainly Story should qualify. Or Kike…
This is another generalization where criteria gets melded to fit the statement.
Sort of like “you need an ace to win the World Series” Or you need a close. Now you need a free agent.
The problem is there are guests exceptions. And quite often the rules for what fits get redefined to support the initial postulate.
The reality is - there are no rules. Other than winning at the right time…
The President of the Devers for President Club chooses Judge?
Ok if those parameters are too far apart, when does it get closer?
Devers - 10years $320mill
Judge 8 years $275mmill
??
And then of course there is the perennial rebuttal to every “all World Series champions” sweeping generalizations - the 2015 Royals.
Unless of course Edinson Volquez qualifies as a prime free agent somehow…
The definition of “prime free agent” will be taken as loosely as possible, I see.
The reality is the Yankees started going heavy into actual prime free agents like Mike Mussina and Jason Giambi, and that was when they STOPPED winning titles…