Druff was once fully engaged with the dream and tried awfully hard to make a case. It was fun to spar. When he finally resorted to arguing variance to explain that which he did not see or understand - we knew he was owned.
It's been fun to watch a team with seemingly every advantage fail. The Royals Dodgers -- David Goliath storyline flowed beautifully the past couple of years.
It's kind of disappointing to see Druff now publicly accepting that his team possesses inept ownership/management/coaching. This has always been the case. Walter/Friedman/Zaidi are just failing in different ways.
Wonder what they thought of Dollywood? Did anyone actually confirm they even went to Nashville?
We still have the opportunity to crush Druff's last ill begotten dream. Prospects.
Originally Posted by
ToasterOven
The Dodger have a lot of prospects. If they don't move some for veterans players, it's baseball malpractice (considering their payroll).
Toaster knows.
According to most of the research done on prospect rankings, the failure rate for players ranked within Baseball America's Top 100 approaches 70%. Even selecting the cream of the crop, theoretically the guys we should have the best information on, seven in 10 fail to become significant big-league contributors.
You can argue the numbers. Maybe its 50% fail. 40%? Regardless, money allows you to insure against chance by trading prospects for proven veterans. Most teams just gotta trust their farm system. It's all they have. That's not the Dodgers. However, they have the wrong front office managing their greatest asset.
It brings me so much joy. Why? Because I want Druff to
suffer as I have as a Red Sox fan. Our front office has made all the same mistakes. It's the same big dollar fuckup. I mean aside from three championships in the recent decade.
Kinda loving Dombrowski. He also appears to be a straight shooter. Says what he thinks publicly. Very rare.
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