All I have to say to Kbisback and your strong desire to sign big Free Agents..
-How are the Angels doing with that? Spent big money on Pujols, Hamilton, Wilson.. its getting them really far isnt it?
-How did spending big money on free agents do for Miami... that lasted long didnt it?
-How did spending big money do for Boston? Didnt do anything did it?(Theo realizes he made mistakes spending huge money on Lackey&Crawford, hesitant to do it again)
-How had spending big money helped Toronto? They are off to a great start, aren't they?
-How did it do for the Cubs with Soriano? It got them really far didnt it? back to back sweeps is what you want?
Are any of these teams that spend huge money on free agents winning World Series? Nope
-Cardinals constantly bring up good players through smart drafting and a good player development system in their organization along with good scouting. Holliday was their only big FA signing.
-Giants. Did they do any big free agent signing? nope. Thye spent big money Zito many years before.
-Look at teams that are successful, they bring up players through their own system and continue that success. I can break it down for you.
Phillies(when they won in 08)- Hamels, Rollins, Victorino, Howard. A lot of their own players
Rays- Longoria, Crawford, Upton, Price, Garza, Shields, Kazmir(he was good in 08). Again, their own players.
Cardinals- Wainright, Carpenter, Pujols, Craig, Freeze, Jay, Molina, Garcia, Loshe, NOW Miller, Tavares, Carpenter- A lot of their own players
Rangers- Hamilton wasnt initially their own but he got on track their(never spent big on him), Kinsler, Andrus, Lewis, Harrison, Feldman, Holland
i could go through others but until you let go off your terrible pride, youll never understand this