Bucky wrote:OK, I guess that is the disconnect. I don't look at age- a 'prospect' to me is someone who hasn't produced at the ML level yet. And yes, prospects are a funny game- on that we agree. That's why I side with PTK on this.

td11 wrote:angels picked trout with the pick they got from the yankees for teixeira, something you should always remind yankees fans

Bucky wrote:

Before the 2010 season, Trout was considered the Angels' third best prospect and 85th in all of baseball by Baseball America.

To be fair, after that year ESPN rated him their #1 prospect. But he was still far from a sure thing. Confirmation bias is a fickle broad.

"Right now, we're trying to win as many games as possible," Amaro said. "At the same time, at some point, we're going to have to start looking to the future. And once we're 'eliminated' … listen, is it a long shot to get back into this Wild Card race? It is. Numerically it's not impossible, but right now obviously I'd be foolish to say it's something that's probable.

"And at some point, we may be looking more at what we have to do for 2015 as far as what's going on, on the field. But until then, we'll make the decision when it's the appropriate time, when it's time to start to looking to 2015 and beyond. We're not quite there yet."

The Cardinals are on pace to win the second NL Wild Card spot with 86 wins. The Phillies (53-68) would need to finish 33-8 (.805) to win 86 games.

"And at some point, we may be looking more at what we have to do for 2015 as far as what's going on, on the field. But until then, we'll make the decision when it's the appropriate time, when it's time to start to looking to 2015 and beyond. We're not quite there yet."

td11 wrote:

"And at some point, we may be looking more at what we have to do for 2015 as far as what's going on, on the field. But until then, we'll make the decision when it's the appropriate time, when it's time to start to looking to 2015 and beyond. We're not quite there yet."

no fucking way. get the fuck out. there's like 40 games left in the season, 75% of the 2014 season is over. why does he keep giving the worst sounding quotes?

Werthless wrote:

td11 wrote:

"And at some point, we may be looking more at what we have to do for 2015 as far as what's going on, on the field. But until then, we'll make the decision when it's the appropriate time, when it's time to start to looking to 2015 and beyond. We're not quite there yet."

no fucking way. get the fuck out. there's like 40 games left in the season, 75% of the 2014 season is over. why does he keep giving the worst sounding quotes?

because he's the worst.

"Overall, the biggest plan is to make sure we improve offensively and with our pitching overall," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Wednesday afternoon at Angel Stadium. "You win baseball games with pitching and defense, but I think it's clear that we're not offensive enough a club. We haven't been performing offensively enough to be able to be a contending team right now.