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We're in good hands (kinda)...



According to a Post-Gazette article, it has quotes therefore it is an article, the Buccos should have two players finishing close to 4th in Rookie of the Year voting, Neil Walker and Jose Tabata. That follows a year after having a player finish fourth, Andrew McCutcheon, and having a player finish 9th, Garrett Jones. Notice that Pedro (Petey) Alvarez wasn't even mentioned, and I think we can all attest to his abilities.

While there is a dearth of highly ranked position players above any A level, we have five nice players that should be able to grow and improve (you can argue against Jones), to help us achieve the goal of a winning season and beyond. The really good news is these are players that should be 1-5 type of hitters. We're not talking about a guy that will struggle in the 7-8 spots, we're talking about legit hitters.

This is what a rebuild should look like from a position player stand point. You must draft and develop, draft and develop, and then trade for missing pieces with a few of those drafted and developed players.

I am encouraged by Justin Wilson, Rudy Owens, Bryan Morris, Jeff Locke, Daniel Moskos (never thought I would say that I am glad to say it), Diego Moreno, Mike Crotta and Brad Lincoln. However most of those guys are at least two years away and a lot can happen in 730 days, as we all know.

However, with Jameson Taillon and Stetson Allie, the Zacks, Cain, Pounders, etc. after the above mentioned guys the pitching looks good. We have some nice positional players following them, right in line with some of our A pitchers.

The cupboard is no longer bare, it is legit.

We're getting closer, we're doing it the right way as far as the players go.

Now, the manager on the other hand...

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