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02-06-2013, 11:42 AM

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Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros

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Originally Posted by mdccclxix

The question is for the Astros: "Will this guy be on our team when we're good?" Meaning, is this guy a Brandon Phillips or Joey Votto type, or is he a Ryan Freel or Ken Griffey Jr type?

That kind of thinking is what sends you into the basement for a decade. First off, you don't know who's going to be around a few years down the road. The Reds still have Bronson Arroyo. Brandon Claussen went belly up real fast.

The surest path to becoming a real team is to start acting like a real team. Otherwise you're forever aiming for three-to-four years down the road.

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