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coolstorybro222
Matt Moore and Price at the top of the rotation for the Rays are going to be dangerous. You don’t shut down two major offenses as a rookie. I mean I’ve seen rookies get pummeled by the offenses of the rangers and the yankees, but to dominate them? Wow.
Tired_OF_FakeRumors
are the rays the best organization in baseball right now?
MaineSox
“Best organization” as in the front office/player development etc? I’d say yeah, probably.
Rabbitov
Lets not split hairs here. They are the best in everything except for fan base.
MaineSox
I think you took that the wrong way, I wanted to make sure he wasn’t asking if they were the best team in baseball because they aren’t that. They are the best run organization and they have a lot of the best behind the scenes guys, but they don’t have the best on the field team.
ChrisCa$h
They’re owner sucks. Pump for than 40 millions into a team, there will never be a salary cap, but a salary floor should be instated for teams like the rays and marlins
Phillies_Aces35
They’re not the best team.
They’re the most IMPRESSIVE organization.
I’d like them to sustain this success for a longer period of time than 3/4 years before i deem them the best… I’d probably say the Braves are better.
YanksFanSince78
I have a hard time saying that. I mean…their best players are there because they were so BAD and they have a ton of draft picks because they let their best players walk. Is it really that hard to pick Longo, Upton, Price, Young, Neiman, etc when you have a top 5 pick?
Ppl…they do a good job in NOT making mistakes but even I, who don’t really follow high school and college players more that any casual fan of the amateurs could have a good draft if given the opp to pick those guys.
The true greatness is being able to sustain that over a prolonged period of time when you are EXPECTED to be great, and they haven’t experienced that yet.
notsureifsrs
upton young and neimann were not big contributors this year
it’s easy to pick young, not easy to turn him into several good years of matt garza and then turn garza into a bunch of good prospects (and bartlett too)
it’s easy to pick longoria, but it’s not easy to sign him to the best contract ever
it’s easy to have a top farm when you’re losers, but not easy to win for several years and still have one of the best farms in the game – with hardly any money at all, mind you
and that’s not mentioning at all (i’ve made the list elsewhere) the majority of their roster, most of which was acquired in smart trades and later rounds of the draft
will they be the best-run organization for the next decade, or even 5 years? dunno. but they are right now
notsureifsrs
take that back about upton. i always think of him as worse than he is because of all his potential. but he broke 4 WAR again this year
Rabbitov
Hey to reply to myself. You may not have agreed with me, but I don’t think a single one of you would say thats an outrageous opinion. Even if you don’t agree they are in the conversation for best.
coolstorybro222
well they do live in flordia, which is more soccer friendly than baseball.
EdinsonPickle
Pretty much seals the deal. The Rays have some sorcery going on in their scouting department. I think they should be disqualified from the Postseason for using Black Magic to take an unfair advantage.
MattCMoore
Yea, I would swear Maddon can see into the future…
Wilsonl
Ray’s are definitely the best organization in baseball for prospect development. They would be bomb if they had a higher payroll budget though.
Michael Mulligan
Rays with all developed players and Yankees with all signed players…would have never guessed.
jjs91
Nova was developed…