re: Which MLB teams have some of the better farm systems?

Rays...

Jesus tickfawtiger, did Luhnow or Crane frick your wife? Did they murder your children or steal your grandparents estate? Did they deliberately shite in your cheerios once upon a time? Every time I see an idiot trashing the Stros, it is your uneducated self. Have you seen the Stros lately or do you want to remain ignorant? Here, let me enlighten you...

The Stros are 16-14 since May 1st. They were on a 6 game winning streak just last week and now have Singleton and Springer in the bigs producing. Springer had a span last month where he hit 7 bombs in 7 days, and is up to 10 HRs on the season already. Singleton homered yesterday in his first big league game. Altuve leads the AL in hits and is batting over .300. The farm system, which you bash, is stock piled with more quality talent like all 3 of them. I told you in another thread and I will say it again, Houston is coming. They currently sit at 25-34 on the season, which is drastically better than last season, where we finished 51-111. You keep trashing the team, but clearly Luhnow knows what the hell he is doing, so why dont you sit back and watch it happen right before your eyes. Houston is returning to their former self whether you like it or not.

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How do they "sell" this approach to their few remaining season ticket holders ?

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by explaining widows of competitiveness and getting past the meatball fans that demand win now at all cost who are ignorant to the pitfalls of that strategy.

Funny you use the cubs as an example there also...becuase they did do that for a 2-3 year window for win at all cost that the new FO is having to fix. So if that regime is part of 'one fo the worst adminstered/managed clubs' yet the oposite way in which the astros are handleing is also a bad approach, then what's the right approach?

Calm down killer ! It'll be OK if you just stay on your meds...LOL
I believe that the Astros will have to begin "selling" all that touted talent IF, they can't put a competitive product on the field VERY soon. Ticket buyers and sponsors can't be duped much longer !
p.s. the Astros are not the only "culprits"...the cubs have done a MAGNIFICIENT job of out right bamboozling their own fans for pretty near 100 yrs. I guess they just have more to sell with the bleacher-bums,Wrigleyville atmosphere and all !
Would love to see a European relegation system for pro sorts here. IF it were in place, both the lastros and cubs would be 3rd division now..LOL

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lastros

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Clearly your reading comprehension is shite or you are just flat out retarded. They just went over .500 in May. Not exactly in last place anymore. They are selling that young talent and the ballpark attendance was much better last weekend than when I went in April. I also expect that to continue. The park will also fill up if the team keeps that competitive record because of the Comcast deal that currently prevents most Houstonians from viewing the games on TV. I just find it funny you trash the Astros for stealing from fans. Nobody is forced to go and people vote with their dollars. Last year, Houston was the most profitable team in the league, thou that is not really a great accomplishment, but they have invested heavily in the draft the past few years. The young talent is finally coming to fruition in the bigs and the onfield quality today is already much better than it was at the start of the season. Its impossible to truly go from last to first in the MLB in one season.

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Calm down killer ! It'll be OK if you just stay on your meds...LOL
I believe that the Astros will have to begin "selling" all that touted talent IF, they can't put a competitive product on the field VERY soon. Ticket buyers and sponsors can't be duped much longer !
p.s. the Astros are not the only "culprits"...the cubs have done a MAGNIFICIENT job of out right bamboozling their own fans for pretty near 100 yrs. I guess they just have more to sell with the bleacher-bums,Wrigleyville atmosphere and all !
Would love to see a European relegation system for pro sorts here. IF it were in place, both the lastros and cubs would be 3rd division now..LOL

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You are acting like the Astros have been bad for decades. They've been bad for the past few years. Before that they were a very respectable ball club for the past 20 years. They finished either 1st or 2nd in their division 12 out of the 13 years from '94 to '06. They've been to the World Series, the NLCS a few times, etc.

Then their aging vets retired or moved on, and they were mediocre for a few more years, and then they decided they had to just blow it all up and start over.

They are rebuilding right now. It happens to every team.

And the fans understand what the organization is doing.

Again, calm down killer...you're going to give yourself a heart attack !
Your juvenile name calling will not dissuade me from voicing my OWN opinion. Used to have season tickets to the cluster%*#@ known as the astros. When I could no longer interest customers to even attend games vs. "name opponents", I dropped them....many of the locals will no longer drink the Kool-Aid...you and your pals on the other hand...lol @ enraged mkibod

I am completely calm sweetheart. Your factless bashing of the club is old though. We get it, you got burned by the club because you bought season tickets to a crappy team. Shame on you for not being able to see what was about to unfold. If you were really an Astros fan, you would know what happened with Drayton and know he half arse owned the club after the failed World Series run in 2006. Every GM after Hunsicker was just a yes man for Drayton and he really let the club crumble because he did not care after his best option/time window to win it all did not pan out.

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