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Originally Posted by OKchiefs
Which just appears to hurt the small market teams even more. Cleveland used to be able to count on the ability to trade someone like C.C. Sabathia or Cliff Lee for a haul. Now that doesn't seem possible any more. MLB took away the one loophole a team like KC used to take advantage of when they'd offer huge bonuses to coax high school players to sign with KC in the draft. If the current trend continues, how does a small market team get ahead unless they hit on the majority of their draft picks?
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They didn't really take it away, the big market teams just got smarter about who they hired.
Every now and then they'll make a big move to go for it. San Diego is all in because Preller basically has to show results or someone else will reap the rewards of his work.