http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/10/fixing-the-farm-the-nature-vs-the-nurture-of-the-beast/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/10/fixing-the-farm-the-nature-vs-the-nurture-of-the-beast/#comment-3326 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:04:33 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5445#comment-3326 I agree with this. I like the fact Sox are finally rebuilding. But, I fear the prospects they’ve brought in will be for naught. Sox have never invested the resources in regards to their minor league coaching staffs. They continue to bring in former players and personnel that have virtually no experience in developing players. But unless Reinsdorf gives Hahn and Co the needed resources to bring in more competent coached for the minors, this will be a disaster.

]]> http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/10/fixing-the-farm-the-nature-vs-the-nurture-of-the-beast/#comment-3318 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:09:21 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5445#comment-3318 i think the point is they were properly developed in whatever farm system they were in. what’s the last decent 1st round hitter that’s come out of the sox’ farm system? i actually had to look it up it’s been so long. thomas was an *impact* player (obviously) back in ’89. but very few hitters they’ve drafted have even made the majors! so it could have been an error in evaluating talent, not properly developing them or, most likely, some combination of the 2.

]]> http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/10/fixing-the-farm-the-nature-vs-the-nurture-of-the-beast/#comment-3303 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:31:04 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5445#comment-3303 Are we talking about development in the minor leagues or major leagues? Rizzo, Bryant, Schwarber, and Russell combined for about 3 years total in the Cubs’ farm system. And even some of that was more for service time motivations than development. With the success that they each enjoyed early on, I’m not sure that there is a convincing major league development example here either.

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