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[Elspode]

So...the Royals have been absolutely awful for 25 years now. If I follow this line of thinking, then they should be winning the World Series any day now?

[W.HI.P]

Originally Posted by Elspode

So...the Royals have been absolutely awful for 25 years now. If I follow this line of thinking, then they should be winning the World Series any day now?

no, you'd have to spend time watching minor league baseball to determine who to draft....teams spend millions of dollars on people who do this job....some are good at it, some are not so good.
the royals, since you mention it, picked up players like snyder, stodolka, griffin, and lubanski with their 1st round picks ....these are players who never see the light of day.
i didn't tmind their pick this draft [crow]

you think maybe the atlanta thrashers might have lost a few games on purpose the year Ilya Kovalchuk was in the draft.
or better yet, if you had a team in 2003, the season ovechkin was becoming available in the draft, you might lose some extra games as to finish in last place overall as to pick up this superstar.
drafting is key in the success of a franchise.
finishing in last place, even though your team is capable of making the play-offs is quite common.
that requires fixing games.