Admittedly, a team I follow a bit closer than I probably should, is Tampa Bay. As I already said in a nother thread, I love Crawford. He is without a doubt, including former A's (Huddy was ALWAYS my fave from day 1 too), my favorite non-A's baseball player. On top of that, they have guys like Cantu, Gomes, Huff, Baldelli, Lugo, Young, Upton, etc. Needless to say, the core is there to be built around. How, how, how in the world do you pass up Marte from the Braves for Lugo??? If that deal was truly offered, and nobody in Tampa said "Yes!!!" right away, I am 100% convinced they have no future until a better ownership group/front office takes over.

Imagine....
Upton, Young, Marte, Cantu, Gomes, Baldelli, Crawford, Orvella all coming up together, that would be a starting point most teams would die for. Heed my warning, with the right minds to guide the ship, they'll be dangerous eventually. But for now, the apparent lack of a decent decision making process is going to kill that team.

Anybody else see that the way I do? Anyone else see what kind of opportunity that team has to become something special? I'd like to know what other AN'ers think, because you folk are rather intelligent baseball-wise (usually).