That's what my point is about free agency hurting them in the long run. When all you sign is overpriced free agents and you have no farm system to speak of, you end up being in the situation where you can't fix the holes you have by trades (they only way to make effective changes during the season). Nobody is going to trade for an aging overpaid superstar who isn't performing.
Supposedly they offered the DBacks and 6 guys out of their minor league system. If they have six valuable players we would have taken it.
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