They have poor management and cheap ownership but that is no reason to get rid of the team. The fault is MLB's and the other owners for not making these guys is the smaller markets try to win and for management of these teams failing to hire people who know what the hell they are doing. As shown by Minnesota, Oakland(screw you Scuds), Tampa (finally), Florida, St Louis, etc. it is possible to compete in a smaller market and not by going after expensive free agents. Because baseball's draft is dealing with players that very few of us have ever seen it is not nearly as publicized as the other sports. Yet the teams that draft well and build within are the ones that succeed. And teams like Pittsburgh and KC which have good picks every year and get compensation picks for losing free agents (good picks) they cant afford still manage to screw it up.
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