2018 MLB All-Prospect Teams

The baseball season is underway and there have already been a boatload of transactions including promotions, demotions, injuries ending in DL-stints that would not have previously coincided with more than a few days missed (thanks to the second season of the 10-day Disabled List after decades of the 15-day Disabled List) and at least three teams having Trayce Thompson at some point. It's nearly impossible to keep up with the day-to-day movements of thirty major league squads and yet somehow, I decided that making an "All-Prospects Roster" for all 30 teams would somehow hold up three weeks after I began said project, even though the promotions and demotions of the minor leagues are just as difficult to track. In other words, the criteria for these All-Prospect Teams are having under a years worth of major league experience as of Opening Day 2018 (Cody Bellinger, still eligible!) and being in a team's organization as of Opening Day 2018 (Miguel Almonte, still a Royal!). These will be interesting rosters to look at in 2028, when 1-5% of those listed become All-Stars (Ronald Acuna?), 10-20% become MLB starters, 20-30% have cups of coffee before disappearing and the rest fade into minor league obscurity. Ultimately, the goal for this is to introduce all possible future stars in baseball without missing a single name that shows up out of nowhere (there's always one...) and within time, to reflect on who was running the most successful scouting team/farm system in the present day. For this exercise, let's just pretend that the DH has expanded to the NL for whatever reason in the near future.

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And yes... Paul DeJong is also still eligible with under a year's worth of major league experience.

New York Yankees
C - Gustavo Campero
1B - Ryan McBroom
2B - Tyler Wade
3B - Miguel Andujar
SS - Gleyber Torres
OF - Clint Frazier
OF - Billy McKinney
OF - Estevan Florial
DH - Thairo Estrada

Bench/C - Donny Sands
Bench/IF - Dermis Garcia
Bench/OF - Canaan Smith
Bench - Everson Pereira

SP1 - Justus Sheffield
SP2 - Chance Adams
SP3 - Albert Abreu
SP4 - Domingo Acevedo
SP5 - Freicer Perez
RP - Dillon Tate
RP - Jonathan Loaisiga
RP - Clarke Schmidt
RP - Trevor Stephan
RP - Cody Carroll
RP - Domingo German
CL - Trevor Lane

Tampa Bay Rays
C - Ronaldo Hernandez
1B - Jake Bauers
2B - Nick Solak
3B - Christian Arroyo
SS - Willy Adames
OF - Jesus Sanchez
OF - Justin Williams
OF - Josh Lowe
DH - Joe McCarthy

Bench/C - Brett Sullivan
Bench/IF - Wander Franco
Bench/OF - Garrett Whitley
Bench - Lucius Fox

SP1 - Brent Honeywell
SP2 - Jacob Faria
SP3 - Brendan McKay
SP4 - Austin Franklin
SP5 - Anthony Banda
RP - Yonny Chirinos
RP - Jose De Leon
RP - Tobias Myers
RP - Michael Mercado
RP - Ryan Yarbrough
RP - Chih-Wei Hu
CL - Diego Castillo

Baltimore Orioles

C - Chance Sisco
1B - Preston Palmeiro
2B - Adam Hall
3B - Jomar Reyes
SS - Ryan Mountcastle
OF - Austin Hays
OF - Anthony Santander
OF - D.J. Stewart
DH - Cedric Mullins

Bench/C - Ben Breazeale
Bench/IF - Mason McCoy
Bench/OF - Jaycob Brugman
Bench - Ademar Rifaela

SP1 - Zac Lowther
SP2 - Hunter Harvey
SP3 - Alex Wells
SP4 - Yefry Ramirez
SP5 - D.L. Hall
RP - Cody Sedlock
RP - Keegan Akin
RP - Brenan Hanifee
RP - Chris Lee
RP - Tanner Scott
RP - Pedro Araujo
CL - Jose Mesa Jr.

Toronto Blue Jays

C - Riley Adams
1B - Rowdy Tellez
2B - Bo Bichette
3B - Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
SS - Logan Warmoth
OF - Anthony Alford
OF - Ryan Noda
OF - Harold Ramirez
DH - Max Pentecost

Bench/C - Reese McGuire
Bench/IF - Richard Urena
Bench/OF - Teoscar Hernandez
Bench - Danny Jansen

SP1 - Nate Pearson
SP2 - Thomas Pannone
SP3 - Taylor Guerrieri
SP4 - Ryan Borucki
SP5 - T.J. Zeuch
RP - Sean Reid-Foley
RP - Eric Pardinho
RP - Justin Maese
RP - Jordan Romano
RP - Maximo Castillo
RP - Jon Harris
CL - Carlos Ramirez

Boston Red Sox

C - Roldani Baldwin
1B - Sam Travis
2B - Chad De La Guerra
3B - Rafael Devers
SS - Danny Diaz
OF - Lorenzo Cedrola
OF - Danny Mars
OF - Tyler Hill
DH - Michael Chavis

Bench/C - Isaias Lucena
Bench/IF - Josh Ockimey
Bench/OF - Cole Brannen
Bench - Bobby Dalbec

SP1 - Jay Groome
SP2 - Tanner Houck
SP3 - Bryan Mata
SP4 - Darwinzon Hernandez
SP5 - Jalen Beeks
RP - Mike Shawaryn
RP - Alex Scherff
RP - Travis Lakins
RP - Jake Thompson
RP - Austin Maddox
RP - Bobby Poyner
CL - Joan Martinez

Chicago White Sox

C - Zack Collins
1B - Gavin Sheets
2B - Yoan Moncada
3B - Jake Burger
SS - Jose Rondon
OF - Eloy Jimenez
OF - Luis Robert
OF - Blake Rutherford
DH - Ryan Cordell

Bench/C - Seby Zavala
Bench/IF - Justin Yurchak
Bench/OF - Luis Alexander Basabe
Bench - Micker Adolfo

SP1 - Lucas Giolito
SP2 - Michael Kopech
SP3 - Reynaldo Lopez
SP4 - Alec Hansen
SP5 - Dane Dunning
RP - Dylan Cease
RP - Carson Fulmer
RP - Ian Clarkin
RP - Spencer Adams
RP - Aaron Bummer
RP - Ian Hamilton
CL - Zack Burdi

Cleveland Indians

C - Francisco Mejia
1B - Bobby Bradley
2B - Tyler Freeman
3B - Nolan Jones
SS - Willi Castro
OF - Bradley Zimmer
OF - Greg Allen
OF - Will Benson
DH - Yu-Cheng Chang

Bench/C - Eric Haase
Bench/IF - Aaron Bracho
Bench/OF - Connor Capel
Bench - Mitch Longo

SP1 - Triston McKenzie
SP2 - Shane Bieber
SP3 - Aaron Civale
SP4 - Rob Kaminsky
SP5 - Ryan Merritt
RP - Matt Esparza
RP - Brady Aiken
RP - Sam Hentges
RP - Cameron Hill
RP - Ben Taylor
RP - Ben Krauth
CL - Elijah Morgan

Minnesota Twins

C - David Banuelos
1B - Lewin Diaz
2B - Nick Gordon
3B - Travis Blankenhorn
SS - Royce Lewis
OF - Alex Kirilloff
OF - Brent Rooker
OF - Akil Baddoo
DH - Wander Javier

Bench/C - Ben Rortvedt
Bench/IF - Andrew Bechtold
Bench/OF - LaMonte Wade
Bench - Jose Miranda

SP1 - Fernando Romero
SP2 - Stephen Gonsalves
SP3 - Zack Littell
SP4 - Lewis Thorpe
SP5 - Felix Jorge
RP - Brusdar Graterol
RP - Blayne Enlow
RP - Landon Leach
RP - Gabriel Moya
RP - John Curtiss
RP - Trevor Hildenberger
CL - Tyler Jay

Detroit Tigers

C - Jake Rogers
1B - Edwin Espinal
2B - Dawel Lugo
3B - Jeimer Candelario
SS - Isaac Paredes
OF - Daz Cameron
OF - Christin Stewart
OF - Victor Reyes
DH - Cody Eaves

Bench/C - Sam McMillan
Bench/IF - Sergio Alcantara
Bench/OF - Jake Robson
Bench - Mike Gerber

SP1 - Franklin Perez
SP2 - Matt Manning
SP3 - Alex Faedo
SP4 - Gregory Soto
SP5 - Beau Burrows
RP - Kyle Funkhouser
RP - Grayson Long
RP - Matt Hall
RP - Sandy Baez
RP - Jason Foley
RP - Bryan Garcia
CL - Joe Jimenez

Kansas City Royals

C - Meibrys Viloria
1B - Nick Pratto
2B - Gabriel Cancel
3B - Emmanuel Rivera
SS - Nicky Lopez
OF - Khalil Lee
OF - Michael Gigliotti
OF - Seuly Matias
DH - Samir Duenez

Bench/C - M.J. Melendez
Bench/IF - Ryan O'Hearn
Bench/OF - Bubba Starling
Bench - Hunter Dozier

SP1 - Foster Griffin
SP2 - Jake Junis
SP3 - Sam Gaviglio
SP4 - Trevor Oaks
SP5 - Erik Skoglund
RP - Heath Filmyer
RP - Yefry Del Rosario
RP - Brad Keller
RP - Miguel Almonte
RP - Evan Steele
RP - Kevin McCarthy
CL - Richard Lovelady

Oakland Athletics

C - Sean Murphy
1B - Matt Olson
2B - Jorge Mateo
3B - Matt Chapman
SS - Franklin Barreto
OF - Dustin Fowler
OF - Renato Nunez
OF - Boog Powell
DH - Sheldon Neuse

Bench/C - Santi Sanchez
Bench/IF - Kevin Merrell
Bench/OF - Lazaro Armenteros
Bench - Austin Beck

SP1 - A.J. Puk
SP2 - Jesus Luzardo
SP3 - James Kaprielian
SP4 - Logan Shore
SP5 - Wyatt Marks
RP - Grant Holmes
RP - Daulton Jeffries
RP - Casey Meisner
RP - James Naile
RP - Emilio Pagan
RP - Nolan Blackwood 
CL - Bobby Wahl

Houston Astros

C - Chuckie Robinson
1B - A.J. Reed
2B - Ryne Birk
3B - J.D. Davis
SS - Freudis Nova
OF - Kyle Tucker
OF - Derek Fisher
OF - Ronnie Dawson
DH - Yordan Alvarez

Bench/C - Garrett Stubbs
Bench/IF - Joe Perez
Bench/OF - Myles Straw
Bench - Gilberto Celestino

SP1 - Forrest Whitley
SP2 - Francis Martes
SP3 - J.B. Bukauskas
SP4 - Rogelio Armenteros
SP5 - Jorge Alcala
RP - Jairo Solis
RP - Hector Perez
RP - Corbin Martin
RP - David Paulino
RP - Cionel Perez
RP - Brandon Bailey
CL - Cristian Javier

Los Angeles Angels

C - Taylor Ward
1B - Matt Thaiss
2B - Leonardo Rivas
3B - Kaleb Cowart
SS - Kevin Maitan
OF - Jo Adell
OF - Jahmai Jones
OF - Brandon Marsh
DH - Jose Miguel Fernandez

Bench/C - Michael Barish
Bench/IF - Livan Soto
Bench/OF - Michael Hermosillo
Bench - Brennan Lund

SP1 - Shohei Ohtani
SP2 - Jaime Barria
SP3 - Parker Bridwell
SP4 - Griffin Canning
SP5 - Jose Soriano
RP - Joe Gatto
RP - Jesus Castillo
RP - Jose Suarez
RP - Luke Bard
RP - Jerryell Rivera
RP - Keynan Middleton
CL - Eduardo Paredes

Seattle Mariners

C - Nick Thurman
1B - Evan White
2B - Donnie Walton
3B - Ryan Costello
SS - Juan Querecuto
OF - Kyle Lewis
OF - Julio Rodriguez
OF - Anthony Jimenez
DH - Joe Rizzo

Bench/C - Joe DeCarlo
Bench/IF - Mike Ford
Bench/OF - Braden Bishop
Bench - Eric Filia

SP1 - Marcos Gonzales
SP2 - Andrew Moore
SP3 - Sam Carlson
SP4 - Max Povse
SP5 - Nathan Bannister
RP - Darren Gillies
RP - Seth Elledge
RP - Wyatt Mills
RP - Jack Anderson
RP - Art Warren
RP - Matt Festa
CL - Nick Rumbelow

Texas Rangers

C - Matt Whatley
1B - Yanio Perez
2B - Andy Ibanez
3B - Joshua Morgan
SS - Chris Seise
OF - Willie Calhoun
OF - Leody Taveras
OF - Bubba Thompson
DH - Ronald Guzman

Bench/C - Sam Huff
Bench/IF - Tyler Ratliff
Bench/OF - Miguel Aparacio
Bench - Pedro Gonzalez

SP1 - Hans Crouse
SP2 - Cole Ragans
SP3 - Kyle Cody
SP4 - Ariel Jurado
SP5 - Pedro Payano
RP - A.J. Alexy
RP - Yohander Mendez
RP - Alex Speas
RP - Michael Matuella
RP - C.D. Pelham
RP - Joseph Palumbo
CL - Ricardo Rodriguez

Miami Marlins

C - Roy Morales

1B - Lazaro Alonso

2B - Isan Diaz

3B - Brian Anderson

SS - James Nelson

OF - Lewis Brinson

OF - Monte Harrison

OF - Magneuris Sierra

DH - Brian Miller

Bench/C - Jared Barnes

Bench/IF - Joe Dunand

Bench/OF - Braxton Lee

Bench - Isael Soto

SP1 - Braxton Garrett

SP2 - Dillon Peters

SP3 - Merandy Gonzalez

SP4 - Nick Niedert

SP5 - Zac Gallen

RP - Sandy Alcantara

RP - Trevor Rogers

RP - Jorge Guzman

RP - Edward Cabrera

RP - Trevor Richards

RP - Jordan Yamamoto

CL - Tyler Kolek

Philadelphia Phillies

C - Jorge Alfaro

1B - Darick Hall

2B - Scott Kingery

3B - Jake Scheiner

SS - J.P. Crawford

OF - Nick Williams

OF - Adam Haseley

OF - Mickey Moniak

DH - Jhailyn Ortiz

Bench/C - Abraham Gutierrez

Bench/IF - Jose Gomez

Bench/OF - Dylan Cozens

Bench - Arquimedes Gamboa

SP1 - Sixto Sanchez

SP2 - JoJo Romero

SP3 - Adonis Medina

SP4 - Ranger Suarez

SP5 - Tom Eshelman

RP - Franklyn Kilome

RP - Kyle Young

RP - Francisco Morales

RP - Enyel De Los Santos

RP - Yacksel Rios

RP - Victor Arano

CL - J.D. Hammer

Atlanta Braves

C - Alex Jackson

1B - Drew Lugbauer

2B - Ozzie Albies

3B - Austin Riley

SS - Travis Demeritte

OF - Ronald Acuna

OF - Cristian Pache

OF - Drew Waters

DH - Johan Camargo

Bench/C - Brett Cumberland

Bench/IF - Rio Ruiz

Bench/OF - Jared James

Bench - Shean Michel

SP1 - Luiz Gohara

SP2 - Sean Newcomb

SP3 - Mike Soroka

SP4 - Ian Anderson

SP5 - Joey Wentz

RP - Kyle Wright

RP - Bryse Wilson

RP - Kolby Allard

RP - Max Fried

RP - A.J. Minter

RP - Tucker Davidson

CL - Thomas Burrows

Washington Nationals

C - Raudy Read

1B - Jose Marmolejos

2B - Luis Garcia

3B - Kelvin Gutierrez

SS - Carter Kieboom

OF - Juan Soto

OF - Victor Robles

OF - Daniel Johnson

DH - Yasel Antuna

Bench/C - Pedro Severino

Bench/IF - Drew Ward

Bench/OF - Rafael Bautista

Bench - Andrew Stevenson

SP1 - Seth Romero

SP2 - Wil Crowe

SP3 - Jackson Tetreault

SP4 - Erick Fedde

SP5 - Nick Raquet

RP - Thomas Alastre

RP - Brigham Hill

RP - Joan Baez

RP - Grant Borne

RP - Matt Crownover

RP - Austin Adams

CL - Gabe Klobosits

New York Mets

C - Patrick Mazeika

1B - Dominic Smith

2B - Luis Guillorme

3B - Mark Vientos

SS - Amed Rosario

OF - Desmond Lindsay

OF - Wuilmer Becerra

OF - David Thompson

DH - Andres Gimenez

Bench/C - Anthony Dimino

Bench/IF - Peter Alonso

Bench/OF - Wagner Lagrange

Bench - Jhoan Urena

SP1 - Thomas Szapucki

SP2 - Jordan Humphreys

SP3 - David Peterson

SP4 - Marcos Molina

SP5 - Justin Dunn

RP - P.J. Conlon

RP - Corey Oswalt

RP - Chris Flexen

RP - Nabil Crismatt

RP - Jamie Callahan

RP - Steve Nogosek

CL - Gerson Bautista

Milwaukee Brewers

C - K.J. Harrison

1B - Gabriel Garcia

2B - Keston Hiura

3B - Lucas Erceg

SS - Mauricio Dubon

OF - Brett Phillips

OF - Tristen Lutz

OF - Corey Ray

DH - Ronnie Gideon

Bench/C - Mario Feliciano

Bench/IF - Jake Gatewood

Bench/OF - Troy Stokes

Bench - Trent Grisham

SP1 - Corbin Burnes

SP2 - Freddy Peralta

SP3 - Brandon Woodruff

SP4 - Luis Ortiz

SP5 - Cody Ponce

RP - Zack Brown

RP - Phil Bickford

RP - Marcos Diplan

RP - Josh Pennington

RP - Trey Supak

RP - Taylor Williams

CL - Bubba Derby

Cincinnati Reds

C - Tyler Stephenson

1B - Nick Longhi

2B - Shed Long

3B - Nick Senzel

SS - Jeter Downs

OF - Taylor Trammell

OF - Jesse Winker

OF - Jose Siri

DH - Stuart Fairchild

Bench/C - Mark Kolozsvary

Bench/IF - Jose Israel Garcia

Bench/OF - T.J. Friedl

Bench - Alex Blandino

SP1 - Hunter Greene

SP2 - Tyler Mahle

SP3 - Luis Castillo

SP4 - Scott Moss

SP5 - Amir Garrett

RP - Nick Hanson

RP - Keury Mella

RP - Nick Travieso

RP - Tony Santillan

RP - Ryan Hendrix

RP - Zack Weiss

CL - Jimmy Herget

Pittsburgh Pirates

C - Deon Stafford

1B - Will Craig

2B - Kevin Kramer

3B - Colin Moran

SS - Cole Tucker

OF - Bryan Reynolds

OF - Austin Meadows

OF - Jason Martin

DH - Mason Martin

Bench/C - Christian Kelley

Bench/IF - Ke'Bryan Hayes

Bench/OF - Lolo Sanchez

Bench - Kevin Newman

SP1 - Mitch Keller

SP2 - Tyler Glasnow

SP3 - Steven Brault

SP4 - Shane Baz

SP5 - Luis Escobar

RP - Clay Holmes

RP - Braeden Ogle

RP - Brandon Waddell

RP - Taylor Hearn

RP - Matt Seelinger

RP - Kyle Crick

CL - Edgar Santana

St. Louis Cardinals

C - Andrew Knizner

1B - Stefan Trosclair

2B - Max Schrock

3B - Evan Mendoza

SS - Paul DeJong

OF - Tyler O'Neill

OF - Harrison Bader

OF - Oscar Mercado

DH - Wadye Infante

Bench/C - Carson Kelly

Bench/IF - Yairo Munoz

Bench/OF - Randy Arozarena

Bench - Scott Hurst

SP1 - Jack Flaherty

SP2 - Luke Weaver

SP3 - Ryan Helsley

SP4 - Dakota Hudson

SP5 - Austin Gomber

RP - Jordan Hicks

RP - Jake Woodford

RP - Mike O'Reilly

RP - Junior Fernandez

RP - Alvaro Seijas

RP - John Brebbia

CL - Alex Reyes

Chicago Cubs

C - Mark Zagunis

1B - Victor Caratini

2B - David Bote

3B - Vimael Machin

SS - Aramis Ademan

OF - Ian Happ

OF - Nelson Velazquez

OF - Charcer Burks

DH - Zack Short

Bench/C - Ian Rice

Bench/IF - Chesny Young

Bench/OF - D.J. Wilson

Bench - Luis Ayala

SP1 - Alex Lange

SP2 - Adbert Alzolay

SP3 - Jose Albertos

SP4 - Oscar De La Cruz

SP5 - Michael Rucker

RP - Cory Abbott

RP - Thomas Hatch

RP - Brendon Little

RP - Brailyn Marquez

RP - Jeremiah Estrada

RP - Keegan Thompson

CL - Erich Uelmen

Los Angeles Dodgers

C - Keibert Ruiz

1B - Cody Bellinger

2B - Marcus Chiu

3B - Cristian Santana

SS - Gavin Lux

OF - Alex Verdugo

OF - D.J. Peters

OF - Jeren Kendall

DH - Starling Heredia

Bench/C - Kyle Farmer

Bench/IF - Edwin Rios

Bench/OF - Yusniel Diaz

Bench - Donovan Casey

SP1 - Julio Urias

SP2 - Walker Buehler

SP3 - Mitchell White

SP4 - Caleb Ferguson

SP5 - Dustin May

RP - Morgan Cooper

RP - Yadier Alvarez

RP - Jordan Sheffield

RP - Chris Mathewson

RP - Yaisel Sierra

RP - Tony Gonsolin

CL - Shea Spitzbarth

San Diego Padres

C - Austin Allen

1B - Josh Naylor

2B - Luis Urias

3B - Hudson Potts

SS - Fernando Tatis III

OF - Hunter Renfroe

OF - Franchy Cordero

OF - Jorge Ona

DH - Esteury Ruiz

Bench/C - Blake Hunt

Bench/IF - Carlos Asuaje

Bench/OF - Tirso Ornales

Bench - Olivier Basabe

SP1 - Mackenzie Gore

SP2 - Michael Baez

SP3 - Adrian Morejon

SP4 - Anderson Espinoza

SP5 - Cal Quantrill

RP - Chris Paddack

RP - Dinelson Lamet

RP - Logan Allen

RP - Joey Lucchesi

RP - Eric Lauer

RP - Trey Wingenter

CL - Phil Maton

Arizona Diamondbacks

C - Daulton Varsho

1B - Pavin Smith

2B - Jamie Westbrook

3B - Drew Ellis

SS - Jasrado Chisholm

OF - Marcus Wilson

OF - Gabriel Maciel

OF - Eduardo Diaz

DH - Christian Walker

Bench/C - Andy Yerzy

Bench/IF - Kevin Cron

Bench/OF - Kristian Robinson

Bench - Joey Rose

SP1 - Jon Duplantier

SP2 - Taylor Widener

SP3 - Cody Reed

SP4 - Jose Almonte

SP5 - Matt Tabor

RP - Sam McWilliams

RP - Taylor Clarke

RP - Alex Young

RP - Yoan Lopez

RP - Mason McCullough

RP - Wei-Chih Huang

CL - Jared Miller

Colorado Rockies

C - Tom Murphy

1B - Ryan McMahon

2B - Garrett Hampson

3B - Colton Welker

SS - Brendan Rodgers

OF - Raimel Tapia

OF - Jordan Patterson

OF - Yonathan Daza

DH - Sam Hilliard

Bench/C - Chris Rabago

Bench/IF - Shael Mendoza

Bench/OF - Wes Rogers

Bench - Brian Mundell

SP1 - Jeff Hoffman

SP2 - Yency Almonte

SP3 - Breiling Eusebio

SP4 - Peter Lambert

SP5 - Sam Howard

RP - Ryan Castellani

RP - Nick Kennedy

RP - Riley Pint

RP - Pearson McMahan

RP - Colton Hathcock

RP - Ben Bowden

CL - Moises Ceja

San Francisco Giants

C - Aramis Garcia

1B - Chris Shaw

2B - Miguel Gomez

3B - Jacob Gonzalez

SS - Ryan Howard

OF - Heliot Ramos

OF - Austin Slater

OF - Alexander Canario

DH - Sandro Fabian

Bench/C - Ricardo Geneves

Bench/IF - C.J. Hinojosa

Bench/OF - Heath Quinn

Bench - Jonah Arenado

SP1 - Tyler Beede

SP2 - Chris Stratton

SP3 - Andrew Suarez

SP4 - Garrett Williams

SP5 - Gregory Santos

RP - Shaun Anderson

RP - Joan Gregorio

RP - Tyler Herb

RP - Julian Fernandez

RP - D.J. Snelten

RP - Steven Okert

CL - Reyes Moronta

It's incredibly doubtful that any of these thirty clubs end up with these exact 25-man rosters at any point as trades and busts are just things that tend to happen but, that doesn't mean that a team can't stick with their core prospect talent and prosper (see: The Cubs). It will be a while before one can determine whether or not this was a worthwhile exercise but hey... at least somebody tried it.