The ultimate failure of all of Minassian's predecessors has been the failure to produce a solid pitching staff. While he certainly gets an incomplete at this point as the offseason is not over, I must say that so far I have been disappointed at Minassian's failure to acquire an ace to lead the staff. If the reports are correct that the Angels have had no intention of acquiring Bauer, then it is very hard to understand how the Angels has failed to acquire a top line starter by trade. Look at the Padres. They acquited Darvish in a salary dump by the Cubs. They acquired Snell and Musgrave for prospects (but not top prospects). I am all for building a team through the draft, but I think we may be overvaluing the Angels farm system. Keith Law's list of Top 100 prospects had only 2 Angels with none higher than #36. We need pitching and we need it now.
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