QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 2, 2014 -> 03:52 PM)
That's right Paulino was a free-agent. Funny aside, I don't see how a bad contract hurts a team more than having an awful farm system.
Let's use Common Core to solve Marty's riddle.
Of the last 17 World Series winning teams, 12 of them had farm systems rated in the bottom 10.
Of the last 15 World Series winning teams, 9 of them had at least one veteran contract that wasn't on the post season roster.
Over the past 10 seasons, the 50 teams in that time span to be placed in the top-5 in farm systems based on Baseball America rankings - have combined for a 2430-5670 record.
The White Sox were in seventh place in the Baseball America farm system rankings when Sally took her brother to the Walgreens to buy Gummy Bears.
If Rick Hahn promises Sox fans to improve the farm system seven-fold in five years, how many Gummy Bears can Sally and her brother eat before the White Sox have a top-5 farm system while winning the world series and not having any bad veteran contracts?