So you didn't have a really efficient payroll. You're sort of putting your future in the hands of guys like Corey Patterson, Choi, Ben Christensen, Juan Cruz and Carlos Zambrano. The real elite of the farm system. You have to have contributions from not only your veteran players and you try to improve your product through free agency and trades, you have to have all three streams of talent coming through at one time. And the major artery has got to be your farm system, and then re-entry signings.
Trades are important but they're secondary avenues.
That's too many holes to fill from the outside. There's got to be a reasonably steady supply of meaningful players that come through your farm system. Now you have to make a decision on when Corey Patterson is ready. I think it's as much art as it is science. So we're going to have to make individual judgments that we feel are in the best interests of the player because that will be in the best interest of the team.