It also isnt as if we can use these small market teams. It was just a short time ago that big market teams werent outspending the mid/small market teams by such gregarious amounts. It has become a real issue the last 5-8 years or so.

but even when the Marlins have shipped out talent they've only been down a year or two and had another crop of talented guys come in and build that team back up. It makes you wonder what would have happened if they'd have stuck with Joe Girardi, no matter how poor the relationship was between him and the front office. his first year with an absolutely putrid club he was only 4 games below .500....