Beyond the Boxscore gives us a graphic look at our 'window to win'.

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I see the window as much wider

This overview doesn’t do justice to the 2011 draftees, who have yet to get started, and the 2012 draft which is set to be pretty good (lots of picks and lots of money available still).

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by Woodman663 on Feb 21, 2012 5:55 AM EST reply actions

Yeah I agree

Saying that the window shuts after 2015 doesn’t do justice to any of this system. Yes most of the current core will be on the decline, but a new core will be established by then, one that looks like it has much higher upside.

by T_Mizz on Feb 21, 2012 9:12 AM EST up reply actions

I agree

But these are just generic frameowrks, they’ve been doing them for every team, so I wouldn;t read too much into them.

by MjwW on Feb 21, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah they definitely put the window closing too early imo

we have control of a lot of promising prospects beyond then, not even including this year and last year’s drafts. Plus just because we dont have current stars signed that long, that doesnt mean we’ll lose all of them to FA

by STZ513 on Feb 21, 2012 9:52 AM EST reply actions

Thanks everyone for the comments.

As MjwW said above, I make generalizations based off of what will happen based off of current stars, just due to the fact I’m not sure how the prospects will pan out. Good to see that you guys think the window goes past 2015, I wasn’t sure how a new infield essentially would fare after 2015, as the current infield contracts are up, ie, SS and 2B, but those can be addressed in FA.

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by David Fung on Feb 21, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions