We were in no ways a "grow from within" team back then.

Now, when you try to throw John Bowker in as an example of giving up top prospects you should revise your argument. He was already a failure. And how many of those "top" prospects is in the major leagues making any impact at all? Perhaps what he's done is deal "prospects" who aren't. Perhaps the personnel assessments his staff made were good ones.

Last year was unique. It was a real top flight prospect for a rental.