I mean Kris Bryant wanted to come there. CJ Cron and likely Grichuk are going to/have resurrected their careers there. In fact Cron hit a grand slam as I wrote that sentence haha (no kidding).
Freeland is by no means good, but he seems to be serviceable enough in Coors and no free agent SP will ever come there. They tried the draft and develop pitchers route and it got them Jon Gray and Eddie Butler (and Jeff Hoffman who they traded Tulowitzki for) and everyone says their careers were totally screwed because of it. Then again, Freeland himself was a first round pick in 2014 (8th overall) so maybe they feel some loyalty.
Freeland is by no means good, but he seems to be serviceable enough in Coors and no free agent SP will ever come there. They tried the draft and develop pitchers route and it got them Jon Gray and Eddie Butler (and Jeff Hoffman who they traded Tulowitzki for) and everyone says their careers were totally screwed because of it. Then again, Freeland himself was a first round pick in 2014 (8th overall) so maybe they feel some loyalty.
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