We had a ton of talent come through the system in the late 90's/early 2000's (Hunter, Jones, Lawton, Koskie, Cuddyer, Bartlett, Mientkeiwicz, Ortiz, Pyrzienski, Mauer, Morneau, Baker, Slowey, Garza, Liriano, Santana, Perkins, etc) and a bunch of busts the past 10-12 years. It's still too early to give up on Buxton and Sano, but it doesn't look good. I'd bet on Buxton before Sano just because he has a wider skill set. We chose Mientkeiwicz over David Ortiz. Then Liriano blew out his arm. Then Kubel blew out his knee. Then we traded Santana for a weak package of prospects. Then we traded Ramos for Capps. Then Mauer and Morneau had concussions. Then we gave up on Gomez too soon and traded him. Then we gave up on Hicks too soon. We had a pile of assets, but blew it with a bunch of bad luck and some really bad decisions. Now our prospects are flopping. Dozier and Rosario are the only prospects who met or exceeded expectations over the past 10 years or so. I feel gross after typing that. Feel free to mock and ridicule if I didn't list the things on correct chronological order, but it's close.