The trick, of course, is in knowing who to show patience with. There was no upside in showing patience with Alexi Casilla, for example, but we got half a decade of repeated attempts to put him in the lineup, with few other options. What were they hoping Casilla could turn in to? And of course, to be both a good team and show patience, you have to have enough well above average players to make up for the below average production from the guy(s) you’re being patient with.