Image for a second you are the brass leading the Atlanta Tartans. You started off a year ago trying to build a contender for Season 4. So thus far you have traded away all but two of your veterans with large contracts (the only two you have kept is because they are deemed untradeable). You sign a one marginal free-agent pitcher, and then pick up several 4-5 type guys to fill out your rotation. You add several hitters, but focus on defensive over offense since, all the big hitters are expensive or already taken. Then you fill a huge hole in your line-up with a Rule 5 catcher. Finally, you promote your best minor league hitter, because you don't want to risk being kicked out of the league for losing too many games.
Several weeks later nearly a 1/3 of the season is in the books and you find your team. Yeah the one you built to survive, not succeed, is in 1st Place. The two Rookie hitters are on fire, and some how the pitching staff finds ways to succeed.
So what would you do? The Tartans have two players on the brink of the bigs. A SS/3B ready to fill the 1 hole, and a OF ready to fill the 2 hole. Do promote them, and dramatically improve your lineup. At the same time you have two starting pitchers at AAA who could both succeed in the bigs right now, do you rush them a bit and promote them? Or do you say this team is still not built for right, now might as well continue to wait?
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