Trust me, as an Orioles fan, I know exactly what you’re going through (to a little lesser extent, but it’s still similar).  The losing gets old, doesn’t it?  Makes you feel like you want to jump ship and go to a team that’s headed in the right direction?  Makes you want to throw something because of an incompetent front office?  Yeah, us O’s fans have that too, well until recently.  Your day will come, no matter what you think, and I know the team sending out guys like Matt Morris (until recently) doesn’t exactly give you that impression, but things will improve, especially considering the number of young guys you have either on the big league club or down on the farm.  Drafting Daniel Moskos has possibly set your franchise back a few years, as skipping over Matt Wieters seems to be a horrible mistake (thank you, by the way).  Other than that, everything’s looking solid.

You have a top 15 prospect in Andrew McCutchen, who’s 20 years old and performing very well at AAA.  He’s got all the tools, especially speed, he’s got some jets, which in turn makes him a better fielder with much more range.  His bat isn’t far behind, he’s currently hitting just under .300 for the year.  With the success of Nate McLouth, I doubt you’ll see him this year, but next year is a possibility.

You’ve got some other good prospects down on the farm also.  Guys like Neil Walker, Steven Pearce, and Brian Bixler (recently promoted to Pittsburgh) come to mind.  Walker’s a former catcher now at 3rd base who shows a lot of potential power, as does fellow corner infielder Pierce.  Bixler is more of an average hitter with good defense and speed, basically Jack Wilson part II.

Pitching wise, great core here, mostly in the majors.  Snell, Duke, Gorzelanny, Capps, and Maholm are all solid or have great potential.  Duke showed it a few years ago but hasn’t gotten it together since, but I still think he turns into a good ML pitcher,  Snell has shown flashes of an ace, as have Gorzelanny and Maholm.  Capps looks like he’s turning into one of the NL’s elite closers.  The plan for Daniel Moskos is to groom him for closer, but who knows how that turns out.  Either way, tons of talent here.

As long as they don’t make any idiotic trades, the Buccos should be decent sometime soon.  They have too much young talent to keep winning less than 75 games every year.