While I agree with most of this, I can't agree with Avila actually doing anything more than just being in charge when players got drafted. He had a team of scouts in place who gave him advice on who to draft. Giving Avila credit for much of anything is giving him too much credit. I understand that IF he was told to slash payroll, that he was forced to trade away all of our ML talent. But he took some very poor advice on the returns. He slashed payroll but the players he received were very underwhelming. Who's left? Jake Rogers? Olson? I can't think of many other remaining players.