Originally posted on 07/08/2012:
Again, it's the exact recipe the Marlins used to win multiple world titles.
Load up your farm system with stud players -- and more importantly, pitchers -- who want to win and have a lot to prove before signing huge guaranteed contracts. Sprinkle a few seasoned vets in there who have been there before. Just out-work and out-scout the other organizations who go for big-name bats and huge contracts. Pick their farm systems as well with trades when you have a kid mature into a great hitter who's lined up for big money.
It's not rocket science.