If you're wondering why the New York Yankees gutted their international scouting operation and sent director Donny Rowland packing, look no further than what the world thought of Roderick Arias just two years ago, and how bad a bet that turned out to be.
Of course ... the Yankees' player development process is certainly at fault as much as the scouts who were sold on Arias and the folks who wrote the check. Still, it can't be denied that Arias was a bad bet in a long line of 'em, and it's easy to overlook just how far under his ceiling he managed to land.