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My uncle, a lifelong Braves fan, explained the Braves' rebuillding strategy, and it sounded an awful lot like they were going to lose as many games as possible on purpose so the Atlanta voters would buy a new stadium and they'd get lots of high draft picks. Its a great mystery how an organization can shed every bit of self respect for 7 years to rebuild, and then ask the best free agents to jump on board with their franchise of institutionalized losing.
Like you said, this sort of thing is standard fare for the Orcs.