If all of those toolsy, forgettable OFers (Alford, Anderson, Davis etc) were in the Cards/A's/Rays system they'd all probably be in the bigs or knocking on the door of being a top 100 prospect by now.
Seems like very few of our players have any basic fundamental abilities by the time they get to the higher levels. They just take high risk players and throw them at the wall hoping they'll stick.
There is no plan. If someone still shows absolutely nothing in the minors (Gose) they'll get promoted based on them passing the "eye test" in the past. The kids in the system have no idea where they'll be in a year. They have no idea what is rewarded or valued within the system.
It's just like a bunch of random guys with peach fuzz doing a bunch of random things.