We can't change the future?...must be some sort of Nordic fatalist philosophy. But seriously I know what you're saying here and you're right, as usual.
There's no point to pining for Suzuki or Rob Thomas. Yes, we'd all like to have one of those guys on our team instead of Rasmussen*. All we can do is root for the front office to go after a guy like that in the future, instead of the guy they went for -- but had they drafted Rob Thomas at that point in the draft, we would have gone into torches-and-pitchforks mode.
*However:
I just can't help but root hard for Rasmussen, and not just for the team's sake, but for his sake. This guy really cares deeply about his career, and how he's not lived up to expectations, and you can see the pain on his face so clearly when he fails. If I stumble across a genie in a bottle, wish #3 (after the one about a kabillion dollars, and the other about Selma Hayak) will be for that guy to score 60 goals next season.