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Step 1
Select amateur pitchers out of school in the baseball draft. Take your scouts' advice on the best pitchers available.
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Step 2
Assign these pitchers to the minor leagues and wait for them to develop. You need to give time for them to learn about pitching to better hitters and learning new pitches they didn't need as kids.
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Step 3
Bring them up to the major leagues when they appear ready. Even then, you can't expect them to start throwing shutouts as soon as they're in the big leagues. Expect young pitchers to get knocked around by big league hitters for the first year.
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Step 4
Make trades for pitchers when you can find the right deal. Searching for young talent is often the better way to go again. You may be able to find someone that you missed in the draft but another team gave up too soon on.
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Step 5
Sign free agents only when absolutely necessary. Luring outside players with big contracts is always a risk because you can't be sure how their competitive drive will be affected by getting a lot of money. Signing relief pitchers to build your bullpen is probably the safest option.
