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hughee99

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5. I know. I think they should be spending more on players.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 11:22 AM

Jan 2019

Now I’m not suggesting they should throw ungodly sums of money at players who don’t warrant it (like Ellsbury and McCann), but when free agents they want come up, they shouldn’t be balking because of the money. My Red Sox are in the same boat. Their payroll has been high the last few years, but a large part of that wasn’t for their stars, it was for expensive mistakes.

Big market teams have the luxury of being wrong on big contracts. As someone once said, it’s not the stars that are expensive, it’s the high price of mediocrity.

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The New York Rockies? [View all] Auggie Jan 2019 OP

When will it end? True Dough Jan 2019 #1

The NY Yankees have not signed a big name Free Agent in years Yavin4 Jan 2019 #2

Not since the year they signed Ellsbury and Brian McCann (unless you want to count Chapman). hughee99 Jan 2019 #3

The percentage of their revenue spent on payroll is lower much today than it was in 2004 Yavin4 Jan 2019 #4

I know. I think they should be spending more on players. hughee99 Jan 2019 #5

The trades of Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman in 2016 netted them a lot of prospects Auggie Jan 2019 #6