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Alan T · 07-02-2003, 12:23 PM

I will tell you what a high payroll/budget gives you:

It gives you bigger room for error. You can bring in some unknown with huge upside and take a risk on him (Like a Jose Contreras). You can get an older pitcher who is pitching great, and if he stops pitching great, you can eat the contract and find someone else.

What it will not do for you is:

Pick the best players. Make wise personal choices.

So that means:

Teams like Baltimore and the Mets that spent like mad, but spent it on really poor personal choices, end up with a payroll that has little return. See the Rangers in this as well.

Teams that do well have spent it wiser.. spent it on their farm system, made better investments such as the Braves and Yankees.

I somewhat hate the Yankees, and acknowledge the extra money is an advantage, but the advantage is as I wrote above. it doesn't auto-buy the championship.

(Even when Florida did it in 1997, they still had to make wise choices on which players to bring in.)

07-02-2003, 12:23 PM	#65
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I will tell you what a high payroll/budget gives you: It gives you bigger room for error. You can bring in some unknown with huge upside and take a risk on him (Like a Jose Contreras). You can get an older pitcher who is pitching great, and if he stops pitching great, you can eat the contract and find someone else. What it will not do for you is: Pick the best players. Make wise personal choices. So that means: Teams like Baltimore and the Mets that spent like mad, but spent it on really poor personal choices, end up with a payroll that has little return. See the Rangers in this as well. Teams that do well have spent it wiser.. spent it on their farm system, made better investments such as the Braves and Yankees. I somewhat hate the Yankees, and acknowledge the extra money is an advantage, but the advantage is as I wrote above. it doesn't auto-buy the championship. (Even when Florida did it in 1997, they still had to make wise choices on which players to bring in.) __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.