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DeathVelvien posted...

We've paid the fuck out of Marte and rookie Carroll, and gave Kelly a solid two year deal. Gallen is the only truly outstanding star to pay here, and I will legit be angry if we don't pay him. Moreno has probably earned it, great rookie year.

Oh right, I forgot we paid Madbum a fuckton. Lmfao.

I'm primarily for developing players and then paying them with free agency and trades as a supplement (ie, what we've largely done), rather than vomiting money at big names and trying to outright buy a championship.

I've never really understood the criticism of "buying a championship". First of all, even if you do spend a fuckton of money the World Series is still hard to win and the playoffs are still a crapshoot. Further, most teams these days put a very great emphasis on player development, so ideally you're going to have a mix of homegrown players, good free agent signings, and good trades. If all of that results in you having a top 5 payroll, then I don't see what's so bad about that.