Ummm! I believe the first three I mentioned were definitely in their prime years.
your argument was for the future FAs
And yes, I have noticed the trend of signing players to long term deals from home grown talent, but there are many, many teams who have not only extended their own, but went out and still signed Mega deals.
right, teams who were a player or two of that magnitude away from competeing..
Hell, the Tigers for instance, have inked Ordonez, V-Mart, Sanchez, Miggy, and Fielder while still locking up Verlander. Do I need to also explain the Dodgers, Angels, Phillies, Red Sox, and Yankees, who continue to not only lock up their own players, but delve into the free agent market? How many of those teams intentionally tanked seasons
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tigers were able to do so cause they got that big TV deal along with those other teams who were also in position to win now...
Phillies ?????
And lastly, please stop with the pity party that the Cubs have to wait for a TV deal to ink anyone. You don't drop payroll nearly in half from four years ago, and supplement it with trash. That is by design whether you like it or not.
no shit that it was by design.. what ya think most been trying to say when you all keep bashing Epstein, that it was rickett who went the route of lowering payroll mostly because of the deal that was made with Zell..
If you are waiting for the TV deal to come along before they start spending, brace yourself because this sustained success stuff is going to hit about year 7 of Theo's 5 year contract. Now do the math with that one.
TV deal, signage, yep that what they've been saying all along as to when they could start paying the big bucks for the big FAs.. not a secret
that pretty much why they've spent the last 3 yrs stock piling their system with pretty good prospects, to lighten that load down the road..
and if you think the ricketts aren't going to extend Epstein after basically doing what he been told to do, well your walking around with binders on..
this has been their plan together all along..
Their is a reason the MLBPA is breathing down the Cubs necks to understand why they are not spending to their capabilities.
no one breathing down their neck, a statement was made and its gone away.. if anything it may have helped push this renovation deal along..
