08-20-2009, 04:07 PM
<!--quoteo(post=59101:date=Aug 20 2009, 02:55 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Aug 20 2009, 02:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=59080:date=Aug 20 2009, 01:25 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Aug 20 2009, 01:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=59079:date=Aug 20 2009, 01:19 PM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Aug 20 2009, 01:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=59076:date=Aug 20 2009, 01:14 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Aug 20 2009, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->As much as I despise KW, I'm starting to come around to the fact there is a method to his madness. I'm very jealous of what he's accomplished. Whether it was/is luck or skill, I have no idea, but I think he has built a team that will compete for several years to come and won't be hamstrung by payroll.
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I'm not sure what you mean. That he has built a cost efficient team, or that the Sox will raise payroll, so that won't be a concern?
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They will be cost efficient starting next season and will still be able to raise payroll in the next few seasons, all while remaining competitive. I'm not sure how long it will last though, but I'd like to have their problems for the next 3-5 seasons. It hurts me to say it.
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I don't know. They currently have 68 million tied up in 10 guys. They have Jenks, Danks, Quenton and Carrasco up for Arbitration. I'd say that's a minimum of 20 million more. So 88 million (at least), and they will still need to replace Thome, Dye, Contreras, and Dotel.
Their pitching staff is set, and they have cheap options at 3rd and 2nd.
If they are willing to spend well over 100 million, then they will have some flexibility. But bear in mind for this season, Dye and Thome have been 2 of their best hitters, and their team isn't that good offensively. Rios isn't going to change that by very much.
They are in better shape than us, but I don't know if you could call them cost efficient. It will be interesting to see how much the 25 million due Peavy and Rios next year could have bought them in this off-season's free agent class.
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I don't disagree with any of that. I'm still mildly jealous of them, and it just seems that they have a lot more positives than negatives relatively speaking compared to our organization. I'm probably a little obsessed right now, because I don't think I can take several years of Sox success or god forbid another championship. Even if there is the slightest chance of that happening, I will be paranoid and continue to overrate other organizations to our own. I'll shut up now.
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I'm not sure what you mean. That he has built a cost efficient team, or that the Sox will raise payroll, so that won't be a concern?
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They will be cost efficient starting next season and will still be able to raise payroll in the next few seasons, all while remaining competitive. I'm not sure how long it will last though, but I'd like to have their problems for the next 3-5 seasons. It hurts me to say it.
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I don't know. They currently have 68 million tied up in 10 guys. They have Jenks, Danks, Quenton and Carrasco up for Arbitration. I'd say that's a minimum of 20 million more. So 88 million (at least), and they will still need to replace Thome, Dye, Contreras, and Dotel.
Their pitching staff is set, and they have cheap options at 3rd and 2nd.
If they are willing to spend well over 100 million, then they will have some flexibility. But bear in mind for this season, Dye and Thome have been 2 of their best hitters, and their team isn't that good offensively. Rios isn't going to change that by very much.
They are in better shape than us, but I don't know if you could call them cost efficient. It will be interesting to see how much the 25 million due Peavy and Rios next year could have bought them in this off-season's free agent class.
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I don't disagree with any of that. I'm still mildly jealous of them, and it just seems that they have a lot more positives than negatives relatively speaking compared to our organization. I'm probably a little obsessed right now, because I don't think I can take several years of Sox success or god forbid another championship. Even if there is the slightest chance of that happening, I will be paranoid and continue to overrate other organizations to our own. I'll shut up now.