08-21-2009, 10:22 AM
<!--quoteo(post=59225:date=Aug 21 2009, 09:10 AM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Aug 21 2009, 09:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Seeing as Williams was going to pay Fuk more money, I don't think you can count that as an instance where Hendry had more money to spend than Williams IMO.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Except that if Williams got Fukudome, that would have meant he would have had to cut $40mm somewhere else. Fukudome would not have been incremental to plan. Yes - the Sox offered more. But if he would have come to the Sox, they would have had to cut $40mm somewhere else, and the Cubs still would have spent the $40mm on something different.
Right? I look at this in terms of the whole expenditure, less the parts that are being paid by other teams. I can't see how one could argue that the Cubs haven't had more ability to spend on the best available FA. Williams was forced to be really creative and take on other team's rejects to get where he got. Most of his deals have worked out ok - none yet have really blown up. That's what scares me about Rios and Peavy. He is getting no cash from anyone - and those deals both have MAJOR blowup potential given the high dollars for two guys who weren't having great years.
Except that if Williams got Fukudome, that would have meant he would have had to cut $40mm somewhere else. Fukudome would not have been incremental to plan. Yes - the Sox offered more. But if he would have come to the Sox, they would have had to cut $40mm somewhere else, and the Cubs still would have spent the $40mm on something different.
Right? I look at this in terms of the whole expenditure, less the parts that are being paid by other teams. I can't see how one could argue that the Cubs haven't had more ability to spend on the best available FA. Williams was forced to be really creative and take on other team's rejects to get where he got. Most of his deals have worked out ok - none yet have really blown up. That's what scares me about Rios and Peavy. He is getting no cash from anyone - and those deals both have MAJOR blowup potential given the high dollars for two guys who weren't having great years.