08-21-2009, 12:46 PM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->To clarify then - I would like to see Williams with Hendry's ability to spend $ on FA.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't understand this. Why do you care if Buerhle is being signed as a Free Agent, or if he is simply resigning with the team? Isn't all that matters is that he is on the team? Aramis Ramirez counts the same against the Cubs budget as Soriano does. They were simply procured in different ways.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->The Cubs have spent about 300mm in the recent few years on a small handful of big ticket FA.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And the Sox have spend 130 mm in the last few weeks on 2 trades. And again, it's all within their respective budgets. Which are similar.
This isn't just bringing it up tit for tat either. Fully one quarter of that 300mm was the 75 million to resign ARam. So if we are going to include his 75 million on the Cubs FA spree, can't we also include the 60 mm the Sox spent on Konerko? The almost 60 million given to resign Buerhle? The 70 mm to resign Dye, Contreras and AJ?
The point is, the two teams approaches aren't even that different. Soriano sticks out like a sore thumb, but his FA acquisition is essentially offset by the trades for Peavy and Rios.
The two teams are spending similar money in fairly similar fashion.
I don't understand this. Why do you care if Buerhle is being signed as a Free Agent, or if he is simply resigning with the team? Isn't all that matters is that he is on the team? Aramis Ramirez counts the same against the Cubs budget as Soriano does. They were simply procured in different ways.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->The Cubs have spent about 300mm in the recent few years on a small handful of big ticket FA.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And the Sox have spend 130 mm in the last few weeks on 2 trades. And again, it's all within their respective budgets. Which are similar.
This isn't just bringing it up tit for tat either. Fully one quarter of that 300mm was the 75 million to resign ARam. So if we are going to include his 75 million on the Cubs FA spree, can't we also include the 60 mm the Sox spent on Konerko? The almost 60 million given to resign Buerhle? The 70 mm to resign Dye, Contreras and AJ?
The point is, the two teams approaches aren't even that different. Soriano sticks out like a sore thumb, but his FA acquisition is essentially offset by the trades for Peavy and Rios.
The two teams are spending similar money in fairly similar fashion.
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