12-24-2009, 03:38 PM
Ace - I struggle with concluding that Boston's FO is better - mostly because of how subjective that is.
The payrolls are very different when you look at full organizational payrolls - by like 30mm+ per year.
Even if - The sample size we are talking about is still small. And the Cubs did make 2 post seasons in the past 3, and had a good team that just didn't play well in a post season series.
I wouldn't want Hendry as my GM - Don't get me wrong. But I wouldn't conclude Theo is better either. He has tons more at his disposal. He can afford to go out and buy Dice K, and then win despite that. He can spend 10mm on utility players. He can overpay slot on 6 guys per year in the draft and get young high end prospects in the middle rounds of a draft.
Cost per win...all that tells me is a result. It doesn't tell me how the result happened. I hate using output metrics without understanding all the inputs. That's why the pencil fuckers piss me off so much. Statistics, out of context, don't tell the story to me.
The payrolls are very different when you look at full organizational payrolls - by like 30mm+ per year.
Even if - The sample size we are talking about is still small. And the Cubs did make 2 post seasons in the past 3, and had a good team that just didn't play well in a post season series.
I wouldn't want Hendry as my GM - Don't get me wrong. But I wouldn't conclude Theo is better either. He has tons more at his disposal. He can afford to go out and buy Dice K, and then win despite that. He can spend 10mm on utility players. He can overpay slot on 6 guys per year in the draft and get young high end prospects in the middle rounds of a draft.
Cost per win...all that tells me is a result. It doesn't tell me how the result happened. I hate using output metrics without understanding all the inputs. That's why the pencil fuckers piss me off so much. Statistics, out of context, don't tell the story to me.