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  1. BTS
    Even that comes back to ownership. JPR wasn't allowed to go overslot, and couldn't wait on high school talent because he had a mandate to win and needed cheap college talent breaking in ASAP to help the major league roster. There were also next to no international free agent signings made, because the money wasn't there. He was awful with the media, but I really think he did a nice job in a situation that was next to impossible.
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    This whole post is ridiculous.
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    Funny enough, that 2008 team won 86 games and had a pythag of 93-69. It was an excellent team. The fact is that AA was given much more support than his predecessors. That's inarguable. It would have taken a Rays-level front office to consistently compete in that environment with that level of support.
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    MLB payroll ranks in the JPR years: 11 (2002) 21 21 25 16 16 13 16 (2009) AA has had three years ranked 9th or 10th. And JPR had no money to spend on the draft or international signings. Also, 2015 payroll was around 140M, not 122.5.
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    What a stupid post. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/attend.shtml Notice how attendance lagged behind even JPR era numbers for the first three years of his tenure. There's every reason to believe that this would have continued if payroll had remained static and he continued to prove himself ineffective under a tight budget. Rogers threw him a lifeline pre-2013: the ability to spend a shitload of money trading cheap talent for old expensive talent. The fans responded.
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    wat
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    The commitment from Rogers was much, much stronger during AA's tenure than in previous tenures. For example, JP Ricciardi had one team in 8 years in the top half of MLB in payroll (13th). AA has had three consecutive years of top-10 payroll. The difference between 9 and 15 this year is about 25M$. And it goes beyond that. JPR didn't have the luxury of going overslot in the draft and signing international free agents. AA has had that luxury, and used those assets to trade for major league help. Give JPR the support AA has received, and you most likely see at least one playoff berth. Force AA to operate under the constraints of previous regimes and he's fired this week after finishing around 0.500 again.
  8. BTS
    Trading Tulo wouldn't be about making the Jays better this season. It would likely be a calculated hit to the 2016 team to eliminate the risk of an albatross contract years down the road.
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    Using WS titles as the barometer for success of a GM is stupid. Teams don't operate on a level playing field, and the playoffs are a crapshoot. Whoever said that is probably very dumn.
  10. BTS
    What teams have a need at short and would feasibly be willing to pay Tulo $100M? Detroit, and maybe the White Sox?
  11. BTS
    If he's willing to sign for like 3/15 or something, sure. But he has an Andrew Miller payday coming with another great season in 2016.
  12. BTS
    I bet he gets closer to 150 than 100. Monster bats like that don't really ever hit the market.
  13. BTS
    Me too brotato
  14. BTS
    I wonder if the Rays would move three years of Smyly to address the fact that their offense is f***ing garbage. Probably a moot point, because who would waive 10-5 to go to TB?
  15. BTS
    I don't think Antonetti does that. Carrasco has like 5 years of cheap team control left. Shapiro would have to add things.
  16. BTS
    If I'm a betting man, I put money on one getting traded in a deal that includes an above-average starting pitcher with multiple years of team control.
  17. BTS
    Matt Harvey looks like your typical late 20s guy with a 15-pound beer gut and a gym membership he never uses. So me.
  18. BTS
    That is one good-looking human.
  19. BTS
    Mets flow game is unparalleled. Dem locks.
  20. BTS
    Rogers is a fine owner. Your just dumn.
  21. BTS
    http://www.statista.com/statistics/193673/average-ticket-price-in-the-mlb-by-team/ Looks like the team has bottom-half ticket prices and a top-10 payroll. Complaining about Rogers is ridiculous, and has been for three years.
  22. BTS
    I doubt there's a deal to made made between the two teams for Quintana.
  23. BTS
    Not sure, but people keep saying a bit over 140.
  24. BTS
    I think that's basically a perfect way to build a team. Develop most of it in-house, avoid huge risks, and use free agency to supplement your core with the odd mid-tier signing when the fit is right. Only here, he'll be able to keep anyone he wants to keep, pursue more expensive/risky international free agents, and maybe make a big FA splash or two.
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    Yeah. I mean, I'm sure you could flip him off for someone's Tirado, but the trade deadline gave a pretty good indication as to what the market will pay for him. He'll make like 15-16M over the next two years.
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