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Post by aardvark on Mar 17, 2022 14:31:39 GMT -8
Money buys depth. Depth gets you into the playoffs in most cases (because injuries derail teams like the Padres who have no depth). Depth gives you an advantage IN the playoffs. Money also buys your way out of player personnel mistakes. Pick up a bad free agent? No problem, just sign a new one. For the Padres when they make a mistake it takes a couple years (or more) to get past it and to be able to get a better player in there. That payroll hit hurts a team like the Padres, where the Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox, etc, just shrug it off. It's more about the people making the decisions than the money itself. And one of those decisions has come back to bite the Padres multiple times. Eric. Freaking. Hosmer.
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