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05_never_again said:
I mean...if other teams are getting better, isn't it then best for your organization to also get better?
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@TBrown has been harping on this since we signed Acuna and Albies to those contracts, but why the hell did we give them super team friendly deals if we’re not going to take any risks outside of a reliever in the market? You have cost certainty on superstars! You literally are best positioned to take chances on the market! It’s insane behavior
 
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zjcvols said:
@TBrown has been harping on this since we signed Acuna and Albies to those contracts, but why the hell did we give them super team friendly deals if we’re not going to take any risks outside of a reliever in the market? You have cost certainty on superstars! You literally are best positioned to take chances on the market! It’s insane behavior
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Flame away, but I do wonder if AA falls into the trap of wanting to look smart, shrewd, and clever more than doing something "easy" that obviously improves the team. Being the highest bidder for a FA, especially if you're a big market team like the Dodgers, is easy. Nobody is going to pat the Dodgers' front office on the back and tell them how clever they are for getting Ohtani or Yamamoto. They've got more cash than everybody else, they were the best players available, so they offered more than other teams and secured them.

Also, I wonder if he views the cost certainty on Ronald and Ozzie in just a single dimension - i.e., that's really cool they agreed to such team friendly deals, and not the second order effect (i.e., that frees money up to acquire other players). If so, then he's nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is.
 
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05_never_again said:
Flame away, but I do wonder if AA falls into the trap of wanting to look smart, shrewd, and clever more than doing something "easy" that obviously improves the team. Being the highest bidder for a FA, especially if you're a big market team like the Dodgers, is easy. Nobody is going to pat the Dodgers' front office on the back and tell them how clever they are for getting Ohtani or Yamamoto. They've got more cash than everybody else, they were the best players available, so they offered more than other teams and secured them.

Also, I wonder if he views the cost certainty on Ronald and Ozzie in just a single dimension - i.e., that's really cool they agreed to such team friendly deals, and not the second order effect (i.e., that frees money up to acquire other players). If so, then he's nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is.
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He traded for David Price at the deadline in 2015. He traded for Troy Tulowitzki at the deadline in 2016. Didn’t win a pennant either year.

I think he truly believes if you get in, then it’s just luck. He always talks about how they look at what their division opponents are doing. His goal is win the division, then from there it’s just luck. I don’t totally agree with it but I think that’s his philosophy.
 
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zjcvols said:
He traded for David Price at the deadline in 2015. He traded for Troy Tulowitzki at the deadline in 2016. Didn’t win a pennant either year.

I think he truly believes if you get in, then it’s just luck. He always talks about how they look at what their division opponents are doing. His goal is win the division, then from there it’s just luck. I don’t totally agree with it but I think that’s his philosophy.
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So he got burned by those moves, yet won a WS in 2021 by getting Joc Pederson and Jorge Soler. That has to drive his thinking
 
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zjcvols said:
@TBrown has been harping on this since we signed Acuna and Albies to those contracts, but why the hell did we give them super team friendly deals if we’re not going to take any risks outside of a reliever in the market? You have cost certainty on superstars! You literally are best positioned to take chances on the market! It’s insane behavior
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It's weird because he's in a position where he could afford to take a few chances . . . but he's also in a position where he knows he can play it safe, win 90+ games and still look shrewd.
 
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Y’all afraid to give Sonny 75 million and duds just gave a dude 325 who has never thrown a pitch in the mlb ha
 
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