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Originally Posted by Dagger
So cheap? No, what he has done is trust in the new cutting edge in baseball, sabremetrics, which used 100s of statistics to determine things such as WAR(wins above replacement value) and, tERA(true era) for example and from there these statisticans determine what fair value is for that player.
The Red Sox allegedly offered 170M to Teixiera for example, but the Yankees just overpay every time.
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Overpaid? He lead them to a World Series championship. I think any team in the league would overpay for that.
The Sox had more than enough money to pay him but instead they hummed and hawed and Teixiera got tired of it and went with the Yankees offer because they don't nickle and dime guys when it gets to that point.
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Also, they've recently given Lackey 82.5m which isn't chump change.
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A perfect example of them being cheap again. They could have gone out and got a guy like CC and instead they go the cheap route and are left with a second tier guy like Lackey making way too much with too few results.
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What he has done is invest in youth. I believe the Sox are up there in spending on Latin American youth players, and they go overslot on draft picks. They have a top class academy, with past AL MVP Dustin Pedroia being a good example, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Clay Bucholz, and Jed Lowrie already playing a solid role on their club.
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Their youth isn't any more impressive than the Yankees and sure hasn't done much when it comes to producing wins. You shouldn't have to spend money to find guys like Ellsbury and Lowrie. Lester and Buckholz have been good at times but inconsistent, not exactly the type of guys that make up for the numerous misses they have had by being cheap in FA.
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I don't watch NASCAR, but from what I gather they are a financially healthy team, who compete for the top every race and supply engines to lower teams.
I assumed that was pretty good, and from what I've heard they aren't in that spot because Henry has closed the purse.
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They are certainly not bad but they are lightyears behind teams like Hendricks and Gibbs and really have no shot at winning the championship unless they get a ton of luck.
Decent yes, but hardly very successful.