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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I don't think fans issue is necessarily losing AA or Gibbons, but the fact that Shapiro is fully running the show. His track record strongly indicates the Jays payroll is going to be in the bottom 5 teams in the league after being in the top 10 for the past few years. He better be a wizard at finding prospects and cheap talent, otherwise this likely ends horribly.
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What does that have to do with Shapiro? Do you think he opted to have a small payroll in Cleveland out of choice? Payroll numbers are set by ownership - it's up to the GM to try and squeeze as much as they can out of them, but that's minimal movement. I wouldn't be worried about Rogers cutting payroll and if they do Shapiro is not to blame.
It'd be sorely disappointing if they didn't increase the payroll given the fan response this season though. It seems like such a poor business decision in the end - make a small investment ($20m extra per season) and, if the team has a similar year, Rogers stands to make multiples of that more in return. Given the roster they have in place it's easily worth the risk.