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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Tulowitzki at short stop defensively has to be worth 2 more wins that what Reyes was.
Of the final 4 teams in the playoffs, the only one who had a big money pitcher who played the whole year on the team was the Cubs with Jon Lester. The Mets staff is home grown players for the most part, the Royals traded for Johnny Cueto like the Jays did with Price and the rest of their staff is hardly high priced. The Giants with all their WS wins essentially did it on the back of their home grown guys who actually faded off once they started to get more expensive.
I think the smart way to spend your money in Baseball is to stay away from big money pitching. Develop as much as you can in house, grab a pending one at the deadline to help you out. But in terms of your big dollar commitments, I think a 22 million dollar Josh Donaldson does more to win you games than a 22 million dollar Jordan Zimmerman would.
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Also, while I agree with your last paragraph on Donaldson, it's also what frustrates the hell out of me in being a Jays fan. Why do we have to pick between having Donaldson and a pitcher like Zimmerman in a market like Toronto with an entire country supporting and buying merchandise of the team? We aren't the Milwaukee Brewers or Tampa Bays Rays here. The Jays are run like a small market team, and it drives me nuts.