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Originally Posted by REDVAN
The issue is that they are 6th overall spending but are realistically 10-20M away from a WS Championship and fans want them to go spend that for the next year or two...
Rogers/Management is trying to put an "almost" good enough team on the field for 4 years (2 or 3 past, then this year, maybe the following depending how lucky their trades will work out) in order to make a ton of playoff money, rather than win one WS and then have to go through a decade of mediocrity since we have no prospects.
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I don't see this the same way. I think this idea that and extra 10-20 million will win them a championship isn't sound logic. by that account why don't the Dodgers win the world Series every year? Why did 2 teams below the Jays in payroll last year make the world Series? I think the Jays could open up their wallets and sign both EE and Chapman and it woudn't guarantee them anything and in fact that team could easily not even make the ALCS like they did the last 2 years.
I don't see payroll hampering this team at all personally, there is no reason to believe that a team that operates with a payroll in the top 10 in MLB can't compete for a World Series. I don't understand why people think 1 or 2 FA or 10-20 million is suddenly going to make them more of a contender that they already are but clearly I have more faith in the Jays management than most here and I understand that.