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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I know it still pains people to say this but Shapiro and Atkins have done a good job.
They didn't handle tearing down the 2015 roster in the most graceful way, but overall they've really done a great job here in building a core that contend over a longer horizon than just going all-in for 1-2 years.
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I had a post on this a few pages back, where I noted that as much as fans wanted Rogers to pour more money into the team at that time and try to keep it going, it did not make a lot of sense given the ages of Jose Batista, Edwin Encarnacion, and Josh Donaldson who were the core of that team. The only economical home grown guy on that roster was Marcus Stroman, and maybe Kevin Pillar who was far from a core type piece.
But this go round, the better players are the more cost controllable young guys, and I think Rogers will be a bit more willing to commit money for a longer window of spending.
We see it with the Flames...just because you could spend money to try and compete for a playoff spot, doesn't mean you should spend the money that day. Especially in Baseball where it is 10 of 32 in the playoffs every year.