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Be that as it may, comparing what an executive vice president makes and what someone who is solely a GM makes isn't an accurate comparison. Myself, I think contemplating ownership's willingness to spend is as valid a topic as anything else when we haven't had games since last October.

And then the next CBA blows it all up anyway.

They didn't get Bitsko anyway. If they had convinced him to sign for the 700K saving and went over the allotment they might have snagged one of them. It certainly doesn't look like he would have refused to sign for slot.

So he signed for over 700K less than the Orioles' slot allotment for the number two pick.

They were going to be added in any case.

Reaction to other teams adding 2020 draftees to their roster.

You a big Mason Williams fan?

I wasn't talking about the draft.

Yep.

O's had the largest pool.

It's apples to oranges. He's an executive VP. Of course he would be making more.

That you know how to bold things? So someone who was hired as an executive vice president makes more than prior first year general mangers? Shocking.

Giving him control of front office hires is irrelevant to the point I am making. If you have evidence that Sig is pulling in 5M a year I'll change my mind.

They had to hire someone. They didn't give him Carte Blache, it's pretty obvious he's under spending restraints and Davis is a thing. They didn't have a GM. You need a GM if you want to win or if you want to suck every dollar you can out of the franchise. Once they start actively spending money on the ML team we will know. Before that happens it's speculation that it will.

Yes. Not sure why you are asking. We don't know what the actual priorities are for ownership. The main goal might be to make as much money as possible off the team. We know that Peter was willing to spend in certain situations. We don't know that about the sons. Not yet.

Replace worse with cheapest and you might be on to something.

Honestly we don't know if winning will ever be a priority for ownership.

Tigers actually added to their roster. Schoop and Cron.

But they didn't need to dip into any of the slot allotments they got from the Braves. I will also say that I don't know when you checked, but the O's NEVER spent zero. They went from spending less than everyone else to spending less than everyone else except the Braves who were not allowed to spend.

You know this how? And how does it work anyway? Sounds like nonsense to me.

Were they? Or was trading for the slot money just to make the return look better? Remember the Braves couldn't spend it.

It isn't if they could have used that money to target a more coveted player.

Bit over 200K under slot. They could, of course, have gone overslot.

Compared to hunkering down at home? Yes.

Thankfully I missed that game.