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16 hours ago, Just Regular said:

I think at some point the Rays or Orioles or Brewers will win a World Series, but I do kind of tinfoil hat feel like no cheapskates yet have flags.

Friedman became the Rays GM in 2004, really bringing the hedge fund stuff and - notably for me - the extreme atomization of all run prevention to the game.    Moneyball was out by then, and Billy Beane's stuff not working in the playoffs was a famous quote.

The last couple decades champions:

2004-2010: BOS, CHW, STL, BOS, PHI, NYY, SFG

2011-2015: STL, SFG, BOS, SFG, KC

2016-2022: CHC, HOU, BOS, WAS, LAD, ATL, HOU

Maybe the Royals were the cheapest, and they at least added Johnny Cueto to the Sal-Hosmer-Moustakas-Cain young stud group.

You can smartest guy in the room Ryan O'Hearn and Jacob Webb your way into the mix, but I don't think one of those squads has gotten all the way.    Tampa closest of course.    I do believe if BAL stays uber-cheap, it'll eat into the young star's competitive resilience.     They know Jacob Webb isn't as good as Aroldis Chapman.

 

 

I think this is actually a pretty good point when it comes to the big market teams vs the smaller markets that have to get away with career years from O'Hearn types to compete.

It will be interesting to see if the Orioles end up with the same problems, especially if ownership won't spend on to extend or acquire high end talent.

No team has ever won a World Series since free agency era started with a predominately internally produced roster.

Can Elias and company do it? We'll see. They built an extremely impressive and deep farm system. Will Mayo or Basallo develop into that 40+ homer bopper that they need? Perhaps. Will Holliday become that top of the order OBP machine to join with Henderson and Adley to be those on base guys with some pop? Perhaps.

Will Bradish and Rodriguez grow into a top 1-2 punch? Perhaps.

The talent looks to be there, but I do think they need to add a top starter to go along with those two and I'd like to see a legitimate middle of the order hitter acquired this offseason. 

But we'll see.

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On 10/25/2023 at 4:26 PM, Frobby said:

I was looking today at Milwaukee and Minnesota, which could have been in WS.  The high in Minneapolis next Tuesday is supposed to be 32.  Both cities have several days next week in the low 40’s.  And those are the high temperatures, not what it will be at 8 pm-11 pm.   

Milwaukee has a roof, right? And Minnesota people are freaks about the cold, they would show up.

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