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Originally Posted by bk400
Exactly. You can only buy a championship if you spend on the right players, which means that money alone doesn't buy championships. Money may be a necessary condition, but it isn't sufficient.
I've gotten a lot of crap for saying it, but the Mets bought the wrong guy. Would Juan Soto defer like 95 percent of the value of his contract so the Mets could sign Yamamoto? The luxury box guy? I don't think so.
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While money plays a part in it, its also who you get to play with. Yamamoto got offered the exact same contract from the Mets. After he got it he took it back to the dodgers and said match and I'll come. Saski could have made more money on other teams with more international money, he just decided to come to the dodgers.
The dodgers have about 1-2 more years before things go south with guys getting old (Freeman, Betts, and Teoscar, Snell will all be 35+) and they feel the effects of the Cohan tax on their farm system. Unfortunately though because of their success, there will likely be a lock out for 2027 with 29/30 owners wanting a hard salary cap.