[lex24]

Giants stuck to their model too long. No question. But I’ll take the 3 Championships. Zaidi was a needed change.

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When you Win World Series you reward your players and payroll goes way up. &nbsp; When you don’t payroll stays low.

Not great management of payroll simply the difference between winning and not winning

that's certainly one way to look at it.&nbsp; antiques&nbsp;can be both&nbsp;expensive and brittle too.&nbsp;&nbsp;$110M for next year wrapped up in Cueto, Smardz,&nbsp;Longoria,&nbsp;Posey, Crawford and&nbsp;Belt.

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3 WS. The defense rests.

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BTW. - the payroll bit is overhyped. A’s payroll is below average. But not by a whole lot. You want a low payroll team that’s doing great things- try Tampa Bay. Lowest payroll 8n MLB. Play in a lousy baseball area. And they win a lot. Who is their GM? &nbsp;Maybe DiCaprio can play him when they make the movie.....

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good point Lex.&nbsp;&nbsp;

mlb average payroll is roughly $136M per club
A's payroll is $93M (#25 in baseball)
Rays payroll is $62M (lowest in baseball)
Giants payroll is $172M (#5 highest in baseball)
conclusion is the Giants really suck but even moreso at that payroll level

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[lex24]

Giants stuck to their model too long. No question. But I’ll take the 3 Championships. Zaidi was a needed change.

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When you Win World Series you reward your players and payroll goes way up. &nbsp; When you don’t payroll stays low.

Not great management of payroll simply the difference between winning and not winning

that's certainly one way to look at it.&nbsp; antiques&nbsp;can be both&nbsp;expensive and brittle too.&nbsp;&nbsp;$110M for next year wrapped up in Cueto, Smardz,&nbsp;Longoria,&nbsp;Posey, Crawford and&nbsp;Belt.

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3 WS. The defense rests.

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BTW. - the payroll bit is overhyped. A’s payroll is below average. But not by a whole lot. You want a low payroll team that’s doing great things- try Tampa Bay. Lowest payroll 8n MLB. Play in a lousy baseball area. And they win a lot. Who is their GM? &nbsp;Maybe DiCaprio can play him when they make the movie.....

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good point Lex.&nbsp;&nbsp;

mlb average payroll is roughly $136M per club
A's payroll is $93M (#25 in baseball)
Rays payroll is $62M (lowest in baseball)
Giants payroll is $172M (#5 highest in baseball)
conclusion is the Giants really suck but even moreso at that payroll level

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