Thunder Muscle wrote:Kerb Hohl wrote:trwi7 wrote:
It always amazes me that there are people that pay attention to this sport and torture themselves in a league with no salary cap, highly based on local TV revenue/advertising, and convince themselves that the owner of a team with a 1.5 million metro area population will one day outspend or come close to teams in a city of 10+ million. And as it inevitably doesn't happen each year, they'll get mad again and again and again.
It sucks, but it is what it is and sometimes spending more money on washed vets actually **** you over (mid-market teams).
Always miserable people. Honestly one of the more delusional mindsets I can imagine to continue to care if this is how you view it. Enjoy, I guess.
I tend to agree. Its super frustrating BUT its been that way forever and there is zero I can do to change it. I remember always having to trade guys for prospects when I was a kid in Vaughn, Wickman, Sexson, Burnitz, etc. At least now we have a competent front office to identify young talent and find reasonable deals plus occassionally hang on to a guy like Braun, Yelich. It sucks that if miss on those big contracts that it really can hinder the team vs like LA who can shrug it off, but just the reality of it. Its not like the top payroll equals a championship either. It doesn’t hurt the chances but still need the players to work out and some luck along the way.
Yeah, my whole idea is that 90% of the owners are just as "cheap" as Attanasio, it's just proportional to market size.
Either there is fan-fiction that whatever higher power there is decides that Milwaukee is the graced with the one owner who decides to not turn a 20% profit for his company or ownership group and instead spends into his net worth and randomly outspends the Chicago teams every year...or *every* owner does this and the league is exactly the same, the only difference is Willy Adames costs $50 million/year instead of $25 million/year.
) then you can determine for yourself whether it's worth spending $15-$25 million each year on free agents, or if the Brewers should instead step back from free agency and instead allocate that money to extensions when the opportunities present themselves. 
