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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
He got fired and his team went bankrupt because he was an idiot and signed Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Zambrano. He got fired because he overspent on bad players, not because of how he structured the contracts.
Once again - do you care to explain to me how giving Carlos Zambrano $90 million over the last 5 years would've made more sense than giving him $76 million over the same time period?
Or are you just going to continue to ignore facts, logic and reason?
Go ahead and tell me why there are no GMs in MLB giving front-loaded contracts? Is every single GM and billionaire owner in this league completely economically inept? Hell, have none of them been bright enough to consult an economist?
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John Lackey.
Alex Rodriguez.
How many teams do you see offering 10 years to a 31yr old?