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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
Detroit once had to deal with this perception, too. And that's the inevitable cost of doing business on the cheap for so damn long.
Once we get over the initial hurdle, much like Detroit, we can return to the market norm for FAs.
Sign Greinke. Aces don't come available too often, and his delivery is silky smooth, which gives the best hope for health.
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Detroit has the 5th highest payroll in baseball at $132MM and three different players making over $20MM per year. I think they've just realized that to really compete for titles they need to spend big.
Love him or hate him, I can't believe anyone could argue that David Glass will ever agree to a payroll anywhere close to that. Winning isn't so important to him that he would risk losing profit.