Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 11045650)

I know I'm probably alone in this, but even at that payroll level... I don't care if they get to 110 just for the sake of getting to 110. I think the overall payroll number is way overrated, at least when you're comparing it to a 90 million payroll. The important thing is to spend the money wisely and give yourself a chance to sign guys you've developed. I don't want to cheap out later because we wanted to sign Jose Guillen now just to say "Oh look! Glass is spending money!"

Just like it was this year... the most important thing is developing our own starting pitching. I'm sure Dayton will probably look for another pitcher to replace Shields, and hopefully guys will be interested in signing here without having to offer 10-15% more money than everyone else. Especially with this defense.