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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Yeah, Dewitt said that, but Mozeliak said the same thing (something about winning the bid only gets oh the right to the player and you still have to pay him in arb, etc…)
He’s parroting what Mozeliak told him. Again, that’s baseball ops and DeWitt doesn’t involve himself in that outside of providing a payroll figure.
Robert was Mozeliak’s doing. I don’t think for one second that DeWitt put cuffs on him on this one international signing.
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This is the only quote I found attributed to Mozeliak on the matter in 2017
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"When you're looking at the overall investment, it's real and historically there are not too many players that sign for that many dollars," Mozeliak said. "It's really hard to justify those types of dollars for any player with a lack of a proven track record. No matter how you try to equate the Cuban league or his international experience, it's very hard to calibrate what that means to here.
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The second contract comment came from DeWitt.
Regardless, I think Mozeliak is doing exactly what DeWitt wants him to do, which is he above .500, slimmer of hope for a PO run, while having any change in payroll remain flat or trending up as revenue rises.
The org’s philosophy won’t change unless DeWitt or his son sells.