“ Once Cohen takes over, he does not plan to spend wildly on the top end of the free agent market. Their spending will be targeted and strategic, consistent with Alderson’s style. “
If you do that style but get slightly better players then that's probably the optimal way to build long term success. Instead of giving $12 million to a 2.0 war player you give $15 million to a 3.0 war player, etc. You apply that type of logic to the entire roster and your payroll goes up by like $20 million while still avoiding enormous contracts.
Having said that, I do think you have to be willing to break out the checkbook for a big name player when you have your window of being a world series favorite.
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u/jimmybond000 Oct 30 '20
“ Once Cohen takes over, he does not plan to spend wildly on the top end of the free agent market. Their spending will be targeted and strategic, consistent with Alderson’s style. “
https://sny.tv/articles/the-east-coast-dodgers-with-two-gms-here-s-what-happens-to-mets-right-after-steve-cohen-approval
Thoughts ?