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Originally Posted by TribeFanInNC
It is a good, well thought out article. Though I disagree that the 'using cap money to pay for offer sheets' plan would work. Bottom line: If owners don't want to spend money, they don't have to. They will use the tax money to sign players then still keep other money and still only have a $70mil payroll when they could afford $90mil. To some, it seems, baseball is a business like any other and the bottom line is more important than the product on the field.
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I think there is some merrit to the cap money. Take the Marlins for example. They spend the less and are probably in the top 15 in Market. It is so hard to be a fan because you know they make money and they have a good young team, but they never spend the money they make. It is a terrible thing to have to deal with. If they just opened their purses a little, the Marlins could easily win the East. They have the talent to finish second without even spending 40 mil.