[kingcharlesxii]

Originally posted by dougaiton
Moreover, say, I don't know, the Tigers had signed these guys instead of Vina and Pudge: Hitchcock, Valdes, Santiago, Melusky, Boone (ugh...), Burkhart, D'Amico, Fick, Jeremy Giambi and Kenny Lofton, and put out a team that might have won 70+ games. How many more season ticket sales might that have resulted in?

Every team has a finite amount of money. This deal would have no chance of recouping the money plugged into it, IMO.

Of course you're assuming that all of those FAs were willing to play in Detroit when I'm sure most if not all of them weren't willing.