Brilliant comment of the day from Command Central. Part Deux.

[Boobaby1]

Former Red Sox GM and current Cubs president Theo Epstein, speaking along with Athletics GM Billy Beane at a panel discussion in Boston on Monday, says that the big problem facing big-payroll teams is how to spend their extra money, Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal reports.

New rules have made it difficult to splurge in the draft or in the international market, and more and more younger players are signing long-term deals that buy out free agent seasons. That leaves the free agent market as the next obvious place to find talent. Big-payroll teams have historically dominated the free agent market, of course, but with so many players signing long-term with their current clubs, the free agent talent pool will be shallower in the coming years than it once was.

"It's one thing to have an advantage as far as the amount of dollars you have, but if there aren't effective places to spend that money, what do you do with that advantage?" says Epstein.

 

[Boobaby1]

Rickett's will tell you what he is doing with that advantage. It's called shoving it into his pockets. LOL

 

[nwfisch]

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 40s Four teams - #Astros, #Marlins, #Cubs and #Padres - are a combined 22-58 (.275). Can they be demoted to the second division?

 

[Jntg4]

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 40s Four teams - #Astros, #Marlins, #Cubs and #Padres - are a combined 22-58 (.275). Can they be demoted to the second division?

Ya, let's start promotion and relegation already, even though I can't stand it in soccer.

 

[AmericanFlyer1]

Former Red Sox GM and current Cubs president Theo Epstein, speaking along with Athletics GM Billy Beane at a panel discussion in Boston on Monday, says that the big problem facing big-payroll teams is how to spend their extra money, Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal reports.

New rules have made it difficult to splurge in the draft or in the international market, and more and more younger players are signing long-term deals that buy out free agent seasons. That leaves the free agent market as the next obvious place to find talent. Big-payroll teams have historically dominated the free agent market, of course, but with so many players signing long-term with their current clubs, the free agent talent pool will be shallower in the coming years than it once was.

"It's one thing to have an advantage as far as the amount of dollars you have, but if there aren't effective places to spend that money, what do you do with that advantage?" says Epstein.

What an idiot....

The GM of a professional baseball club and doesn't know how to spend the money.....and people will believe this BS.

Why is this not surprising?

 

[Chris J]

Your an idiot...

 

[KBisBack!]

What an idiot....

The GM of a professional baseball club and doesn't know how to spend the money.....and people will believe this BS.

Why is this not surprising?

I am not a baseball GM, but I would think maybe putting some of the roughly $45 million that has been cut in payroll on the major league team, back into the major league payroll since their is all this extra money lying around??

Just a guess.

Where are czman and willrust now that Epstein has said the Cubs have extra money that he doesn't know how to spend.

Kinda destroys their last two years of whining about how poor the Cubs are.

 

[dabynsky]

Ya, let's start promotion and relegation already, even though I can't stand it in soccer.

I would love promotion and relegation idea. End the closed system (monopoly) of North American sports franchises!

 

[Jntg4]

I would love promotion and relegation idea. End the closed system (monopoly) of North American sports franchises!

Ya, but are you prepared to root for a Cubs team in what is the equivalent of AA today?

 

[dabynsky]

Ya, but are you prepared to root for a Cubs team in what is the equivalent of AA today?

Avoiding relegation would certainly add some spice to this season...

 

[Jntg4]

Avoiding relegation would certainly add some spice to this season...

But when it isn't avoided...

And then player development flies out the window and quality of play goes down.

 

[dabynsky]

But when it isn't avoided...

And then player development flies out the window and quality of play goes down.

Oh the whole concept of the minor leagues would be completely reworked to have a true European style promotion and relegation system. But whatever it is complete fantasy.

 

[KBisBack!]

Ya, but are you prepared to root for a Cubs team in what is the equivalent of AA today?

You are slurping up the AA product they are putting on the field currently and praising how it is a great plan.

What is the difference?

Only that they might, and I emphasize the word might, have a winning record at AA.

 

[mountsalami]

What to do with the extra money ?

Well it looks as though there is a cap on draft spending. How hard is it to budget the ML team, since you pretty much know the set amount for the draft and buying bare-footed stick ball champions internationally.

In the meantime. Let's watch the Cubs sit on their hands and praise the Mighty one in all his glory.

After the 500 million dollar spray painting of the Wrigley toilet seat is complete. Then the shit will be on the field.

Here's to the one season run at it in 2023.

 

[Flacco4Prez]

What an idiot....

The GM of a professional baseball club and doesn't know how to spend the money.....and people will believe this BS.

Why is this not surprising?

He's not the GM....

 

[KBisBack!]

He's not the GM....

GM, VP, BS, doesn't matter.

He is the one who was brought here to turn the team around. He is the one saying the goal of every season is to win the World Series.

But instead let's ignore the crap job being done and whine over semantics of what his title is and how the only way to have success at the major league level is to ignore the major league club until the minors produces six or seven quality players at the same time despite the countless examples of teams that had success by doing both.