Bauer is going to Anaheim people, please... native, can play in-front of like minded people. They can give longest, back-ended contract with AP coming off the books. 5yr, $200+
JR doesn’t use any excuse to be ‘cautious’ about spending, he is just cheap and runs the team purely for profit. 2005 was a fluke - they got lucky that the Count, Pods, Tadahito, Crazy Carl, etc. had good years while our core talent was peaking.
You gotta be in it to win it. SD is a franchise making big moves to win now, too bad we are not. We would never make a move like this. Ghosts of Jerry Krause, I mean Jerry Reinsdorf, haunt these halls.
Why, so we can maybe be good in a few years when we lose control of everyone? He's under control for 3 yrs, which matches perfectly with our Cuban player bet. Wager the farm.