9 minutes ago, tray said:

If you remove the top enormous player contracts from the equation, the respective salary costs for each team begin to narrow.  Remove Judge Giancarlo, Soto, Ohtani, etc... Then consider the reality that most of that top superstar talent is never going to sign with most of the remaining teams even with like offers on the table.   And no, Ishbia isn't going to buy the team and change that reality with a few high priced FA contracts.  At most it would be a sugar high just like the Sox experienced after Reinsdorf signed Fisk, Luzinski, LeFlore and got lucky with Kittle coming up. Yankees, BoSox  and Dodgers will, over time, rule as they have for decades.  2005 was a template for trying to win again, but that template does not involve spending silly money on a few star players. It involves building a strong rotation like we had in '05, constructing a reliable bullpen including a Closer, then having a defense that helps them close out games. You can try to buy that kind of team or you can build it.

 

You may notice that signing Fisk was 44 years ago and the 2005 team was 20 years ago and collapsed within 2 years.

13 minutes ago, tray said:

If you remove the top enormous player contracts from the equation, the respective salary costs for each team begin to narrow.  Remove Judge Giancarlo, Soto, Ohtani, etc... Then consider the reality that most of that top superstar talent is never going to sign with most of the remaining teams even with like offers on the table.   And no, Ishbia isn't going to buy the team and change that reality with a few high priced FA contracts.  At most it would be a sugar high just like the Sox experienced after Reinsdorf signed Fisk, Luzinski, LeFlore and got lucky with Kittle coming up. Yankees, BoSox  and Dodgers will, over time, rule as they have for decades.  2005 was a template for trying to win again, but that template does not involve spending silly money on a few star players. It involves building a strong rotation like we had in '05, constructing a reliable bullpen including a Closer, then having a defense that helps them close out games. You can try to buy that kind of team or you can build it.

 

Based on what he did in Phoenix, there should be no doubt that he will do what he wants to get the players he believes in most.  We can see everything he spent and traded for there.  Dude is not scared to be the top bidder for top talent, unlike another private equity real estate mogul in Chicago.

Will he be right is a totally different question.