The Dodgers are the "unmatched" machine that spends more than everyone else and they have the same number of pennants and World Series titles as the Astros in the last decade. The Dodgers' playoff record is 58-47 in that time. The Astros' playoff record is 62-43. Nearly 75% of the Astros' all-time postseason victories have come in the last years, by the way.
Needs his big teeth punched. Was sweet when Altuve blew right by him without the slightest bit of acknowledgement.
Let them spend, it's just a tax on them to pay for talent. Their farm system stopped producing. The window will close fast....
Before this offseason the Dodgers had the 2nd oldest aged roster. The Astros were 3rd oldest. The difference is the old players on the Astros are very old (Abreu, Verlander) which weighs down the number despite little contributions. The Astros have pivoted to getting some younger players like Paredes and Cam Smith. Dodgers have been trading their farm for years and what they kept hasn't paid off.
Like who cares about these national sports writers? Besides riding the potential scoop, which they get directly from the agents themselves, they are practically irrelevant. I can’t remember reading any of their trite regurgitation they pretended to pass off as journalism. Nowadays it’s about perhaps announcing a rumor or confirming a trade, on a tweet mind you. Their word salad articles are moot point if you get anything other than propaganda. So this Passan is trying to villainize teams that are trying to stay within the spending limits set by their collective bargaining. Meanwhile teams like the Dodgers, Mets, Yankees can scuff at the parameters of the collective fair play, and just pay the luxury tax because their revenue stream that are in excess to their counterparts allow it. Passan is merely a tool for super agent merchants, like Scott Boras.
Passan was the same idiot claiming astros should've had their chip stripped for 2017. Hes always been a hater and nothing more. **** him
That's what the warriors thought until their tax and salaries approached a half a billion a year. They are doing long contracts without knowing what the tax will look like in the future. The trend has been to punishing high spending teams more, not less.
