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You have a tendency in your post to very much overrate every Rangers starter though -- that's been pretty well documented.
And that isn't something I run from.
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As for what I've said on the Angels, it has been that it's foolish year after year after year to point out how "Contract XXX is going to keep them from going after anyone!" until we actually see them not go after someone because of the bad contracts.
I think the point of the article is that if not for trading Trumbo, they'd be limited in their pursuit... based on committed money.
and you see how this contradicts itself:
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I've never said the day won't come when they finally hit the wall on what they can afford to throw at a stud free agent, but history says that to imply they are up against the wall and have no money to spend hasn't really shown to be true.
On the one hand you claim the day will come... then you say to imply that day will come isn't true.
If you don't think that day has come, then, we still have a couple months to see how they fill out their roster.
They have $131.7M committed to 10 players.
They have many holes to fill in their pitching.
Danny
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I wouldn't exactly consider a measly $4 mill a salary dump
I don't know that you'd call it a salary dump, but it sure goes to show that when $4M is considered necessary to have financial room to sign other players, that there is a ceiling... and it is near.
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and the team model that includes Trumbo didn't exactly work the past 2 years.
You could easily say that:
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and the team model that includes Pujols didn't exactly work the past 2 years.