Financial Insanity?

[Breadman-HagerstownGoldSx]

Some of the extensions signed this summer are astounding. $27 million for ANY player is a huge commitment. $10+ million for a setup man. Am I missing a coming financial windfall that everyone else sees?

[Jared]

$10 million for a setup man?

I did sign someone for $27m, but (in my estimation) he's one of the top-ten hitters in the league, with no history of injuries, at a position where I was weak, and I had money available.

It could be that teams with budget room are spending (like me). Or something else, I don't know. But I think that $105-110m is still about the maximum break-even salary (assuming a solid team that performs well behind it).

[Bill_Abner]

Teams that spend that much are simply taking a risk which may or may not pay off.

It only takes one high payroll/poor result season to be Mobile or Juno. And that is a tough hole to get out of.

[GreenSoxJonah]

Which is why I'm not resigning Ybarra to an extension. I'm going to let him test the FA waters where he'll find he's not going to make $10M, much less $20M, per year.

[gstelmack]

I have insane extension demands from my team. This is not going to be a pretty offseason. Maybe I'll actually be able to spend some small amount of money on FAs this time around...

[Bill_Abner]

14 mil is a lot but not TOO bad. Look at Franks in Manchester Or Ybarra in Brk.

[Bill_Abner]

...or my 37 year old SS for that matter.

He will not be resigning...gun for hire.

[GreenSoxJonah]

14 mil is a lot but not TOO bad. Look at Franks in Manchester Or Ybarra in Brk.

Well, Ybarra's making a case for himself. Talk about a walk year surge. From .233/15 to now .280/38.