January 21, 2009
Expense or Investment
John Brattain criticizes the Toronto Blue Jays for being Selig loyalists:
To be a Selig loyalist one must view players as an expense (something to keep to a minimum) rather than an investment (a vehicle that can be used to increase profits). Right now, the Jays' current payroll is based (they say) on projected revenue. However, little thought is given to how wise expenditure might improve that projection.
The reason for that is because an expenditure is viewed as just that--an expense, a loss; it is not viewed as something that might bring a return.
If teams want fans to come out, they need to win. Sometimes, that means spending more money than a team takes in. It worked for the Jays in the early 1990s. No reason it can't work again.
Posted by David Pinto at
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The Jays roster construction approach (loading up on players that are really #5/6 hitters on a championship caliber offense) is precisely the path to lead to mediocrity. They really need to develop some true impact hitting to pair with their pitching (and stop breaking the pitchers they have, that would be good too).
It doesn't help that they get buried in the AL East (4th best team in all of baseball last year by third-order wins, but 4th in their division).
As a loyal Blue Jay fan it drives me nuts to see we are going through another Interbrew phase where they dropped the payroll & said wait til next year when all they cared about was the bottom line. I was a Blue Jay season ticket holder from 1987 to 2004 & although I bought the WBC full pack for Toronto it will be the only time I venture inside the Concrete Convertible this year. And as for Bud-Light Selig, the sooner him & his cronies are gone, the better
The Jays signed plenty of free agents back when the market was red hot (Burnett, Ryan, Thomas), and now that there's plenty of bargains to be found they're not shopping.
