sportscoach
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The problem is this. If you don't want to operate in the red in 2018 (2019 doesn't matter yet) and last year's deep WS run allowed you to expand payroll for 2017. This gave us some extra money in 2017 to spend on EE and Jay Bruce. Now take that money away since there wasn't a deep playoff run not only in attendance but TV revenue from those games (at least 4 in the WS and ALCS)
Where is the extra money coming from in 2018 to spend? 2019 doesn't matter as we are looking at year to year budgets.
I get what you are saying but if they make a deep playoff run in 18 they will not be in the red. With the amount of free agents they will have after 18, it's either you go all in or trade the free agents to be. If going all in means you add some cap and possibly going slightly in the red then so be it! Adding cap that is only one year actually will not hurt us at all.
You don't sit there and cut cap when you are a World Series contender and they still will be next season because of the fact they will be putting out almost the exactly same team. If you lose Santana we have to replace him and we don't have someone in house at the moment to replace his production so we will have to sign a free agent to replace him. They know they are a contender and will make sure they do all they can to stay on in 18. If you don't think a FO is planning ahead is underestimating what they do. They probably have some rudimentary plans for 19, 20, 21 all in place and will draft and make trades if it fits the current and long term plans
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