Thanks for confirming you barfed at the same words I heard from Stanton. Especially his "...don't view criticism [of Stanton's profit-1st cheapness]...as particularly tough..." is Stanton saying "long as I'm making money, I don't care what fans think".
There's a reason why Griffey, A-Rod, Johnson, Ichiro left. It's the same reason for Dipoto to say that big name free agents have to want to come to Seattle in order for him to be able to negotiate. MLB players have known for years M's are a balance sheet first, not in it to win it, club. That fact has now dawned on M's fans. Stanton probably doesn't have the mad money to throw around like Mets, Rangers, Yankees, etc. On the other hand, disastrous Bavasi, Zurendik regimes might give me pause if I were Stanton. For every Rangers spend triumph, a Mets spend disaster. But it is disappointing to see that Comcast rules Stanton's balance sheet. Stanton doesn't have the will and/or money to run w/the big dogs, just like Howard Schultz w/Sonics - we know how that turned out.
I agree completely. Jerry and Justin did an amazing job this off season. Imagine what they could have done with, say, the $162 million 40 man budget the team had at season end 2018.
All that said, I renewed my Flex season tix the day before Stanton's horrific interview. I'll be there with my son right behind the Ms dugout on April 17th. If we get there early enough, we might even snag a Jr. bobblehead.
Hi Colin,
Thanks for confirming you barfed at the same words I heard from Stanton. Especially his "...don't view criticism [of Stanton's profit-1st cheapness]...as particularly tough..." is Stanton saying "long as I'm making money, I don't care what fans think".
There's a reason why Griffey, A-Rod, Johnson, Ichiro left. It's the same reason for Dipoto to say that big name free agents have to want to come to Seattle in order for him to be able to negotiate. MLB players have known for years M's are a balance sheet first, not in it to win it, club. That fact has now dawned on M's fans. Stanton probably doesn't have the mad money to throw around like Mets, Rangers, Yankees, etc. On the other hand, disastrous Bavasi, Zurendik regimes might give me pause if I were Stanton. For every Rangers spend triumph, a Mets spend disaster. But it is disappointing to see that Comcast rules Stanton's balance sheet. Stanton doesn't have the will and/or money to run w/the big dogs, just like Howard Schultz w/Sonics - we know how that turned out.
Sigh, indeed.
I agree completely. Jerry and Justin did an amazing job this off season. Imagine what they could have done with, say, the $162 million 40 man budget the team had at season end 2018.
All that said, I renewed my Flex season tix the day before Stanton's horrific interview. I'll be there with my son right behind the Ms dugout on April 17th. If we get there early enough, we might even snag a Jr. bobblehead.
GoMs.
Hell yeah.
I literally renewed mine today. Like, finalized after finishing this post.
So it goes. And Go M’s.