Sure. But anyone suggesting there are a lot of fans who care more about spending than winning are erecting a straw man the size of The Wicker Man in the original movie.
You said "even if what he's doing is working for the Braves, it didn't fit for this system."
Sorry man, but I really hate this statement. And I refuse to believe that's the way Bailey works.
Needs are everything.
Teams who badly need a high leverage reliever for the playoffs have been known to pay by a lot. Some thought Theo Epstein was nuts when he traded Torres for Chapman.
Of course. But nobody knew he was capable of this kind of improvement in 2021-2022. He was written off by many.
There's no possible way to get every extension right, any more than than there is with free agents. It's a hard game to forecast.
Incredible as it seems, Kennedy's last chat about the team underperforming and needing to go on a hot streak has turned out to have been fairly well timed.
For his career Devers is averaging 106 RBI per 162 games. He's just been having one of those years of making a lot of outs with men on. But that's bound to turn around.
You seem to be suggesting he's applying a one size fits all approach.
All the quotes I see from Bailey emphasize tailoring the approach to each pitcher, finding out what they do well and having them do it a lot.
Well, I didn't think the Kluber signing was horrible in itself. It was the fact that it was the only signing that bothered me. You can't have enough pitching is still a principle that makes sense. Trading Sale went against that principle.