If it was as easy as that the Phillies wouldnt be an absolute mess and the Tampa Bay Rays would be awful every year. The braves have been good a lot with middling payrolls. Twins this year are good. I think the top 3 teams listed there(im a massive mets fan) have a nice mix of players they developed and players they added through free agency. I mean with the Mets Degrom, Mcneil, alonso, nimmo, megill etc are all home grown. In their previous WS run it was a lot of home grown and then they traded for Cespedes. But that rotation of Harvey, degrom, (wheeler was hurt that year) was homegrown. Yes Wheeler was drafted by the Giants and then the mets traded beltran for him. Nowadays even Edwin Diaz was acquired by trading homegrown talent as well as Lindor(then signing him to massive extension). Diaz will get his money next year.

The best teams develop the farm extremely well and spend wisely in free agency. Now what the money really gives you the ability to do is make mistakes. Lindor is great but hes not 35m a year great(so far). But the Mets with Steve Cohen now can absorb that. The mets can give Fuck you money to Max Sherzer for 3 years because the owner doesnt care about money. And now hes out for like 3 months but their farm depth in David Peterson, Tylor Megill, etc help them absorb that for a while.
The Yankees can absorb some shitty contracts. The mets paid Robinson Cano 36 million over 2 years to go away. The mid tier teams cant do that.

and then they give up 1 run over 2 games to my Mets. Its baseball. Long season. Wierd shit happens heh

Marte not letting that happen! Also ill be at the game wednesday so need a T Walker rebound game

Im also crushed after last night but also believe the above. Uncle steve wont be fucking around. Though Ive said most of the season I dont think they should pay degrom what hell want for the number of years he wants. Hell want scherzer yearly deal for 5-6 years. F that with his injury history. Id give him exactly scherzers deal for 3 years. Especially if hes human in his playoff start(s) as well. Id rather take that 40 mil sign diaz and another really good starter. Then you decide if you want to resign nimmo or go big for Judge. Marte can play center just fine if they want to chase judge. And for god sakes please sign some decent relievers next year!

Im torn. Its a lot of time off and a chance to get rusty. Im a mets fan and they were super hot in the 2015 playoffs. Swept the cubs, Royals went 7 in their series. The Mets had about a week off and suddenly they couldnt hit. They still shouldve won game 1 anyways but I think they were rusty. While I would have massively preferred the mets not choke this year and win the division to set up their pitching perfectly for NLDS. I do think there is a small downside to having 5 days off...When in the season does a team ever have 5 days off? Do they even get that for the all star break?

As a Met fan Id be super pumped short term but concerned long term. But thats most big FA contracts I guess. If the Mets get Judge I think its because Degrom and Nimmo walked. Mets want to be agressive early. If they can lock up nimmo early they are out on judge.

If Degrom walks watch the mets get Rodon fast