LA Angels Tuesday News Crash: Bryce is Right

I am really enjoying the New York Yankees right now.

They, and the Doyers to a much less drastic extent because they have some youth and are up ion their division, are the clearest example of the change in baseball. Free Agency is less and less effective. Two of the three teams with endless money supplies have run into issues with just not having the options that matter. If the guys who reach FA are generally 32-34 year olds who will be expensive and break down easy then having a billion dollar payroll doesn’t buy what it used to.

On the other hand. Screw prospects. They fail a lot. Plus you get to be “in it” and you can desperately hold onto the guys who have gotten you to meh. At least your team’s honks are happy because they have heard of most of the guys you hold onto and bring in. You can sell them on the sense of “doing the stuff to win”.

The Doyers are the ultimate test case because they can literally screw this up and then just shelf a guy with Snells contract. Trouble is, there just aren’t that many good arms around to take money and replace him. They will likely be the ones who just go out and spend a ton on development. The Yankees and Doyers will combine to eventually get restrictions on what a team can offer international players lifted so they can be sure to always get the best 16 year olds. Cleveland will still starve.

Let’s go Tigers…. and weirdly, Red Sox. That’s a team that’s done it right even as their asshole fans rip their blouses and cuss the clouds. I’ll hate them again as soon as they win something, but for now I’m loving them catching the Yanks. Even grosser, the Astros seem to be really good at restocking and winning with a team that is “done” for these last couple years. They haven’t even had an amazingly good farm. I just hate em cause they were kicking our ass before, during, and after the time they were cheating.

That being said, we should probably hold onto Ward next trade deadline too and extend Jansen for a couple years so we can watch him get to 500 saves. Nothing like being a late stage pit stop for greatness after it’s won its rings. Arte is still alive. Why even try to develop players? Hee haw.