Indians [vs] Red Sox (GP, Please)

[Tim Delles]

Originally Posted by JackN

As much as it pains me, I am rooting for the Indians, but it looks like they are done now. They played the two best teams money can buy, and that is exactly the problem with major league baseball, it is an uneven playing field. Teams like the A's, Pirates, Twins, Marlins and Devil Rays can't compete with the elite teams in terms of payroll. The Yankees and Red Sox can just throw a pile of money at a player that is more than the entire payroll of most teams i.e. Dice-K. I commend the Indians for getting it done the old fashioned way of building prospects and making smart trades.

Dice-K only gets $ 6.3 million a year

HAHA!!! what about the $250 million paid to A-Rod by the rangers? ($25 million a year)

Tampa Bay Pays an outfield (Carl Crawford) 4.1million a year. and they are the lowest payroll in MLB.

Arizona pays Randy Johnson 9 million a year.

Phillies have 7 players paid more than 6.5million

Jamie Moyer
Jimmy Rollins
Jon Lieber
Tim Gordon
Freddy Garcia
Adam Eaton
Pat Burrel (13+ million)

Cleveland:

Paul Byrd (7 million)
C.C. Sabathia (8.5 million)
Jake Westbrook (6.1 million)

So yes the Red Sox and yankees can throw money at people, but every team does it when they REALLY want someone...

And if you honestly believe that ANY TEAM can't just throw money at a player then you are completely wrong.

So please stop whining about this team or that team spends more money that the team i like. Believe me if they wanted to they could.