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<blockquote data-quote="wpr" data-source="post: 1512536" data-attributes="member: 4159"><p>Look I am not stupid. I din't say teams that spend over the cap never win. </p><p>I said it doesn't work out well. Actually "this strategy backfires more often than it succeeds." </p><p>The Dodgers went from $157 mil in 2012 to spending $240 mil in 2013. They didn't make it to the WS. StL did with their $120 mil salary. They faced BOSTON who spent $170 mil. A mere $70 mil behind the Yankees and Dodgers. It was the #3 and 10 spending teams.</p><p>In 2014 the Dodgers and Yankees again were over $200 mil but both failed. None of the top 6 teams made it to the WS.</p><p>In 2015 LAD still trying to buy a WS went over $300 mil. NYY still over $200 mil. None of the top 12 spenders made it.</p><p>In 2016 4 teams were over $200 mil only one of the made it to the WS. #4 Detroit.</p><p>In 2017 the big spending Dodgers made it to the WS but lost to Houston who spent $100 mil less. They also threw a bunch of seasons in order to gain high draft picks for years. The same thing the Cubs did as well. One thing the Cardinals have avoided doing.</p><p>In 5 years LA spent well over $200 a year and made it to 1 WS which they lost. (That was more than a $ Billion in salaries.) The Yankees had even less to show for their efforts. Almost all the other top 5 spending teams failed to win the WS as well.</p><p>It's late. I'm tired I am not going to continue on. You can pretend that spending money automatically means championships. It doesn't. Fowler and Carp prove that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wpr, post: 1512536, member: 4159"] Look I am not stupid. I din't say teams that spend over the cap never win. I said it doesn't work out well. Actually "this strategy backfires more often than it succeeds." The Dodgers went from $157 mil in 2012 to spending $240 mil in 2013. They didn't make it to the WS. StL did with their $120 mil salary. They faced BOSTON who spent $170 mil. A mere $70 mil behind the Yankees and Dodgers. It was the #3 and 10 spending teams. In 2014 the Dodgers and Yankees again were over $200 mil but both failed. None of the top 6 teams made it to the WS. In 2015 LAD still trying to buy a WS went over $300 mil. NYY still over $200 mil. None of the top 12 spenders made it. In 2016 4 teams were over $200 mil only one of the made it to the WS. #4 Detroit. In 2017 the big spending Dodgers made it to the WS but lost to Houston who spent $100 mil less. They also threw a bunch of seasons in order to gain high draft picks for years. The same thing the Cubs did as well. One thing the Cardinals have avoided doing. In 5 years LA spent well over $200 a year and made it to 1 WS which they lost. (That was more than a $ Billion in salaries.) The Yankees had even less to show for their efforts. Almost all the other top 5 spending teams failed to win the WS as well. It's late. I'm tired I am not going to continue on. You can pretend that spending money automatically means championships. It doesn't. Fowler and Carp prove that. [/QUOTE]
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