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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefIllini" data-source="post: 1439809" data-attributes="member: 588522"><p>Why would the Giants do that to themselves, if they aren't getting another good looking piece as well, while sending essentially nothing back? I know I'm giving little credit to Heyward, but that's an albatross of a contract. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm falling into sunk cost bias, but if you're trying to spend money to win a ship, then why would previous signings deter a team that couldn't get it done before? I guess you can hope for players to improve, positive regression to their mean, or get healthy, and I think the Cubs still have one of the top 5 rosters in the MLB, but I also think you try and give yourself the best shot, and the Ricketts can still afford to pay for Harper, though I will say I think Heyward or some other relatively large contract(s) would absolutely need to be moved first. The timing of that would be extremely interesting to follow, I agree I don't think they open their checkbook until some of the cap is cleared, but the obviousness of what they were doing would be interesting to see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefIllini, post: 1439809, member: 588522"] Why would the Giants do that to themselves, if they aren't getting another good looking piece as well, while sending essentially nothing back? I know I'm giving little credit to Heyward, but that's an albatross of a contract. Maybe I'm falling into sunk cost bias, but if you're trying to spend money to win a ship, then why would previous signings deter a team that couldn't get it done before? I guess you can hope for players to improve, positive regression to their mean, or get healthy, and I think the Cubs still have one of the top 5 rosters in the MLB, but I also think you try and give yourself the best shot, and the Ricketts can still afford to pay for Harper, though I will say I think Heyward or some other relatively large contract(s) would absolutely need to be moved first. The timing of that would be extremely interesting to follow, I agree I don't think they open their checkbook until some of the cap is cleared, but the obviousness of what they were doing would be interesting to see. [/QUOTE]
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