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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 6, 2018 18:47:42 GMT
The worst thing that could have happened to the Detroit Tigers was Miguel Cabrera winning the Triple Crown. The organization wanted to let Miggy walk and pay the big money to FA Scherzer. But they were afraid of the fan reaction to letting Cabrera walk. So Miggy got the ridiculous extension and Mighty Max rakes his stuff to DC. He is having a Koufaxian season. If the bullpen hadn't choked in LA, he could be 11-1. A treat to watch him pitch. This is why the Cardinals are smarter than the Tigers. They let Pujols walk and their fans let them have it at first. That was a ballsy move. Pujols was the new Stan Musial. He WAS St. Louis baseball. You can alienate a whole generation of fans by letting the face of the franchise go. The Mariners have never put up the attendance numbers they did in the Junior/A Rod days. But Cardinals management knew that a contract like that, paying $30 million per to a player over 40, hamstrings a team. It will be intertesting to see what way the Nationals go in the offseason. Will they pay a gargantuan contract to Bryce or risk pissing the fans off (and losing out on playoff berths) and let him walk? |
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