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Originally Posted by Halx
It isn't jealousy, as you can see, my own team has a great chance this year. We're doing it mostly through homegrown talent. Free Agent signings do make up most of our salary, but Boston looks like it shook down a bunch of small market GM's.
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Please, I can't believe that we are going through this AGAIN. Boston's management has made smart decisions overall, and has made it a point to develop what Baseball America has called the number 2 farm system in the league. Their major league lineup is a mix of free agent signings and homegrown talent. This allows them to pay 400K for a rookie of the year second baseman and put more money toward a talented Japanese pitcher, for instance. Half their infield is homegrown (Pedroia, Youk), half their rotation is homegrown (Lester, Bucholtz) a third of their outfield is homegrown (Ellsbury) and they have a collection of other guys the no one else wanted but they were smart enough to see a future for (Ortiz, Varitek, Okijama, Wakefield). Don't make it seem like they ar out there fleecing other poor GM's. They gave up a no-hitter pitcher and a Rookie of the Year for Beckett and Lowell (and don't forget Lowell's contract was a salary dump and supposed to be an albatross) The only guy that they really outspent everyone for is Dice-K (and Drew, but no one else really wanted him). Of course Boston has significant resources, but so do the Dodgers, they just haven't figured out how to use them yet.