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In 2021 the Braves won the World Series.
Ronald Acuna got hurt early and was lost for the season.
A bunch of others got injured and also gone. They picked up Eddie Rosario from Cleveland at the trade deadline for a bag of peanuts.
Then traded with KS for Jorge Soler again for next to nothing.
Rosario was MVP for NL Conf series against the Dodgers. Basically won the series.
Soler was the World Series MVP. Soler was gone the next year and Rosario the year after.
I have seen the World Series won by many teams who were not the best team.
In fact that is case more often than not.
MLB has so many factors that can change series. I can site so many cases it would take a book.
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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I wonder who did this? Jose himself? 
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WOW , someone else agrees with me ..lol
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Good riddance to the Yankees.
They follow the Mets both spent to the gills and fell like rocks over a cliff.
Jets and Giants go NY go.
Money spends well but it doesn't always bring the bacon home.
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Cleveland #Guardians Jose Ramirez (7) has appeared in more World Series games than New York Yankees OF Aaron Judge (5) in their careers.
Both are currently 33 years old. Ramirez and the Guardians have been to the playoffs 7 times while Judge and the Yankees have 8 times in their careers.
I think all Guardians fans would love for the team to increase payroll, but it doesn't guarantee anything.
Yankees payroll each season of Judge's career:
2017 - $209,044,502
2018 - $180,098,151
2019 - $223,019,037
2020 - $111,939,081 (Covid adjusted)
2021 - $205,669,863
2022 - $252,957,200
2023 -$278,651,150
2024 - $315,601,274
2025 - $300,187,616
Here are the regular season records of both organizations in all games Ramirez and Judge have played in their careers:
Guardians 899-710 .559%
Yankees 675-530 .560%
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Amazing when you follow the money.
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None the less, it wouldn't hurt to spend some to get a couple more reliable bats in the line-up.
It doesn't need a blockbuster trade or great players. Just a couple of plus players.. You know, .275/ 80 rbi's/ 25-30 homers.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn. GM Strong ![[Linked Image]](http://www.dawgtalkers.net/uploads/small-gator-chomp.gif)
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I totally agree with you and have been saying it for years.
Free agency contracts are strategic moves that are necessary. The Guardians have done little to help.
They are good at player development. But some key moves need to happen at times.
It has been frustrating because they have looked close but always seem a little short in areas.
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I totally agree with you and have been saying it for years.
Free agency contracts are strategic moves that are necessary. The Guardians have done little to help.
They are good at player development. But some key moves need to happen at times.
It has been frustrating because they have looked close but always seem a little short in areas. It's rare when you have the perfect team but when you have a bunch of .220 hitters, you need to do something. Our best hitter is Kwan, but he is a slap hitter, a table setter, which is great if he is scoring 100 runs a season, but he isn't because people aren't clearing the table behind him. Kwan should be scoring 100+ runs a season.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn. GM Strong
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At DT, context and meaning are a scarecrow kicking at moving goalposts.
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