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carpetbagger

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1. The Rays have consistently surprised me over the years.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 10:37 AM

Oct 2021

They shouldn't be competitive. Especially not in the AL Ea$t. Always seems like Yankees' spring training is the big TB event for baseball. Yet here they are, again. 7 playoffs in 14 years. Granted, I lived in North Florida during the good years and not the bad, and it was not the core of Rays fandom (and I lived in SW Fla when a permanent Florida MLB team was a vague dream). But they remind me of the Spurs, there's a mojo there that they keep coming back even as players come and go.

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Of the ten 2021 playoff teams, only two spend below the league average on payroll [View all] Auggie Oct 2021 OP

The Rays have consistently surprised me over the years. carpetbagger Oct 2021 #1

The Brewers will be competitive until Woodruff, Burnes, and Peralta's contracts come up. TheRealNorth Oct 2021 #2

+1,000,000 Auggie Oct 2021 #3

The Mets are #3 at $199,789,189. El Supremo Oct 2021 #4

Phillis and Padres are way up there too Auggie Oct 2021 #9

I don't support a salary cap...I support a reimagining of professional baseball for the 21st century Moostache Oct 2021 #5

This doesn't address the discrepancies in spending. Small markets can't compete consistently. Auggie Oct 2021 #8

All I can add to that is Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #10

Ha, Dodgers payed out over $1,000,000 more than Giants and still had worse record - ha, ha,ha,ha,ha. lark Oct 2021 #6

Unbalanced schedule really helps teams in central divisions JT45242 Oct 2021 #7