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Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that their opponents are the Mets, KamaAina Oct 2015 #1
Obviously joeybee12 Oct 2015 #2
KC is 16 in payroll, Mets are 21 joeybee12 Oct 2015 #3
Doesn't that make them Beelzebub or something? KamaAina Oct 2015 #8
Satan West joeybee12 Oct 2015 #10
Adam's brother? KamaAina Oct 2015 #11
Small market teams can't compete with consistency. Once that developed talent reaches free agency, Auggie Oct 2015 #4
They made the WS two years in a row Yavin4 Oct 2015 #5
Your OP said "compete," not "make it to the WS." Auggie Oct 2015 #7
The Royals don't play in the same division as the Yankees. Yavin4 Oct 2015 #13
Like Zack Greinke? KamaAina Oct 2015 #9
When the Royals traded Greinke in 2010 they finished 67-95, 27 games out Auggie Oct 2015 #12
Bunk! Yavin4 Oct 2015 #14
Money enables teams to make up for incompetence. hughee99 Oct 2015 #15
Will you stop it with the rich owners propaganda Yavin4 Oct 2015 #16
All owners can make money, but a team that brings in $300 million can spend a LOT more hughee99 Oct 2015 #17
These are not some Mom and Pop organizations running on a shoestring budget Yavin4 Oct 2015 #19
What are you talking about??? hughee99 Oct 2015 #21
Over ten years (2006-2015) the Yankees have 928 wins ... Auggie Oct 2015 #18
So, a $200 million annual payroll nets out to only 108 more wins than Oakland Yavin4 Oct 2015 #20
11 more wins is the difference between going 81-81 and 92-70. (eom) StevieM Oct 2015 #22
That doesn't prove statistical significance. (eom) Yavin4 Oct 2015 #24
Over the last 10 years, only 12 teams averaged more than $100 million in payroll. hughee99 Oct 2015 #23
First, you haven't shown than a 10 win difference is statistically significant enough to support Yavin4 Oct 2015 #25
Did you say that all TEAMS should be able to run a competitive franchise over that span hughee99 Oct 2015 #27
I'm arguing both. Yavin4 Oct 2015 #28
In 1996, the year they Royals cut their payroll to $19 million, the Royals "pocketed" 4.7 million. hughee99 Oct 2015 #29
Another factor that you miss Yavin4 Oct 2015 #30
The Rays traded Price at age 29, and got Drew Smyly and Nick Franklin in return. hughee99 Oct 2015 #31
Excellent post. K&R. (eom) StevieM Oct 2015 #26
I have a soft spot for the Mets from the years I lived in New York.... marmar Oct 2015 #6
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