This is one of those things that I've been thinking about lately.
You look at the playoff teams right now.
Division Leaders
Dodgers #2
Detroit #5
Cardinals #10
Braves #16
Oakland #27
Rays #28
Those .5 back.
Boston #4
Baltimore #15
Pirates #20
Would Billy Beane be a better GM, if he had an unlimited or Max budget? I really don't think he would be. He works and stretches what he has, and knows when to sell to quickly rebuild.
I think back to all the trades that people are bitching about that we made. And every single one of them had one purpose. To spend whatever it took to make the playoffs. And this philosophy goes all the way to the head honcho.
It just seems like our philosphy makes it look like right now, all the teams are playing chess, building a franchise, developing the minors and the majors, thinking about how this move will affect moves 4-5 years down the line. And this team is playing checkers, quickly trying to say King me, get to the postseason at all costs, F everything else, now is the time.
And now we are paying for this philosophy. Because in the rush to get to the end of the board, and say king me, we lost all our pieces. And it just seems like it's inevitable that our king will get swallowed up eventually.