Will this mean that these two teams will meet in next year’s fall classic? Not necessarily.
The more money teams spend the more they are hurting themselves for the future. The Angels not only have one contract they will regret, but now they have two.
They are paying Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton a combined 50 million dollars per year. At least Hamilton only signed for five years and not 10.
Why do the Hamilton and Zack Greinke deals make no sense to me?
Easy. These are players are not worth the money. Nobody is worth that much money.
Hamilton was going to make big money, but to invest that number of years on a player who has had issues off the field and some injury problems on the field just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
Greinke is a pitcher who has had good numbers, but has the guy pitched his team to a title?
Greinke also has had some issues with mental preparation and has shown lack of motivation on the mound. When he was with Kansas City and Milwaukee, he was either working on the throwing the slowest curve-ball or he was talking about how he wanted to hit more. This doesn't sound like a team player.
So why do these teams go out and spend all of this money? Is it because they have bad front office personnel?
Have teams not realized that what is in right now is building from within and not trying to buy rings. Championships are won through having home grown talent and bringing in the complimentary pieces to surround them.
Look at the last few World Series winners, the teams were all anchored by home grown talent. San Francisco had Buseter Posey, Matt Cain, and Tim Lincecum come through their system. The St. Louis Cardinals won with Pujols and Yadier Molina. The Philadelphia Phillies nurtured Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, and Chase Utley to a championship.
Even the Yankees have had Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, and Andy Petitte develop from within, holding their team together.
With it being the time of year to go out and spend too much money on things that we don’t need, BUYERS BEWARE. What you really need to win championships may be closer to home and cheaper than you think.
