Bob Pompiani

How can you argue the opposite of that?

You can't.

They spent $49.5 million this offseason.

They added three All-Stars, one of whom isn't hitting right now, but it's only been six games.

What is he, one for 19?

Marcelo Zuna.

The other two guys have hit the cover off the baseball.

They got rid of their manager last year through, what, 38 games because they wanted to try to win.

They have paid guys like Brian Reynolds and Key Brian Hayes and Andrew McCutcheon and Jose Tabata and Gregory Polanco and Francisco Liriano eventually in the past.

They feel like their time to strike is now.

They're right about that because you've got Griffin and Skeens.

And they've actually been operating like a real honest-to-God baseball team.

And if you argue the opposite, I don't know what you're looking at.

I mean, there's facts and there's opinions.

The fact is they're handing out $140 million, I'm guessing all guaranteed, and there's probably more on the back end there with options and stuff.

They're handing out $140 million to a kid who's never played a Major League Baseball game before.

That's attempting to win.

They also, by the by, paid him more than Roman Anthony.

Like the Boston Red Sox, they could have handed the kid a blank check.

Hey, you want 250 million bucks?