Cleveland Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro named baseball Executive of the Year
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Indians pick up ‘08 options on Byrd, Borowski, Fultz
Published 11/6/2007 by Jackson Andrews at Tribe Report
Not that this is a big shock, or anything, but indians.com has reported that the Tribe has picked up the 2008 option on starting pitcher Paul Byrd, as well as closer Joe Borowski and lefty reliever Aaron Fulz. As I said yesterday,the Indians may really want want Byrd to return as their fifth starter, it could mean they plan to use him in a trade, it could mean they want him as insurance for later in the season should he have to serve a 50-game suspension for admitting to using Human Growth Hormone (they wouldn’t have to pay the portion of his $8 million salary that he would have earned during any suspension). Or it could mean they were gonna do this all along and the ...
Shapiro Named Exec of the Year
Published 11/6/2007 by mjmarble <info@letsgotribe.com> at Let's Go Tribe!: Front Page Posts
The Sporting News has named Mark Shapiro the Executive of the Year for the second time in 3 years, according to the PD. I can't say I'm surprised by this, although its great to hear. Limited payroll + great team that overcomes obstacles + surprise players + playoffs = Exec of the Year. Congrats to Shapiro. Give that man a raise!
Risky Relievers
Published 11/28/2007 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
There are many ways to run a baseball team. For teams with large payrolls, it's not all that complicated. The Yankees can seemingly just throw money at all their problems. The Angels have apparently decided to start signing a CF coming off a career year every offseason. The majority of teams, however, have to be a little more discriminant with their spending. Some are better at this than others. This becomes particularly clear with contracts given to relievers; it is quite obvious that different teams have very different philosophies regarding this. In 2007, the Reds had a $68.9MM payroll. The Indians were at $61.6MM (according to USA Today). ...
