Sandy's point is interesting to me - how much do teams actually end up paying per eventual win on their roster? Taking a look at the free agents on the 2011 Rays, the most efficient team in 2011 in $/win:
Manny Ramirez -0.3 WAR, $2.0MJuan Cruz 0.3 WAR, $0.8kDan Johnson -0.8 WAR, $1.0MJoel Peralta 1.3 WAR, $0.9MJohnny Damon 2.8 WAR, $5.2MKyle Farnsworth 1.8 WAR, $2.6M
Ending up with a net +5.1 wins being paid $12.5M, or $2.5 M/win. When your franchise can get that kind of value even from free agency, that's huge. While Z may not have an "Achilles heel" when it comes to picking free agents and veterans, he's certainly not elite, and there's room for improvement.
Maybe it's poor circumstances and bad luck, as Grumpy is suggesting - a couple of bad rolls of the dice, a Silva contract here or there.
Speaking of Silva, and also of trades... over 2010 and 2011, Carlos Silva was worth 2.1 WAR, Milton Bradley, -0.7. That's surprising to me.
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