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...in service to your point, I do think the Mariners will likely increase the payroll as soon as the team starts winning with its' young talent and the fans start returning. I think they view the smaller budget as temporary (while we wait for a more coherent on-field strategy to emerge). But Even if we increased payroll 50% to 120 million, Pujols is likely to get 25+ mil/year IMHO...and that would make him 1/5th of our payroll...whcih...hasn't worked out well for anyone else who's tried it.