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ALL GMs get bargains. All GMs overpay.
Bavasi signed Ibanez, who was a 5-year production explosion for pennies on the dollar.
And Atlanta, for all of the brilliant FA pickups they made throughout their 15 year run, traded for Hampton. MLB is set up so players hit FA just as they begin to DECLINE. So, the aggregate win/loss on FA contracts is probably a loss ... as few sub-27 players are in the FA bin.