Frank Wren's Winter Meeting Exit Interview On XM

obviously. But it is being built with the publics money including my cousin who will pay more taxes to help fund the stadium

Since the public is helping out the team has a responsibility to spend more money on players now imo. None of this 89-90 m self imposed cap nonsense.

I understand where you might think that, but it's a rather half-baked ideal. The Braves are footing a significant portion of the initial costs of the stadium, responsible for all overruns (which there will invariably be), and are also, with some support from private investors, behind the $400MM+ 'entertainment village' to be constructed around the stadium. Free public money is almost universally a good thing -- but this is no sweetheart deal like the Marlins conned out of the city of Miami (80% public funds, over half the money the Marlins contributed was borrowed interest free from Miami Dade).

We would all like to see a bump in payroll, and there just might be one between now and the stadium's opening as that seems to be a 'thing', but I personally think the Braves will be doing just fine if they are able to keep the payroll at its current level throughout the building of the stadium and beyond.
 
I think Zito was referring to 2012. Which was last year. But if you are talking about 2013 then how was he an injury prone player? Unless you consider it likely he has another appendectomy or gets his jaw broken again. Those are freaks or nature and not signs of being injury prone.

He's missed 116 games in four seasons. Call it whatever you want, but the guy can't stay healthy.
 
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