Hector Olivera signs with the Dodgers

Rosenthal is now repeating the Bjarkman report, though not confirming it. It wouldn't be a surprise if the Dodgers get him, and it's also not surprising that he would have a handshake deal in place already (pending MLB clearance and physical). As Kiley McDaniel said last week about the Dodgers prospects of signing both Olivera and Moncada, "The Dodgers have as much money as they feel like having."

"Peter Bjarkman, a prominent author and expert on Cuban baseball, reported Monday that he believes free-agent infielder Hector Olivera will sign with the Dodgers.
Bjarkman also reported that a deal between Olivera and the Dodgers is not done. In fact, the commissioner's office has not yet cleared Olivera to sign with a major-league club.
Separately, major-league sources confirmed to FOX Sports that the Dodgers do, in fact, have strong interest in Olivera, who also is a target of the Oakland Athletics."

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...and-top-cuban-infielder-hector-olivera-021615
 
I think the difference between the Braves' ability to spend versus the Dodgers' has more to do with the the broadcast deals each team has struck moreso than the relative greed of their owners. The Braves have one of the worst TV deals in the league given their market / fanbase, and the Dodgers probably have the best. Even if Liberty decided to handle the Braves as a zero-profit investment (not happening), the Dodgers would still be able to outspend us due to the disparity in the broadcast deals.
 
As a business, if you can spend C and directly make D (where the value of D is greater than C), you do it as much as you possibly can.
 
Dalyn said:
As a business, if you can spend C and directly make D (where the value of D is greater than C), you do it as much as you possibly can.
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Problem is that you have to also consider the risk when C is a larger percentage of your available funds. When you determine the NPV and IRR of any investment you have to select the ones that that rank highest on each list with your available investable funds. When you are the Dodgers or Yankees your pool is so large that you can just select all investments that have positive NPVs and high IRR.
 
thethe said:
Problem is that you have to also consider the risk when C is a larger percentage of your available funds. When you determine the NPV and IRR of any investment you have to select the ones that that rank highest on each list with your available investable funds. When you are the Dodgers or Yankees your pool is so large that you can just select all investments that have positive NPVs and high IRR.
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I also feel baseball is meant to be designed around player development. The Dodgers have largely failed at that, but get out of their organizational failures by buying a ton of FAs. Buying players doesn't make you a great organization, it makes you a rich one. They don't even spend money particularly well, but it doesn't matter. Another failed draft? Buy a guy. Another failed contract? Buy another guy.
 
There is essentially no such thing as investment risk for teams like the Dodgers and Yankees. They just print money.
 
yeezus said:
I also feel baseball is meant to be designed around player development. The Dodgers have largely failed at that, but get out of their organizational failures by buying a ton of FAs. Buying players doesn't make you a great organization, it makes you a rich one. They don't even spend money particularly well, but it doesn't matter. Another failed draft? Buy a guy. Another failed contract? Buy another guy.
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Good point. It isn't an advantage for a franchise like us anymore...its a necessity.
 
Tapate50 said:
Reported that 5 teams are over 70mill already for Olivera
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Saw that too (Gammons). Gammons is usually a good source, but that seems real hard to believe. If that is in fact the price, we need to run far . . . far away.
 
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