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Uncle Al's picture

We can call this situation anything we like but the facts are that Zduriencik was stuck with an impossible situation because of the stupidity of Bavasi and the problems of Gutierrez and Figgins which I don't blame him for. How could you ever believe that those two contracts could turn out as bad as they have? The payroll needs to be discretionary at this time so Zduriencik can finally attempt to improve this team again by spending a little money if it makes sense. Then I make the mistake of reading Jeff Baker today and he does something that doesn't make any sense because I know that he knows better because I've communicated with him in the past. He says the M's spent $85M in 2012 is correct but he takes this dollar figure and uses it to base his 2013 payroll on. He doesn't tell you that the $85M amount consisted of a Budget for 2012 that was $80M in payroll for the 25 man roster and another $5M for the Contingency Fund which eventually gets turned into additional salaries during the year. He then says we basically stand at $62M as of now but we are closer to $68M by throwing in the Contingency Fund. You have to add in the Contingency Fund when you talk about the Budget and that is why everybody thinks we have more money to spend than we actually have. The Budget and Payroll within the Budget are two different things at the start of the year.

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