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6E434E5F58495E1E1D2C0 wrote: What I find distressing is that NH talked about a [payroll] "crunch" when they had just lowered payroll from 2016 and maintained one of the lowest in MLB! How is that "a crunch?" But it's consistent with John Perrotto's comment that Nutting ordered NH to lower payroll because attendance was down in 2016.


He's talking about a roster crunch- more guys than spots to put them. When that happens, with all else being equal, you might go to the cheaper option.

4B4E494F474D544940535558210 wrote: What I find distressing is that NH talked about a [payroll] "crunch" when they had just lowered payroll from 2016 and maintained one of the lowest in MLB! How is that "a crunch?" But it's consistent with John Perrotto's comment that Nutting ordered NH to lower payroll because attendance was down in 2016.


He's talking about a roster crunch- more guys than spots to put them.  When that happens, with all else being equal, you might go to the cheaper option.




Right. Like everything else in life.