Yes but that doesn’t fit my narrative as well, Harrison

It’s the only thing they ever did.

Luka looks like he’s being held at gunpoint. Nico why would you do this

Obviously not, there’s no need to be condescending. I wanted them to spend money on good players but it looks like that ain’t happening this winter

I think nobody was willing to pay the arb salary because Texas flagged so publicly that they were going to cut Adolis. Why give up an asset when you can wait til now and just give up money? They screwed themselves here

It’s extra frustrating because this is not a small market team. It’s a top 5 market that won a World Series more recently than 28 of the 29 other teams and has big money superstars in their primes. Yet Ray has no desire to actually try to get back there, just yelling about luxury tax

He was bad in 2024, just ok this year. Had the exact same bWAR as Taylor Ward and look at the return that got! Similar age and arb projection too. Ray Davis has been crying poor literally every offseason since the World Series. Hasn’t invested any of that WS money into the roster

Cutting Sborz saves maybe $300K, cutting Webb saves maybe $1.5M. If they’re penny pinching to this degree it makes me think way bigger cuts are coming later like a Semien or Seager salary dump trade

If he’s pinching pennies to this degree to cut even Webb to save barely a million you don’t think he’s about to hack payroll below $200M?

Still an elite defensive outfielder and the replacement is going to be significantly worse. He was a 3 WAR player last year and cutting a fan favorite WS legend for cost cutting benefits on a team that’s in a huge market with plenty of money shouldn’t be defended