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Roxpert · December 27th, 2006, 10:32 PM

Hiring cheap labor and keeping costs under control is the one skill set that the Monforts have transferred over from their old business to the Rockies, it seems. As we get farther away from the Jennings trade, which I still think was good one, it is clear that cost-savings was the main motivation even though we got good young pitching talent back.

SOME team, either the Astros or someone else, will pay Jennings north of $50 million in a long-term deal in the next 12 months. Obviously, if the Rockies won't do that for Jennings, the quintessential "homegrown" pitcher, they likely won't do that for any pitcher. Ever. Not under the Monforts, at least.

And yet they were moralizing publicly about Jennings' hiding behind his agent. Must be nice running an entertainment company such as an MLB franchise as if it were a meat-packing plant!!!

December 27th, 2006, 10:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Roxpert Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 1,090	Hiring cheap labor and keeping costs under control is the one skill set that the Monforts have transferred over from their old business to the Rockies, it seems. As we get farther away from the Jennings trade, which I still think was good one, it is clear that cost-savings was the main motivation even though we got good young pitching talent back. SOME team, either the Astros or someone else, will pay Jennings north of $50 million in a long-term deal in the next 12 months. Obviously, if the Rockies won't do that for Jennings, the quintessential "homegrown" pitcher, they likely won't do that for any pitcher. Ever. Not under the Monforts, at least. And yet they were moralizing publicly about Jennings' hiding behind his agent. Must be nice running an entertainment company such as an MLB franchise as if it were a meat-packing plant!!! Last edited by Roxpert; December 27th, 2006 at 10:34 PM.