The Colon trade was a decisive move, and every move after that was clearly in the direction of, rebuild with a foot on the accelerator, ... That's what it had been until maybe August last year. Everything since then has been, 'Let's see what we can do to try to finish off building the team within the constraints of the market.' Mark Shapiro
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![[Sizemore (he's making $318,000 this year) and Lee ($345,000) come cheap, too. Those numbers are as important to Shapiro as batting averages and ERAs. The Colon trade -- he is making $10 million this season -- was Shapiro's way of announcing the Indian's new business model: Expensive free agents were out, hunting for prospects and bargains was in. It's a little easier to sell that small-market approach when trades work out as well as that one did.] The Colon trade was the start of everything, ... It started the change. - Mark Shapiro Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBNYXJrIFNoYXBpcm8gICAg&num=5 "[Sizemore (he's making $318,000 this year) and Lee ($345,000) come cheap, too. Those numbers are as important to Shapiro as batting averages and ERAs. The Colon trade -- he is making $10 million this season -- was Shapiro's way of announcing the Indian's new business model: Expensive free agents were out, hunting for prospects and bargains was in. It's a little easier to sell that small-market approach when trades work out as well as that one did.] The Colon trade was the start of everything, ... It started the change. - Mark Shapiro Quotes")
