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Originally Posted by Lathum

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So, does owner Paul Dolan envision himself ever signing a player to, say, a 10-year, $300 million deal?

“You don’t know. Probably the day when we do a deal like that is when somebody else is doing $1 billion deals with somebody else.”
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[Dolan said] “where it is painful is when you have one of your own that you can’t keep because the market for them is set by larger markets.” He pointed to the Padres’ addition of Manny Machado on a 10-year, $300 contract. The Padres rank 24th in the league in payroll, five spots behind the Indians, per Spotrac.
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Dolan contends the Indians have lost money the last few years, though he insists “we’re not whining or complaining. It’s a challenge… More often than not, we lose money,” Dolan said. “But we’ve made money in some years.” And it doesn’t come as a surprise when it happens, Dolan added.

(Dolan) noted that it’s easier to profit during “the down cycle,” those lean rebuilding years, since a team has less incentive to add established major-league talent to an undefined core.

“We’re not going to outspend anybody,” Dolan said, “so we need to outsmart them.”

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