FanGraphs Audio: Dave Cameron on Time Present vs. Future
Episode 532
Dave Cameron is both (a) the managing editor of FanGraphs and (b) the guest on this particular edition of FanGraphs Audio — during which edition he discusses the precarious balance for an organization between playing for the present and building for the future.
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Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF DAVE CAMERON
8:00am wake up
9:00am manage and edit fangraphs.com
10:00am someone asks me if the guy on a hot streak who’s never done anything in his career is a sure bet for at least 3 WAR a year for each of the next five years of team control
10:30am i tell him probably not
11:59am rendezvous with apple man
1:00pm someone asks me how much their team can expect in return for a year and a half of an overpaid league average vet
1:30pm i tell him less than he expects
4:00pm publish a post
9:00pm no longer believe in the mariners like i did when i was a kid
11:59pm sleep
Cameron really needs to consider revenue. The Dodgers are one of the only teams in MLB that do not need to worry about revenue development which is why they can improve their 2015 while increasing their future value. Other teams ARE increasing their revenue development through winning now. With the Dodgers, he talks about being loaded and having money, but not where that money comes from.
Joking aside, my Tuesdays driving to work would not be the same without Carson, Cameron and Herb Alpert.
I took the comments about the Dodgers slightly differently, it’d be as easy to make bad moves with almost unlimited money, but they’ve made good ones as they’ve invested a fair bit in some brains in the FO as well as players – that seems a bit of a step forward.
Excellent podcast as always. Those jokes at the end regarding the replacement of Cistulli with someone less wacky were not appreciated. I very much love Carson’s podcasting skills and look forward to hearing him talk baseball. I would love to see him get a few more regular shows!!
Bring on Carson!!