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I think you're selling Theo short. He's not Billy Beene, but he's much better than Cashman, who he is spending $70 million dollars less than this year. He's also spending less than Detroit and the Mets, and has a more successful team. The Nomar trade took balls, and without it they don't win the WS. And he's rebuilt the farm system by refocusing the franchise on scouting, as opposed to out bidding the Yankees, which is why he has to be compared to Cashman. He's definitely an above average GM. Though not an all time great GM.
Money is irrelevent to both franchises, I think we can come to pretty reasonable agreement on that. Sure the Yankees spend more, but the Yankees also vastly overpay for their own players as a matter of choice. i.e. they bid against themselves all the time cuz they're the Yankees. Again, though, sure the Yanks spend more. The Sox though spend more than every single other team in the league. they can afford to pay for their mistakes. Let me repeat again that I am not saying Theo is a terrible GM, I'm saying he is afforded luxuries, and advantages that few GM's have, and that he gets credit for moves he didn't make.
As for Cashman, he's a mirror of Theo, or close to it. With Cashman, the wonder is what moves are his, and what moves are ownerships. Either way, he's the GM, so the moves fall on him.