Braves CEO enjoys watching his competitors spend big money on free agents

Had the Washington Nationals been able to land Prince Fielder, one of the loudest cheers might have come from Atlanta. Such a signing would have put the Braves in a battle with the New York Mets for the lowest payroll in the NL East, but it would have been a race that Atlanta CEO Terry McGuirk would have enjoyed. In a free agent season where the dollars have flowed freely, a smirking McGuirk tells Tim Tucker of the Atlanta Journal Constitution that the Braves aren't going to be lured into the derby any time soon. Yes, McGuirk says that he and Liberty Media — the owner of the Braves since 2007 — are quite content to watch it from afar while the Braves payroll maxes out around $94 million this season. From the AJC: "In a way, I almost relish when one of our competitors goes in the free-agent market because it's so inefficient and such a bad use of dollars," McGuirk added. "You almost never get the value out of a free-agent market expense. We all have limited do...