That's what I love about the Indians and Mark Shapiro: look at what they've accomplished (on a blue-collar budget and S&H Greenstamps)!
Yeah - Indians accomplished a lot with the small payroll, but eventually, Shapiro will have to pay these guys big bucks. Of course, he won't and most of them will leave, thus leaving the Indians in another rebuilding plan.
Sooner or later, you have to pay for talent in order to SUSTAIN winning. And the days of selling out 500 games in a row at Jacobs Field are over, so that revenue is gone.