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11-09-04, 10:07 PM
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the yankees have something like 170 million tied up in 16 players under contract next year, and then 130 for about ten players in 2006.
dont forget giambis monster contract. arod, jeter, mussina and giambi are all making about 20 mill for the next couple of years, bernie is over 12 mill, sheffield is over 10, vazquez makes good money, etc. they will actually have to bump their payroll well over 200 mill in order to make their team significantly better, just because their system is so bare. their onyl good prospects are essentially still in A-ball. |
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11-09-04, 11:05 PM
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yes, that does make me feel good inside. I wonder if that is a by-product of George taking over more control....because Cashman did a great job building that system over the years
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11-10-04, 12:50 AM
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i dont think that it was really cashman that built the system. he came in after newman built up the system. they really have dried up in the minors, with their most recent good player coming up in 2000 (soriano).
steinbrenner clearly makes a number of moves based solely on emotion. some of those moves work out ok (signing sheffield in the offseason, instead of making a run at guerrero, which is essentially a push performance wise, but guerrero cost much more). of course signing guys like jeter to 20 mil a year deals, and giambi, kevin brown, etc. is what has killed the yanks. i am not sure that they have some number that they have to stay under, but i would not be surprised at all if they go way over the 200 mil mark next season. |
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