but it won’t happen. The MLBPA is the most powerful union in sports. That’s the reason we’ll never have a uniform set of rules between the two leagues (which is a severe disadvantage to the NL) and that’s the reason we’ll never have a salary cap.

That being said, the Yankees have to win the world series this year. No doubt now they are the favorite with a lineup that will include A-Rod, Teixeira, and Jeter and the three biggest pitcher contracts in the AL.

rediculous.

Are obviously past their prime, I was pointing out that they both make enormous sums of money along with their teammates.

1) No one has talked about this yet, but the Yankees have a very poor bullpen outside of Rivera and he could fall apart next with his elbow. Joba will be a starter, Yankees will have to trade for some power arms.
2) Team defense, outside of Tex, who do they have that is very good. Jeter is the worst defensive SS in the majors, Cano was below average, A-Rod could have throwing troubles again, and the outfield defense will be the worst in the majors. You have an aging Damon in center, Matsui/Swisher in left, and Nady in right.

This team will be a repeat of the 2006 Whitesox, all offense but starting pitching will suffer from a poor bullpen and defense.

Yankees in 2009 90-62 3rd place.

The Yankees now have the 4 highest total value contracts in all of baseball on their team with Arod, Jeter, Tex, and Sabbathia all ahead of 5th place Miguel Cabrera.

The Yanks stopped winning championships when they decided to try and buy winners rather than groom them. Let them spend all the money they want; in the end, they’ll pay much more for what those players have already done than for what they’ll do in pinstripes. Free agents should be complimentary players, not the backbone of your franchise. They’re primed for deep playoff runs for the next three years or so, but then they’ll have more than any other team spends on their entire payroll tied up in dubious contracts. Honestly, they’re probably better than the Red Sox and worse than the Rays, but I could see them missing the playoffs all together, too.

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3 of the bigger names in sports and they will never win a title.

The Yankees lowered their payroll this off-season and every other team had a chance, they were just too cheap.

As long as they keep losing in the first round of the playoffs I have no problem with all the money. I don’t know why the public does either. How many teams did the Yanks steal Tex from -4? (Sox, Angels, Nats, O’s)-3 of those having high payrolls to begin with. I think after 8 years of watching this, we see that money doesn’t necessarily = championships.

Stop quibbling.

Teixeira’s the only decent contract among the three they signed.

Sabathia and Burnett werent going to help as much as people assumed… but run scoring was a problem, as was infield defense. Tex was always the perfect fit and should have been their #1 priority. This one scares me. The Sox and Rays are still about as good, though.

He was not a must sign but they got him to fill a void for a long time at a reasonable price.

Now please be smart and save your money. Trade Igawa for Marquis or something and let Hughes + Kennedy battle for that final spot.

And, I hate the Yankees. They should sign Manny now and just sew the whole thing up for absolute certain to go with their new stadium.