The Boss has passed.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Regardless, money alone isn't going to do it. It makes it a ton easier, but money alone isn't going to do it.

Ask Peter Angelos. You can spend your team right in the tank.

Surely the yankees get some credit for selecting the right free agents lately. No?

If you want to give them credit for throwing money at Sabathia and Texieria and Arod.

but this is a team that drastically overpaid for Burnett and can just absorb it. They are paying Kei Igawa 4 million this year to not play. They ate 1 million to test drive randy winn for a few weeks.

Arod makes 27 million this year
Sabathia makes 23 million this year
Jeter makes 19 million this year
Teixeria makes 20 million this year

those 4 make 17 million more than the rays entire roster

Burnett 16.5
Mariano 15
posada 13 million
Andy P 11.75
Vasquez 11 million
cano 9 million
Swisher 6.75
granderson 5.5
johnson 5.75

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

If you want to give them credit for throwing money at Sabathia and Texieria and Arod.

but this is a team that drastically overpaid for Burnett and can just absorb it. They are paying Kei Igawa 4 million this year to not play. They ate 1 million to test drive randy winn for a few weeks.

Arod makes 27 million this year
Sabathia makes 23 million this year
Jeter makes 19 million this year
Teixeria makes 20 million this year

those 4 make 17 million more than the rays entire roster

Burnett 16.5
Mariano 15
posada 13 million
Andy P 11.75
Vasquez 11 million
cano 9 million
Swisher 6.75
granderson 5.5
johnson 5.75

They got Arod in a trade for homegrown players just like how Boston got Beckett and Lowell. Right?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

They got Arod in a trade for homegrown players just like how Boston got Beckett and Lowell. Right?

No they got Soriano the same way boston got Dice K. We all know the yankees out bid Boston for Arod.

Ramirez was a minor leaguer when they traded him.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

No they got Soriano the same way boston got Dice K. We all know the yankees out bid Boston for Arod.

Ramirez was a minor leaguer when they traded him.

Wrong again. Soriano was given a 5 year 3 million dollar contract and the yankees didnt have to pay the japanese club any money to negotiate. Dice K was signed to 52 million plus the Sox paid his japanese club 51 million. A litte different I would say.

The Yankees outbid the Sox not in money but in players. The Sox wanted texas to take back Manny's contract (so loyal!) but the Yanks were offereing Soriano. The money difference was made up partially in texas agreeing to pay part of the arod contract.