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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
Yes,I understand that they are doing exactly as much as what they can get away with.What I can't understand (at all,)is the sense of accomplishment that Yankee fans seem to feel when their 200 million dollar team beats teams with half their payroll.The only acceptable result should be winning the World Series.Then,one can tell us that the team (with 2x the payroll as anybody else,)has done something.It's one thing to have a team with 2x the pay as somebody else,but it is another thing to boast when that team makes the playoffs.Is it not absurd to do that?You spend 200 million? I think you might want to be expecting to to make the playoffs quite easily.Maybe by the middle of September.You don't see that?When you spend 200 mil a year,injuries should possibly effect winning the Championship(not the division.)
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I agree with a lot of what you say. Personally, i think that many of the fans/ownership have ridiculous expectations. As a yankee fan, Im highly disappointed that the 200 mil that is spent is not directed more toward acquiring the best pitching money can buy. I wish more money was directed into the farm system to develop more young stars.
You say 200 million but how much is actually on the field? If you take into account injuries, what they trot out evey day is actually in the range of what the other contenders do.
The 200 million has not been wisely spent. Cashman is the most overrated GM in the business.