MARKWALD23 wrote:1) The Yankees have EARNED that money through years of success, and the yankee owner, UNLIKE many owners who DONT CARE if their team wins or loses, likes to SPEND that EARNED money.
2) Due to the Yankees WINNING constantly, they always end up with bad draft picks. The Yankees should be praised in comparison to teams such as THE RAYS, who simply LOSE FOR A LONG TIME, and get JACKED UP with 1st ROUND DRAFT PICKS. Yankees SPEND money because they DO NOT HAVE the same top picks as the RAYS. The RAYS have a low payroll, but they have more 1st round draft picks than any other team.
3) A decent amount of their "high payroll" comes from their core players from years past, who ask for a lot of money because they know the yankees have the money to pay them.
MARKWALD23 wrote:2) Due to the Yankees WINNING constantly, they always end up with bad draft picks. The Yankees should be praised in comparison to teams such as THE RAYS, who simply LOSE FOR A LONG TIME, and get JACKED UP with 1st ROUND DRAFT PICKS. Yankees SPEND money because they DO NOT HAVE the same top picks as the RAYS. The RAYS have a low payroll, but they have more 1st round draft picks than any other team.
baseball wrote:What is the number of 1st round picks the Rays have had compared to the Yankees? I'm sure its pretty much the same, if not identical numbers, since each team is given a pick in every round unless they trade that pick. Which isnt very common in baseball.
Flip wrote:baseball wrote:What is the number of 1st round picks the Rays have had compared to the Yankees? I'm sure its pretty much the same, if not identical numbers, since each team is given a pick in every round unless they trade that pick. Which isnt very common in baseball.
You can't trade draft picks in MLB.
theman wrote:cubsfan wrote:The word talent and Nick Punto do not belong in the same sentence. And only in America can someone like Punto make 4 million.
Nick Punto is a more complete player than 99% of the Cubs' players. (Notice i said COMPLETE). Did you even watch the playoff race? Did you see how many quality at-bats Punto had to go along with heads-up, lights-out defense? Sure he made one baserunning mistake, but he's human.
cubsfan wrote:theman wrote:cubsfan wrote:The word talent and Nick Punto do not belong in the same sentence. And only in America can someone like Punto make 4 million.
Nick Punto is a more complete player than 99% of the Cubs' players. (Notice i said COMPLETE). Did you even watch the playoff race? Did you see how many quality at-bats Punto had to go along with heads-up, lights-out defense? Sure he made one baserunning mistake, but he's human.
He is a more complete player than 99% of the Cubs? Lou Piniella isn't emotionally invested into Punto like Gardenhire is, which is the only reason he is getting 4 million dollars a year. A complete baseball player can hit for more than .228. His defense might be good but his arm is very weak. He might be the worst second baseman in major league baseball. That is my opinion and will admit that I dislike Punto very much and is a little biased statement.
baseball wrote:I disagree with cubsfan that Punto is the worst second baseman in MLB, guy has a legit glove. His arm may not be hte best in the league but it's far from weak.
theman - he also wont win a gold glove because he doesnt play enough.
baseball wrote:Hinsa...who would be your closer? Figured you would have put Nathan on your list
Hinsa wrote:Punto will never win a gold glove. You have to have excellent offensive numbers to go with your good fielding. Gold gloves always go to the best fielder that is also a great offensive threat.
MARKWALD23 wrote:add pettite, cano, cabrera, other are true yankees. So we went out and got 6 players. To everybody ask yourself this does any other team have a farm system like the yankees do. Most of their players are homegrown.
MARKWALD23 wrote:add pettite, cano, cabrera, other are true yankees. So we went out and got 6 players. To everybody ask yourself this does any other team have a farm system like the yankees do. Most of their players are homegrown.
scc wrote:MARKWALD23 wrote:add pettite, cano, cabrera, other are true yankees. So we went out and got 6 players. To everybody ask yourself this does any other team have a farm system like the yankees do. Most of their players are homegrown.
There are other players the Yankees bought, but they are lesser names like Swisher. The players that matter are mostly bought. Their 2009 title means about as much as Arizona's in 2001. That team overspent and got bailed out by the rest of baseball. At least the Yankees aren't in major debt.
MARKWALD23 wrote:It's better to have owners spend money to better their team than owners stuffing their pockets with the revenue sharing and keeping it themselves. Then complain because they arent competitve enough to win.
MARKWALD23 wrote:It's better to have owners spend money to better their team than owners stuffing their pockets with the revenue sharing and keeping it themselves. Then complain because they arent competitve enough to win.
The Schwab wrote:i actually think a salary cap would make the yankees much more dominant. In the first 5 years or so it would balance it out, but after that the yankees and other big market teams would have that much more talent coming through their farm systems. Why? Because major league baseball wouldn't have a Minor League cap, so the yankees would spend millions on all of the young talent out their, bring them up through their system and so on and so forth. Just my opinion
The Schwab wrote:i actually think a salary cap would make the yankees much more dominant. In the first 5 years or so it would balance it out, but after that the yankees and other big market teams would have that much more talent coming through their farm systems. Why? Because major league baseball wouldn't have a Minor League cap, so the yankees would spend millions on all of the young talent out their, bring them up through their system and so on and so forth. Just my opinion
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