Who thinks that money is being wasted on the Yankees?

Question

I just don't understand why yankee players are given so much money for nothing.

Answer 1

The Yankees franchise is worth over $1Billion. I don't think George Steinbrenner needs lessons from you on how he should spend his money.

Answer 2

let's see, for 2007, this is the top five biggest money spenders:
NY Yankees: $189,639,045
Boston Red Sox: $143,026,214
NY Mets: $115,231,663
LA Angels: $109,251,333
CWS: $108,671,833
and then there's a ton more in the $108mil, a lot in the 90s and 80s. As you can see, the top four are all killing it this year. Poor Chicago White Sox.
But seriously, the Yankees don't spend all that much more than Boston. And they do have great players. I'm even a Mets fan, and I'll say it's not wasting any money. Earlier in the year you could have made that argument with how they were playing, but now that they made that huge comeback, they've proven their worth.

ETA: hahaha I got a thumbs down because I didn't agree with you? And outlined that a lot of other teams spend close to the same? Yeah okay!

Answer 3

Who the heck cares? it fairly is the Yankees' moolah to spend. no person rational or unfettered by using pinstriped glasses welded to the top thought Clemens might remedy all the gang's issues. Even he can not win and not utilising a run or 2 on the board. Rocket's 5 video games so a ways: Yankee runs, Roger's IP, Yankee runs at an identical time as pitcher of checklist, Roger's selection, team effect a million. 9, 6.0, 6, W, win 9-3 2. 0, 6.a million, 0, L, lose 2-0 3. 3, 4.a million, 2, L, lose 4-3 4. 2, a million.0, 0, ND, lose 7-2 (alleviation visual charm) 5. 0, 6.0, 0, L, lose 4-0 So; in one interest the Yanks scored a pile of runs, they gained, Clemens have been given the W. in one interest, Clemens have been given beat up, team misplaced, he have been given an L (deservedly). in 2 video games, the Yankees have scored precisely 0, the two in help of Clemens at an identical time as in the interest, and in the full interest. Clemens pitched properly adequate, those video games have been winnable, however the Yankees "offense" thoroughly failed. i do no longer understand what to make of his weirdo alleviation visual charm. I anticipate he purely needed to stand Bonds one extra time. He allowed one run in spite of the fact that if it hardly ever made any massive difference (the Giants have been already winning 3-a million). Clemens isn't the Rocketman of Cy youthful Award-winning type, yet i do no longer think of anybody expected him to be that. And his recent interest grew to become into uninspiring. yet he for sure has mileage left in him; he hasn't made the gang any worse. The Yankees purely have not got that ol' mystique and air of secret this twelve months. Throwing brickbats at Clemens won't substitute that.

Answer 4

A simple fact of life is that there is not a baseball fan out there who does not wish that George Steinbreener owned their favorite team or that the fans of their favorite team were all as great as the Yankee fans are.
It is the great Yankee fans who are willing to pay some of the highest ticket prices in MLB to help their team win championships . If you asked the fans of those minor league cities that have a MLB team to pay the same prices as Yankee fans do I seriously doubt that those fans would agree to it .
The solution therefore is not a salary cap but rather the elimination of teams that can't afford to be in the game.
For the betterment of the game baseball needs to eliminate about 8 teams from the major leagues.

Answer 5

George comes from the old school that believes to make money you have to spend it. Indeed he is not shy about doing that. There is waste on the Yankees but one doesn't know that until the player plays the game. Steinbrenner is still the best Owner in all of baseball. He loves his team and city and would spend whatever it took to bring the people of NY a championship.

Answer 6

As a Yakee fan having money is a very helpful thing. It means we can almost guarentee we will go after the prized player in the free agent market.

But, the Yankees need to choose to spend thier money more wisley. David WELLS is pitching better then Clemens right now and Wells is getting paid less. Much less.

Answer 7

Lately I would say yes. I am a firm believer that the Yankees are always better when they have a good mix of high priced free agents and homegrown farm system talent. There was a better mix with thier World Series champions as opposed to their just making the playoffs teams.

Really was all those millions worth aging Roger Clemens when everyone knew he was not the answer to their pitching problems.

Answer 8

Well I don't see why any baseball player is given so much money regardless of what team they play for...that might just be jealousy of guys who are paid $25 million to play a game they love though. Seriously, though, can we stop with the Yankees payroll talk? I am a Red Sox fan and I wouldn't mind spending that kind of loot on the Sox as long as the money is spent wisely.

Answer 9

Steinbrenner wants to win...he's willing to do what it takes to make that happen. Even if it means spending the $$$. I'm tired of the whining from owners who won't spend the money because they don't want to compete. George's problem is he sometimes spends on the wrong people...a cancer in the clubhouse like Gary Sheffield, a HOF pitcher long past his prime in Randy Johnson, etc.

Baseball could stand to get rid of 6 teams...down to 24. And it needs not so much a salary cap but a salary floor. That's what makes the NFL really competitive is that the teams have to spend so much to put a team on the field.

Answer 10

Ahhhhh, gosh. How right you are. The Yankees play in the biggest money market in the country, so why wouldn't their players make top dollar? And with an owner willing to spend it...well, you know the rest.

Answer 11

It's mostly because the Yankees operate in a different environment from other teams - to them, being in the playoffs every single year is part of how they define themselves, so paying that extra $50-100M per year is critically important in a way that it wouldn't be for other teams that have to build internally and have budget restraints.