Yankees Sign Mark Teixeira

ANOTHER THING I HOPE CASHMAN SIGNS MANNY TOO... JUST TO MAKE SURE WE WIN!!! 09 YANKS 160-2 LOL BOSOX *****!

Posted by: rdd27yanks | December 23, 2008 at 06:21 PM

I love it. 2009 is already shapping up as a season where the Yankees will have a huge target on their backs - despite having not won the World Series in 10 years.

The Yankees farm system hasn't been highly rated in ages for one simple reason - they are always signing free agents, which results in a loss of top draft picks. In 2009, they will be without their top 3 picks.
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Seiously dude...you need to bone up on your facts. The Yanks have a 1st round pick this year (from not signing Cole last year) and I think either another 2nd or 3rd for not signing another pick last year. Both pick are protected so while they lose their additional 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd they will still pick in the 1st round. Also, the Yanks, despite all the FA signings have had a 1st round pick every single year except for 2000. Please get your facts straight.

Also these signing, shall in no way hinder the Yanks from continuing to grow their players.

As of now the Yanks only blue-chip position players in a level higher than high A are:

Jesus Montero, 19 (C/1b/DH), Austin Romine, 19 (C), Austing Jackson, 21 (CF)

How are they being blocked?

160-2? Girardi fired if that happens, for having the ballz to think about using a 5th starter.

hatred for the yankees aside, it is bud seligs responsibility to step in and do something here. You dont have a team come in and sign the top 3 free agents on the market for a combined 420 million dollars. thats just not right and horrible for the sport of baseball. I for one will not be watching any games this season and will follow baseball only in the newspaper to watch the sox take the division again. I refuse to give a sport another dollar of my money that allows stuff like this.

Posted by: Santana/Beckett FTW | December 23, 2008 at 03:44 PM

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So funny coming from a Red Sox fan. You poor, poor guy.

hatred for the yankees aside, it is bud seligs responsibility to step in and do something here. You dont have a team come in and sign the top 3 free agents on the market for a combined 420 million dollars. thats just not right and horrible for the sport of baseball. I for one will not be watching any games this season and will follow baseball only in the newspaper to watch the sox take the division again. I refuse to give a sport another dollar of my money that allows stuff like this.

Posted by: Santana/Beckett FTW | December 23, 2008 at 03:44 PM

A hard cap of $200 million does make sense. Baseball is currently the only major U.S. sport without a hard or virtually hard (basketball) salary cap.

That is just ridiculous. I'm glad he didn't come to Boston. We already have 3 gold glovers in our IF and we don't need him. It's funny that I remember the Yankees trying this before and it hasn't worked. It still won't work. It's a good thing the game is played on the field and not on paper (see seasons 2001-2008 foe examples). Congrats Yanks, Yankee fans I'm sorry that you probably won't be able to afford to go to as many games as you'd like to now.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The yankees are not a real baseball team. They think they can just buy their way into the world series, they're such a joke now. Its gonna be so hilarious if they don't even make the playoffs this year. F*ck the yankees! I hope they don't win another world series for a hundred years.

I haven't heard one Yankee fan infer that we are entitled to anything. Stop being such a loser. Even with the additions nothing is guranteed. At least they have the money and balls to extend themselves. I'm so sick of these lame attacks. So what they spent money. Doesn't gurantee anything. At least they (Yanks FO) are committed to doing what we can do to put a good team out there.

Posted by: YanksFanSince78 | December 23, 2008 at 06:29 PM

Yeah right. Your typical Yankees fans couldn't walk a mile in a Red Sox fan's shoes. Their team has half the budget and their stadium is a dinky little toilet (albeit a baseball shrine).

If the Yankees do win, nobody is going to "wonder how this happened". We'll all know. The Yankee front office admits they have no clue how to develop talent so they use the money their geographical advantage gives them to buy anyone they can get who has ever had success anywhere else. It's not like it takes any talent to run the Yankees.

Hopefully, they'll have the same luck with that philosophy that they've had the past 8 years.

the same annoucement was made last night with the sox signing him to a contract. i think this may be a ploy to get the boston red sox to up their offer. here is a link to last nights story. http://mlbtradedeadline.com/?p=233

"Wang. How could I forget Mr. Soft Tosser? He's got a nice career record. But, it'll catch up to him, considering that he give up more hits than innings and strikes out about 4 per inning."

Ill take 4 strikeouts an inning.

Merry Christmas ho ho ho, how do you like the Yankees now Boston? ho ho ho looking real good aren't they

What happened to the Teixeira / Varitek package deal theory? Hey Yankees, you can have Tek too. He's old and he sucks. He'll fit right in.

Another ridiculous Yankee factoid - they already have $168 million committed in 2010 (not 2009) and that number represents salaries for only 11 players.

Let me tell you all something, please if I may...

Derek Jeter is not going anywhere - fact

He is the true face of this franchise, he sells more jersey's, drink's, paraphernalia, you name it, than just about anybody in the league. He is an all class player, and a role model for the game, or for that matter any professional sport.

Out of contract after 2010 at age 36. So? Anyone remember Luis Sojo? He was their utility guy until 40-41 no?

Jeter sells tickets - fact

You're are not compromising the integrity of the team in the least bit by having him on payroll or the active roster for eternity.

The Yankee's extend Jeter with perpetual options btw $8-$11 until he either passes from this earth of until he walks away and retires. Likely 39-40. Not so far fetched. Then what, he becomes third base coach, Girardi's future bench coach, who knows, maybe take Cashman's job (although Cashman is a genius, and I tip my hat business man to business man)

You all need to get that straight. I'm proud to know we were born in virtually the same neighborhood..

Argue you may...

not dealing for ankiel.. i meant dealing him to the yankees for a trade package centered around kennedy

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove08/columns/story?columnist=smith_stephen&id=3789788

Great piece of writing by Stephen A Smith. The Yankees although they have A Rod and Tex need Manny Ramirez as a presence in that lineup. It is a must. The acquisition of Manny to the Yankees will entrust them with arguably the best lineup in the history of their franchise...

Well, I'm pretty happy the Nats didn't get him. That $20 million is better spent elsewhere. I don't understand why everyone's hating on the Yankees, though...I mean, if the Red Sox had signed Tex then I think it would be the opposite, but with less hate. Geez guys, lay off a bit. If your team had signed Tex then most of you would be celebrating as well (although I won't deny some Yank fans are taking it over the edge)

Having said that, the Yanks have a killer lineup now. Trade Swish to the Nats, we could use him at first.

I hope we sign O-Hud as well. He'd be great at the top of our lineup.

GO NATS!

That Stephen Smith is a great piece. Says is all.

Yanks needed two starters and got them. They lost Abreu and Giambi and replaced one of them. Manny is the logical conclusion. Might as well put the big pot on this hot stove.

And everyone else can stop howling about how the Yanks have to be stopped. This won't guarantee a WS, since the games have to be played and the five game ALDS is always dependent on a few plays or at-bats beyond anyone's control. What it will guarantee is a really exciting team with mega marquee names. And having that in the media capital of the world will help the global expansion of mlb. I am not a Yankees fan; I just see the effect on the sport will be bigger interest. And wow will that make NY-Boston games the best ever or what?!

yank spending in the 21st century is beyond gluttony and ridiculousness. Any yankee champioship team led by Arod and Sabathia and/or Burnett and Texiera will be truly HOLLOW. They will not be a true team - but just an assembly of All-stars. MVP's, Cy young winners who all made their name on OTHER TEAMS and then were BOUGHT by the yankees. They are pathetic.

24 big name acquisitions in a 9 year period - All either gigantic bloated long
>term deals, salary dump pickups, aging star signings, or contract
>extension deals. yankee gluttony is sickening.


>2001 Mike Mussina (88.5 mill)

>2002 Ja$on Giambi (120mill), David Wells (7mill)(pt. 2), Jeff
Weaver(22mill)

>2003 Hideki Matsui (21 mill), Jose Contreras (32 mill),

>2004 Gary Sheffield (39mill), Alex Rodriguez (70 milll), Kevin
Brown(33mill), Javier Vasquez(30mill)

2005 Randy Johnson(38mill), Jaret Wright(17mill), Carl Pavano(40mill)

2006 Johnny Damon(52 mill), Bobby Abreau(37mill
for 2.5 yrs), Hideki Matsui Pt.2 (52mill)

>2007 Andy Pettite(32mill), Mike Mussina Pt.2 (23mill) , Kei
Igawa(46mill), Roger Clemen$ (28 million [18 mill pro-rated])

2008 Alex Rodriguez pt. 2 (minimum 300 mill)

2009 CC Sabathia (161 mill), A.J. Burnett (82.5 mill), Mark Texeira (180 mill)

TOTAL = 1.54 BILLION not even counting luxury tax.

Seriously...can I ask an honest question and get an honest well thought out response. The Yanks just turned over 1/4th of their 2008 roster by letting Giambi (starting 1B), Abreu (starting LF), Mussina (20 gm winner), Pavano (SP), and quite possible Pettitte (SP w/ 2nd best record) walk. Are we suppose to leave those holes unfilled when you have $85 million in salary coming off? I can understand being frustrated if you're a small market team, but if you are a small market team you will almost never have to replace those caliber players all in one off season. Furthermore, we're not doing anything illegal or immoral to you or the game. Can we stop with all the stupid hate? Hate us because of a rivalry or something and not what 1 billionaire out of 28 pays to a bunch of millionaires on his team.

Also, there are so many variables that exist between MLB and all the other sports that make a salary cap almost impossible to institute.

Keep in mind that with a salary cap comes a salary floor. There's no way the Players Union would concede to a salary cap w/o the following changes as well:

a) Salary floor of at least 80-100 mil which is double the existing payroll of the Rays, Marlins, Twins, Nationals, Pirates, etc.

If the Rays, Marlins and Twins could draw, even with their teams contending for a championship then how will those franchizes fair if they were forced to double their payroll? Do you sunscribe to the theory that if you spend it then they shall come?

b) Less years under control. Why should a rookie player have to wait 6 years to become a free agent?

c) Minor league contriction. If there's less financial growth regarding the salries then they would want to limit the amount of players that vie for those dollars.

And then compare the real facts between the sports:

NBA, NHL and NFL teams are allowed to trade their picks prior to the draft.

NFL contracts are not completely guaranteed which allows a team to cut a player to get under the cap. Would the players union agree to that?

MLB teams would have to do an incredible job at drafting. Look at the Pirates who've had a 1st round pick every year since 1980 and have only Bonds ('85) and Jason Kendall (92) that have turned into stars for them. W/ a salary cap how would a bad team turn things around (maybe that's a good thing)?

It's much easier to "pick" a star player in the NBA, NHL and NFL than it is in the MLB. A salary cap punishes teams that make long-term commitments to it's players because it punishes those teams that choose to lock down their stars. So what you will have is more turn over in player personnel than you do now.

I know I'm dragging on here but to simply say we should have a salary cap w/o considering the variances between the mlb and all other sports is silly. There are tons and tons of issues that would have to change and be reconstituted. A salary cap does not hurt the Yanks. It hurts the players and it hurts the small market teams/fans who are not draws. What the Yanks spend in payroll in no shape or form effects what the smaller market teams spend. The Rays went to world series last year. How much more profitable were they and how much more can they spend next year and the year after? Their attendance went up 5,000 people per game whic still ranked them among the bottom 5 teams.

Im wondering if Boras would have made more money selling Tex's services on ebay ?
Food for thought :)

Wow, thats the only thing I can say right now. 10MM why cant Theo give 10MM more to get this guy? I've never seen a team get so many players just to keep other teams away from them. BTW Nick Swisher, yeah he just lost about 200 AB. F U C K !

I can see a lot of fastballs being thrown high and tight on Yankee batters this year.

To everyone who is disgusted by the Yanks signing these big name guys, spending all this money, etc....PLEASE SHUT UP! Enough is enough already. If you are a small-market team, and dont have the money to pull this off, thats your own teams problem. They would have more money if they went and got TV deals, and invested their money smarter. Just cause teams like the Yanks, Red Sox, Mets, Dogers, and Angels actually have a lot of money is no reason for you to hate them. Plus any small market fan who is pissed really shouldnt be....The Nationals ( a team who has sucked since forever ), offered him about the same amount of money and years. But Tiex decided to play for a WINNING TEAM.

As for pissed off Red Sox fans, cry all you want. Because you would be celebrating and carrying on if you landed Tiexera. You never had a place to put him, so there was no need for you to be in it.

Let the Yanks get all their big name guys and spend their money. It doesnt mean the Yanks will win the WS just yet. Look at the Rays. They led the AL East last year.

PS: To everyone who is so sick of baseball because of the Yanks spending, and say they are not gonna watch baseball til theres a salary cap....I'm glad your not watching anymore. Cause that just proves you are not a real fan of the game.

Put another couple of baseball teams in the New York metro area (one in Brooklyn and one in New Jersey) and force the Yankees to share their ad dollars. That would screw with them pretty hard.

YFS78, you make some legitimate points but your contention regarding a salary cap hurting small market teams falls apart for one reason. A salary cap (and, yes, a floor) works in conjunction with something called revenue sharing.

It's true that a small market team could not afford a 80-100mm minimum payroll UNLESS their revenues are also comparable to the large market teams.

MLB is the only major sport that allows such a huge disparity in revenues based on nothing more than geography. Teams in other sports share the TV and merchandising revenue much more fairly.

When revenues and expenses have minimums and maximums that put franchises on more equal footing, then teams compete based on the abilities of their front offices to develop talent and put competitive teams on the field based on comparable resources.

The only reason there hasn't been an uprising among other owners that would force revenue sharing and payroll equity is that the ineptitude of the Yankees front office has allowed other teams to field championship level teams without having to resort to such measures. If/when the Yankees are ever successful at putting together another string of purchased championships, it will result in other owners waking up and forcing a change.

If Cashman and the Steinbrenners keep making dumb decisions, it won't matter to the other owners how much they spend. Right now, there are half a dozen other owners out there thankful that the Yankees overpaid for CC, Burnett and Tex... because it gives them an excuse for not having shelled out the money to get them.

I was surprised considering that I thought the Yanks were out of the picture. I seriously thought Teix was going to the Sox and the Yanks could sign manny. If anything, they should get rid of Nick Swisher. While he's a decent player, I don't think that he can put up good contact numbers. Next would be Damon to go, even though his contact is up and is still probably one of the best lead-off hitters in the game. I don't want the Yanks to trade away Nady or Matsui, both can put up fantastic offense and at least Nady put up decent defense.

yankees are classy

Just another idiot: "Are you kidding me? Really? You hope someone dies before achieving a goal? Are we maybe taking this a tad too seriously? Let's step back, take a deep breath and remember, this is just a game...nothing more."

I don't think I'm taking anything too seriously and I certainly don't take the Steinbrenners seriously. I didn't wish death or injury on them... I merely stated that I hope they pass on without ever reaching their "goal"... because I have no respect for them or how they go about achieving that goal. You really think seeing that family never hoist another championship trophy in their lives is going to disappoint ANYONE who isn't a Yankee fan him/herself?

What would be really stupid is if they trade swisher like that one fool said they might.

from impacto deportivo

haaaaaaaaa Teixeira isint that good

Nobody responded to this question so I'll ask it again:

Seriously...can I ask an honest question and get an honest well thought out response. The Yanks just turned over 1/4th of their 2008 roster by letting Giambi (starting 1B), Abreu (starting LF), Mussina (20 gm winner), Pavano (SP), and quite possible Pettitte (SP w/ 2nd best win record) walk. Are we suppose to leave those holes unfilled when you have $85 million in salary coming off?

Seriously...can I ask an honest question and get an honest well thought out response. The Yanks just turned over 1/4th of their 2008 roster by letting Giambi (starting 1B), Abreu (starting LF), Mussina (20 gm winner), Pavano (SP), and quite possible Pettitte (SP w/ 2nd best win record) walk. Are we suppose to leave those holes unfilled when you have $85 million in salary coming off?

Yanks78,

the point is that you don't need a 208 million payroll to win. The Rays and Phils proved that. its overkill, unnecessary. Are you allowed to do it, sure, there's no cap. There is such a thing as a "team" concept though. how is this team going to mesh? Also there was talk that Posada would have to move to 1B at some point soon becuase at his age likely catching 120+ games will be near impossible. How's that going to happen now? Damon and Matsui are getting older too. How will Giardi be able to deal with the EGO'S that will be out there? They need Torre's personality back to deal with that. What many Yankees fans don't realize is that your team was best in the 90's with Brosius at 3B and not a slugger like AROD. With Tino Martinez's everyman approach as opposed to Teixeira. With Paul O'Neill as opposed to Manny(when that happens) I said it before and I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Yanks don't win it all. In fact in such a tough division. i wouldn't be surprised if only one team made it out of the AL East to the playoffs because you'll be beating up on each other and the teams from the AL Central get to play against KC a lot.

ALso in a short series anything can happen. IF the Yanks have a $220 million payroll and don't win it all??? Heads will roll.

phew~ I'm glad that boston did not sign him. Trade for Roy halliday and get Miguel caberra next year. i think it is a bigger improvement than signing Tex. Boston has enough of power in the lineup currently. Just need to get healthy M. Lowell back and that is all.

Ok for every red sox fan they need to shut the fuxk up cuz i bet u if the redsox ended up wit Tex they would be jumping up and down like crazy

oh and their financial success has almost NOTHING to do with a winning product on the field today. It has to do with three little words, "YES" The YES Network and the billions that it makes. That's it, end of story. The other parts are nice and if not for yes they'd still likely be the highest generating revenue team, but it'd be a heck of a lot closer.

You people are truly over valueing the whole home grown thing.

1999 Yanks home grown players:

Jeter
Williams
Posada
Rivera
O. Hernadez
Pettitte
Spencer
Leyrits (left in 96 came back in 99)
Soriano
Mendoza

Total of 10

2009 Yanks home grown players:

Jeter
Posada
Rivera
Wang
Cano
Melky
Gardner
Pettite/Hughes
Veras
Robertson
Ramirez
Coke

Total of 12 including 3 or 4 from the 1999 team

Other '99 stars

O'Neil (trade winter 92)
Martinez (trade winter 95)
Brosious (trade winter 97)
Cone (trade 95)
Clemens (trade winter 98)
Knoblauch (trade winter 97)

So the only difference that insted of trading for their non-drafted players they signed them as FA. So what's your next arguemtn? That traded players are better than FA?

JimmiCrikket - Yes you are taking things too seriously. There is a BIG difference between having "no respect" for someone, and wishing death upon them.

If you don't see that, especially during the holidays, I feel sorry for you.

"People are never going to cut the Yanks slack so f*ck trying to get them to understand. They still don't get that we're not spending anymore than we did last year"

I keep hearing this, and not trying to yell and argue, but seriously - when i looked at the salaries they ARE spending more unless I am missing something (which i could be).

Is Farnsworth still on their staff at $11 million?

I could be wrong and im not trying to start a pissing parade... I just trying to figure what I am adding wrong here. I got them over but only over by around 9-11 mil.

kilby,
The Yanks are still under what they did last year. Remember that Farnsworth(less) was traded to Det for Pudge. We have Abreu, Giambi, Pudge, Pavano, Pettite, etc coming off the books. Thats a good $85M or more coming off our books. With CC at 23M/yr, AJ at 16.5M/yr, and Teix at 22.5M/yr...thats still putting us under what we did. So you might be adding it wrong or forgetting players. Just double check.

And to everyone else, I'm sick of hearing the complaints. You just hate the Yanks, and always will. Thats all. It has nothing to do with us signing players, having money, Winning or not winning. We heard so much about us spending money on big names and not relying on the farm-system. So we skip on Santana (best pitcher in MLB period), and as we get injuries in the season, we miss the playoffs. And now that we actually see how that sucked and want to better our team, you want to complain again?? Oh please, go cry about it somewhere else. Its a done deal, just grow a set and get over it.

We had about 88 mil coming off the books:

CC = 23 mil
AH= 16 mil
Tex= 22 mil
Swish= 4 mil (minus Bettemit's salary)
Wang= 1 mil salary increase
Arod= 5 mil increase
Other arb increases = 10 mil

That's roughly 81 mil w/ Pettitte the only real question. Regardless of what we do we will probably trade one of our OF (hopefully Matsui), so we should be under or right at last years payroll. However we do save money from a revenue share reduction this year because of the stadium so that's like another 30 mil, from what I read, to spend this year even though it obviously has nothing to do with the payroll budget.

Oh geez... I thought '08 was lower than $209 (i thought it was right at $200. You will crack it close but be should be just under (unless theres another big signing anway)

Right now we are at 199 w/ Tex and all the 09 increases in signed players. Give Nady a 4 mil increase, Cabrera a 2 mil increase and Bruny a 2 mil increase that's 207 and let's assume that Coke, Hughes, Gardner, Ransom, Ramirez, Robertson (instead of Albalajedo), Chamberlain, Veras make $500,000 or less. That would bring it to 2011, and that's assuming they pass on Pettitte.

I dont get what fans are so upset about. The rays just went to the WS without spending 200 million. You can still build a team and win. Plus the Yanks have to replace Mussina who had a great year, Petitte who wasnt anything special, and Abreu. Plus they still have bullpen issues.

Also the salary cap will never work. Teams like the Cubs, Yanks, Red Sox, Mets and Angels (to name a few) would have to stop doing business for 4 or 5 years to get the big contracts they already have off the books. You would have to start all over or something which isn't going to happen. Plus then the owners would just keep getting richer.

Wow. There should be a salary cap in baseball.

The Yankees are a freaking joke.

Of course you can draft good players without having a top 10 pick. However it depends on scouting and luck. Just ask the other 15+ teams that have mostly homegrown players. The Phillies had the scouting and a lot of luck.

And exactly what's wrong with spending when you have money to spend? What's wrong with a team that's taking money that would otherwise go to an owner's pocket and spending it on players?

That's a load of crap. Scouting and luck. It takes what the Yankees have and that's $$$. You just have to let it be known that you're willing to go over slot for the right player. How do you think Brackman landed to them and Cole this past year? Here's the salaries for MLB draft picks in the first round in 2006 (Ian Kennedy Draft).

1. Kansas City — Luke Hochevar, RHP, Forth Worth Cats (3,500,000)
2. Colorado — Greg Reynolds, RHP, Stanford (3,250,000)
3. Tampa Bay — Evan Longoria, 3B, Long Beach State (3,000,000)
4. Pittsburgh — Brad Lincoln, RHP, University of Houston (2,750,000)
5. Seattle — Brandon Morrow, RHP, University of California (2,450,000)
6. Detroit — Andrew Miller, LHP, North Carolina(3,550,000)
7. L.A. Dodgers — Clayton Kershaw, LHP, Highland Park, H.S., Dallas (2,300,000)
8. Cincinnati — Drew Stubbs, OF, Texas (2,000,000)
9. Baltimore — William Rowell, 3B, Bishop Eustace Prep, Pennsauken, N.J. (2,100,000)
10. San Francisco — Timothy Lincecum, RHP, University of Washington (2,025,000)
11. Arizona — Max Scherzer, RHP, University of Missouri,
12. Texas — — Kasey Kiker, LHP, Russell County H.S., Phenix City, Ala.(1,600,000)
13. Chicago Cubs — — Tyler Colvin, OF, Clemson (1,475,000)
14. Toronto — — Travis Snider, OF, Jackson H.S., Everett, Wash. (1,700,000)
15. Washington — Chris Marrero, OF, Monsignor Pace H.S., Opa Locka, Fla. (1,625,000)
16. Milwaukee — Jeremy Jeffress, RHP, Halifax County Senior H.S., South Boston, Va. (1,550,000)
17. San Diego — Matthew Antonelli, 3B, Wake Forest (1,575,000)
18. Philadelphia Kyle Drabek, SS/RHP, The Woodlands (Texas) H.S. (1,550,000)
19. Florida — Brett Sinkbeil, RHP, Missouri State (1,525,000)
20. Minnesota — Chris Parmelee, OF, Chino Hills (Calif.) H.S.(1,500,000)
21. N.Y. Yankees -Ian Kennedy, RHP, Southern California (2,250,000)
22. Washington Colton Willems, RHP, John Carroll H.S., Fort Pierce, Fla. (1,425,000)
23. Houston — Max Sapp, C, Bishop Moore H.S., Windermere, Fla.(1,400,000)
24. Atlanta — John Johnson, OF, Crawford Mosley H.S., Panama City, Fla. (1,375,000)
25. L.A. Angels -Hank Conger, C, Huntington Beach (Calif.) H.S. (1,350,000)
26. L.A. Dodgers — Avery Morris, RHP, Motlow State CC, Tennessee (1,325,000)
27. Boston — Jason Place, OF, Wren (S.C.) H.S.(1,300,000)
28. Boston — Daniel Bard, RHP, North Carolina(1,500,000)
29. Chicago White Sox — Kyle McCulloch, RHP, Texas (1,050,000)
30. St. Louis — Adam Ottavino, RHP, Northeastern
(950,000)

Look up the 2007 draft (Andrew Brackman) and here's what you get:

1 David Price Tampa Bay Devil Rays LHP $5,600,000 $3,600,000
2 Mike Moustakas Kansas City Royals SS/3B $4,000,000 $3,150,000
3 Josh Vitters Chicago Cubs 3B $3,200,000 $2,700,000
4 Daniel Moskos Pittsburgh Pirates LHP $2,475,000 $2,475,000
5 Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles C $6,000,000 $2,250,000
6 Ross Detwiler Washington Nationals LHP $2,150,000 $2,160,000
7 Matt LaPorta Milwaukee Brewers OF/1B $2,000,000 $2,070,000
8 Casey Weathers Colorado Rockies RHP $1,800,000 $1,980,000
9 Jarrod Parker Diamondbacks RHP $2,100,000 $1,890,000
10 Madison Bumgarner San Francisco Giants LHP $2,000,000 $1,800,000
11 Phillippe Aumont Seattle Mariners RHP $1,900,000 $1,710,000
12 Matt Dominguez Florida Marlins 3B $1,800,000 $1,620,000
13 Beau Mills Cleveland Indians 3B/1B $1,575,000 $1,575,000
14 Jason Heyward Atlanta Braves OF $1,700,000 $1,530,000
15 Devin Mesoraco Cincinnati Reds C $1,400,000 $1,485,000
16 Kevin Ahrens Toronto Blue Jays SS/3B $1,440,000 $1,440,000
17 Blake Beavan Texas Rangers RHP $1,500,000 $1,417,500
18 Pete Kozma St. Louis Cardinals SS $1,395,000 $1,395,000
19 Joe Savery Philadelphia Phillies LHP $1,372,500 $1,372,500
20 Chris Withrow Los Angeles Dodgers RHP $1,350,000 $1,350,000
21 J.P. Arencibia Toronto Blue Jays C $1,327,500 $1,327,500
22 Tim Alderson San Francisco Giants RHP $1,290,000 $1,282,500
23 Nick Schmidt San Diego Padres LHP $1,260,000 $1,260,000
24 Michael Main Texas Rangers RHP $1,237,500 $1,237,500
25 Aaron Poreda Chicago White Sox LHP $1,200,000 $1,215,000
26 Justin Simmons Oakland Athletics RHP $1,192,500 $1,192,500
27 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers RHP $3,580,000 $1,170,000
28 Ben Revere Minnesota Twins OF $750,000 $1,080,000
29 Wendell Fairley San Francisco Giants OF $1,000,000 $990,000
30 Andrew Brackman New York Yankees RHP $3,300,000 $945,000

You can't tell me that this coming year that a big time player won't see $$$ and conveniently fall to the Yankees, or Red Sox or Tigers or any team willing to go over slot. I"M NOT SAYING ITS WRONG, but don't assume you have the best scouts because you don't!

I was just going to comment on this:

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Boston Redsox: Ortiz, Ramirez, Martinez, Schilling, Lowell, Drew, Bay, Beckett, Matsuzaka, Damon, Millar, Cabrera, Roberts, Menkeweitz, Mueller, Wakefield....none of those integral parts of their WS teams were homegrown.

Pedroia, Lester, Youks, Lowrie, Paps, Varitek, Ellsbury
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I think you can't put all those guys acquired by the Sox in the same boat. It's one thing when you're spending top dollar for a confirmed superstar in FA, and when you get them on the cheap and develop their talent on your own and/or make a trade and give up your talent to get something.

This is why no one complains (except for perhaps Pirates fans) about the Nady trade.

So Ramirez, Martinez, Schilling, Drew, and Matsuzaka are really the only "Yankee type" signings of note.

Ortiz was still developing and blossomed with us.

We traded our top prospect in 5 years and one of the top young players of the decade in Hanley Ramirez to get Josh Beckett. Mike Lowell was a 'dump' off that we took that many people laughed at us about at the time.

Wakefield, barely proven youngster.

Oh and Varitek was not homegrown. He came over from Seattle.

Of course, we aren't adverse to throwing money to a situation if we think it'll make things better. But frankly, I was totally against the signings of Drew and Lugo. Both were a waste of money. But with the departure of Manny, I thought Tex was perhaps the best FA option out there, but even that was a luxury based on our current needs (not to mention having a great first baseman already).

The difference is, with the Sox it's management, making trades in situations to help your team, risking giving away your young talent in the process. With the Yanks it's just outbid everyone and hope it sticks.

phillswschamps:

What is your point? We all know that the Yanks have done a horrible job of drafting prior to Cash taking over in 04-05. That was the whole point of him demanding that he have the power to overhaul the scouting system before signing his previous contract. Since taking over the scouting department the Yanks system has been in the top5-10 in the last 3 or 4 years. What's your point?

If you want to really look at horrible systems look at the Pirates. They've had a #1 pick every year since 1980 and have only produced 2 major stars (from their 1st rnd picks) in Barry Bonda and Jason Kendall.