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yankeejack27
Yankees with $0.00, haha gotta love it
East Coast Bias
Yankees spent zero dollars this year.
With it being such a deep free agency class, especially in terms of top pitching (and outfield), maybe this was not such a good idea. I understand they upgraded the team through trades, and trades that make sense and for the most part favor the Yankees. But still, maybe they could have chosen another year to stay silent and spent money on this class like they did the year they signed CC, AJ, and Tex.
nmendoza44
2018 will be the year my friend.
Gogerty
Cespedes can opt out after one year and become a Yankee with Tex and Beltran off the payroll. 2018 has CC and ARod off the payroll I believe, Harper with Massive contract expectations???
wedgeant27
We’re sorry, the Steinbrenner you’re looking for is in another castle.
ccremer2
Harper will come down to a National or Yankee. Machado also available in 2018 along with Matt Harvey. Could be a great year if the Yankees decide to spend
kingjenrry
I sincerely doubt Harper will stay with the Nationals.
stratcrowder
I trust management and what they’re doing. We’ll have a winner, and this time around, it’ll have been done while stabilizing the budget. I’m excited for 2018 and beyond more than anything. That’s when we’re going to be a dynasty once again.
mrnatewalter
The Yankees spent zero dollars in free agency.
I’ll take “Things I never thought I’d say” for $1000, Alex.
Halo27
Lol!!!
kbarr888
NICE!!!
hackettball
Alex, CC, Tex, and Beltran are costing them 84.12 mill this season.
Once they are off the books their trend will perhaps change.
I do like that players haven’t been able to use the Yanks to drive up salaries this year
jipp15
That’s why you keep reading the whole article before complaining guys! I was about to complain that I could not see the image, then I saw the link at the end. Good article, keep up the good work MLBTRz
Jeff Todd
Yeah, if you view on the app, images in a post won’t appear. I try to remember to include links for things like this, but just drop a comment or email if not and we’ll add it in.
start_wearing_purple
Zack Grienke chooses Arizona over LA, NY spends nothing on offseason FA, Cespedes returns to the Mets when 99% of the betting public said it would never happen… this has been an odd offseason.
BlueSkyLA
I won’t speak for the betting public, but the pundits guessing wrong is hardly unusual.
JoeyPankake
Cueto 130MM+Jeff Sam 90MM+Span 31MM equals 251MM, not 220MM
Jeff Todd
Yeah I always mess up at least one thing on these charts and tables. Fixed it.
comish4lif
Jeff, can you share the raw data table/file? All of the contracts – I want to create and share some visualizations – especially a tile map.
InvalidUserID
Hal is the worst thing to happen to the Yankees.
kingjenrry
lolwut?
InvalidUserID
Hal runs the Yankees strictly like a business. He hasn’t shown any real passion for the team, no fire and no connection to the team, unlike his father.
yankees500
Who did the Reds sign?
kingjenrry
The Mets are a big market team again!
hojostache
I’ll believe it if/when they spend over multiple years.
bobbleheadguru
Opt outs have a high probability of happening. The numbers go down considerably when opt outs are invoked. Maybe there needs to be another column factoring in the lower amount for Opt Outs.
For Example:
I see an Tigers getting two prime years of Upton for less than $45MM with a 75% chance that he opts out. Its is not a $133MM contract, it is a $45MM contract with a players insurance policy.
ironcity
The Pirates new to spend some of nuttings moldy money on left handed bat that plays first base or shortstop and another starting pitcher
Los Calcetines Rojos
God so I at least have the Red Sox spending money but Jerry Reinsdorf needs to pull his head out of his arse and act like he actually wants to win on the Southside of Chicago. SPEND MONEY ON PLAYERS JERRY
mike156
The Yankees are temporarily in zugzwang. They aren’t good enough to have one single player be enough to put them over the top. And they aren;t bad enough to do a tank job. So, they wait. Don’t be shocked if, at mid season, Cashman actually sells.
MB923
Only way he sells is if they’re terrible.
redsox2323
They should sell because if cc,arod , beltran or tex have good seasons then a postseason team needing alil boost would take someone like beltran for the rest of the season
baseball714
thought the dodgers would have spent the most since “they sign everybody”
BlueSkyLA
Even when they hardly sign anybody!
baseball714
Although we do spend the most in international free agents lol , I rather spend more on proven free agents honesty
jchiaratti
Hey Jeff, the A’s signed 4 guys, not 3 (Hill, Madson, Axford, Alvarez)
cxcx
Not sure why players who accepted qualifying offers are counted as free agent signings when they were never free agents, i.e. they were never unsigned players at a time when they could sign with a team other than their own, which is the definition of a free agent.
xtraflamy
does this include all international signings? it would be interesting to see totals for ALL offseason spending, as it would more accurately reflect the offseason tactics and willingness to spend by each team – and the impact of the international market/lack of a draft.
Jeff Todd
It includes MLB signings of international players — Kim, Oh, Park, Maeda. It would include Sierra had his deal been clearly reported. Otherwise, you’re looking at deals for young players who are subject to international spending caps. That’s really a market unto itself. That’s not to say it isn’t worth considering everything together, to an extent, and there’s certainly some grey area — particularly, with Cuban players who are coming available at near-MLB experience levels and age. But this attempts to capture everything that teams would budget for and approach as falling within the major league budget, rather than amateur talent intake.