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jabmets
600 million for the nats. He’s got the Yankees all over him sad to say.
kikig66
The reality of it is that exactly!! Nobody can write him a check that big except the Yankees , so lets just stop this “Testing the waters BS!! Hes gonna be a Yankee in 3 years, like it or not!!
pocc
The Yankees wont pay him what he wants George might have but the current FO wont want to. no matter what they have coming off the books. That money is just extra profit to go in Hank and Hals pockets.
Gogerty
I have been big saying “look at what they have coming off the books,” in past post. But I have to agree with you, the Steinbrenner boys certainly care more about their own pockets than the product on the field. They very well could just sit tight and not do anything.
But I will say, if they sign Cespedes next off season, I say they do go after Harper. It will show they still will spend. If Judge ends up being what they expect and Harper in the same OF, would be nice. They have the pieces to keep payroll low with heralded prospects still coming; Bird (1B), Judge (OF), and Sanchez (C).
MB923
George Steinbrenner is not alive. The Yankees payroll in 2015 has barely changed the past 10 years give or take (it’s still high of course, but it hasn’t had a significant change). These numbers are not exact, but the Yankees payroll in 2005 was $208 million. In 2015, it was $219 million.
In 2015, the lowest payroll was the Marlins at $68 million. Had they had a $68 million payroll back in 2005, that would have been ranked 16th in all of baseball.
Only 3 teams in 2005 had a $100+ million payroll (Yankees, Mets, Red Sox). In 2015, 22 teams had a $100 million + payroll
The Mets are the only team who had payroll higher in 2005 ($103 mil) than in 2015 ($101 mil), and the Yankees by far had the fewest difference in payroll among the other 29 teams
Pretty funny that the 2 teams who haven’t changed their payroll much over the years play in the most expensive city in the country and are ranked 1st (by far) and 7th in Forbes too.
I know that you know as a Mets fan, the Wilpons were cheap for a very long time, and most Yankee fans will tell you, Hank and Hal are nothing like their father (the 2013 offseason the exception, not the rule)
Gogerty
Yea but keep in mind, $43M of that 2016 payroll still falls on George with A-Rod and Tex. Another $25M on the boys in resigning their ace CC.
The worst contract you can pin to the Steinbrenner boys is probably Beltran, 3/45 for ages 37-39. Otherwise they are trying to trend to younger and cheaper. The only other $15M contracts are to McCann who will slot to DH when Sanchez is ready, and youth in Tanaka and Ellsbury.
MB923
Right but that was my point. If George wanted to improve the team, he spent, and spent big. Hank/Hal haven’t spend nearly as much. ZERO dollars on MLB free agency this year. ZERO.
(and as I said, 2013 offseason the exception, not the rule). If George was alive, there’s a chance players like Scherzer and/or Lester and/or Price are Yankees and I’m sure Robbie Cano is back in NY too.
Allow me to point out however that I am not entirely disappointed with the Steinbrenner’s approach which is to get younger (though you can also give Cashman the credit too there for the trades). My point is people should stop making assumptions that the Yankees will sign players X, Y and Z.
yukongold
This would be worse for yankee fans than Tanaka needing TJ.
MB923
LOL, yeah okay.
benharvey26
Watch him end up as a Phillie
bringoutthegimp
The Ownership of the Nat’s knows how valuable Harper is to the future of the franchise. If they don’t sign him to along term contract their fan base will shrink dramatically & they know that!
DC is one of the most transient city in the country. Harper is probably the reason half the fans go to see play.Old baseball geeks like myself would still be at 25 or 30 games a season But without #34 in the lineup they will lose alot of younger fan & that’s who’s moving here now. Young professionals who make a great living & have plenty of disposable income. Pay The Man!!!!!!