Yankees hit with $19 million luxury tax bill

Well...the Dodgers will pick up some of that slack.

The small market teams must bang their heads on the wall when they look at those numbers.

The luxury cap still does not enable small market teams to have hall of fame players play for them while the players are in their prime.

I take issue with the second sentence of this article. I do not believe that the Yankees were so much spurned by the three players mentioned in that sentence, as much as, that the players were never made a real and serious offer by the Yankees that any of the three were willing to accept and that they went elsewhere to better deals.
The simple fact, according to Maury Brown and the featured article, is that the Yankees have paid over $225 million in luxury tax and maybe there comes a time when even multimillionaires get tired of throwing money around like it was confetti. Especially when some of the receivers of that tax money do not spend it as is directed by MLB rule... improving the product on the field.
What makes me laugh is that some people who mocked and derided the Yankees for spending in a so-called reckless manner now mock and deride the Yankees for not spending their money to get some of the talent available in this year's free agent market. Simply put, this year's free agent market is a weak market and none of the players signed are worth what they received. Further, this market is not really worth investing in outside of the types of contracts the Yankees have been making available.
(I stipulate that I do not agree with the signing of Youklis and I do not think he is worth $12 million. However, the deal is for one year and maybe they can get a rebound year out of him or ARod will decide not to retire.)
It remains to be seen what the Yankees do going forward but personally I agree with the belt tightening and hope they go back to the Gene Michael version of the Yankee front office that was in power when George was banned from MLB.

This is one of the reasons the Jays were able to make the moves they did. The Yanks won't be investing in major free agents for a couple of years so the time is now!

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Originally posted 08:06 AM ET  12.19 by nedkelly

This is one of the reasons the Jays were able to make the moves they did. The Yanks won't be investing in major free agents for a couple of years so the time is now!

That is, probably, a part of that equation.

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Originally posted 08:03 AM ET  12.19 by 4192jc (Don't give up!)

I take issue with the second sentence of this article. I do not believe that the Yankees were so much spurned by the three players mentioned in that sentence, as much as, that the players were never made a real and serious offer by the Yankees that any of the three were willing to accept and that they went elsewhere to better deals.The simple fact, according to Maury Brown and the featured article, is that the Yankees have paid over $225 million in luxury tax and maybe there comes a time when even multimillionaires get tired of throwing money around like it was confetti. Especially when some of the receivers of that tax money do not spend it as is directed by MLB rule... improving the product on the field. What makes me laugh is that some people who mocked and derided the Yankees for spending in a so-called reckless manner now mock and deride the Yankees for not spending their money to get some of the talent available in this year's free agent market. Simply put, this year's free agent market is a weak market and none of the players signed are worth what they received. Further, this market is not really worth investing in outside of the types of contracts the Yankees have been making available. (I stipulate that I do not agree with the signing of Youklis and I do not think he is worth $12 million. However, the deal is for one year and maybe they can get a rebound year out of him or ARod will decide not to retire.) It remains to be seen what the Yankees do going forward but personally I agree with the belt tightening and hope they go back to the Gene Michael version of the Yankee front office that was in power when George was banned from MLB.

ummmm.. "Arod will decide to retire" and not "ARod will decide not to retire

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Originally posted 01:06 AM ET  12.19 by williewilliejuan

Well...the Dodgers will pick up some of that slack.

Wonder what the Dodgers want for Ethier?

It's like flushing money down the toilet....or paying A-Rod to play baseball.

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Originally posted 10:41 AM ET  12.19 by Yogi-Zen

It's like flushing money down the toilet....or paying A-Rod to play baseball.

They wish they were only paying A Rod $19 million per.

QUOTE(#8):

Originally posted 08:16 AM ET  12.19 by 4192jc (Don't give up!)

Wonder what the Dodgers want for Ethier?

Good question. And what team can absorb Ethier's contract right now?

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 08:03 AM ET  12.19 by 4192jc (Don't give up!)

I take issue with the second sentence of this article. I do not believe that the Yankees were so much spurned by the three players mentioned in that sentence, as much as, that the players were never made a real and serious offer by the Yankees that any of the three were willing to accept and that they went elsewhere to better deals.The simple fact, according to Maury Brown and the featured article, is that the Yankees have paid over $225 million in luxury tax and maybe there comes a time when even multimillionaires get tired of throwing money around like it was confetti. Especially when some of the receivers of that tax money do not spend it as is directed by MLB rule... improving the product on the field. What makes me laugh is that some people who mocked and derided the Yankees for spending in a so-called reckless manner now mock and deride the Yankees for not spending their money to get some of the talent available in this year's free agent market. Simply put, this year's free agent market is a weak market and none of the players signed are worth what they received. Further, this market is not really worth investing in outside of the types of contracts the Yankees have been making available. (I stipulate that I do not agree with the signing of Youklis and I do not think he is worth $12 million. However, the deal is for one year and maybe they can get a rebound year out of him or ARod will decide not to retire.) It remains to be seen what the Yankees do going forward but personally I agree with the belt tightening and hope they go back to the Gene Michael version of the Yankee front office that was in power when George was banned from MLB.

Very well said!

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Originally posted 10:44 AM ET  12.19 by THE BISHOP!

They wish they were only paying A Rod $19 million per.

I wish they were paying A Rod $0.00. Oh well.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 06:36 AM ET  12.19 by Ron Mexico II

The small market teams must bang their heads on the wall when they look at those numbers.

dodgers would be replacing the yankees in that area, anyways the dodgers got money to throw away any time,,,,

nothing new for the old yanks,,,

Think about it, that's almost the Cost of RA Dickey's (for a lack of a better word) Extension!!!!!

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Originally posted 06:36 AM ET  12.19 by Ron Mexico II

The small market teams must bang their heads on the wall when they look at those numbers.

How do think the small market teams survive? Answer: With their cut of the luxury tax revenue.

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Originally posted 04:00 PM ET  12.19 by keldorama

How do think the small market teams survive? Answer: With their cut of the luxury tax revenue.

should the big teams stop over spending such big amount of money every season? wonder who would be the first to collapse financially?? the small teams could chocke with a little half glass of water,,,

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Originally posted 07:54 AM ET  12.19 by OSUBuckey

The luxury cap still does not enable small market teams to have hall of fame players play for them while the players are in their prime.

meaning, the players who are in their prime time should sign with teams WHO over spend their money, such as yankees,red sox and phillies, uhh? wait a minute the yankees aren't spending big any more/and red sox aren't thinking as they use to back in 2010/ the phillies won't spend big either, so we only have two big spenders,,,the dodgers and the halos!!!!