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Post by alienrace on Sept 24, 2014 16:06:12 GMT -5
So glad it was the O's that did the deed. Couldn't happen to a more insufferable fan base  |
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Post by Ravenchamp on Sept 24, 2014 16:42:35 GMT -5
It's the same as when the Ravens beat up the Steelers, The Yankees are the Steelers of baseball to Baltimore
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 17:02:21 GMT -5
The Steelers don't bother me at all; they can't go out and try to buy a championship every year. That's what makes knocking the Yankees out of contention all the better. Four hundred million on free agents this season and the Yankees will be home watching the playoffs.
Look for the Yankees to spend like drunken sailors again this offseason, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hardy and Cruz are wearing pinstripes next season. |
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Post by husagafella on Sept 24, 2014 17:13:07 GMT -5
So glad it was the O's that did the deed. Couldn't happen to a more insufferable fan base Pot meet kettle. |
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Post by alienrace on Sept 24, 2014 17:34:46 GMT -5
So glad it was the O's that did the deed. Couldn't happen to a more insufferable fan base Pot meet kettle. Awww go cry in your beer  |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Sept 24, 2014 19:06:47 GMT -5
Look for the Yankees to spend like drunken sailors again this offseason, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hardy and Cruz are wearing pinstripes next season. They claim the luxury tax is becoming onerous. It's designed to be. Each consecutive year a team exceeds the threshold, the amount it has to pay to other teams goes up. The idea is that if you overspend one year, it's not too bad, but if you make a habit of it, eventually you will have to stop. But, I agree, one of them (probably Cruz) will be wearing pinstripes next year. They have a guy they might make their next shortstop. What they need is power. All their power hitters are old or perpetually hurt. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 0:01:28 GMT -5
Look for the Yankees to spend like drunken sailors again this offseason, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hardy and Cruz are wearing pinstripes next season. They claim the luxury tax is becoming onerous. It's designed to be. Each consecutive year a team exceeds the threshold, the amount it has to pay to other teams goes up. The idea is that if you overspend one year, it's not too bad, but if you make a habit of it, eventually you will have to stop. But, I agree, one of them (probably Cruz) will be wearing pinstripes next year. They have a guy they might make their next shortstop. What they need is power. All their power hitters are old or perpetually hurt. With $168 million already in guaranteed commitments to just 10 players--and another seven headed for arbitration--it's unrealistic to think that the Yankees can somehow get below the $189 million Competitive Balance threshold for 2015. They'll be at or above the tax line before they even go out and try to get a starting shortstop. And unless the Yankees are looking to lock down the Ray Oyler Award very early, I doubt if Brendan Ryan or Stephen Drew, who are batting .165 and .176, respectively, will be playing shortstop in The Bronx next season.
The Yankees really have little choice but to spend since there's very little in the pipeline right now. A few decent pitching prospects are about all they have. There are no Jeters, Riveras, Posadas or Pettittes in the farm system. The Yankees need to get younger with cost-controlled players, but there are precious few of them right now. They could have traded away veterans such Hiroki Kuroda and David Robertson at the deadline for prospects, but instead they doubled down on this season and added some $40 million more worth of players. The Yankees simply do not make next-year moves.
It's also worth noting that the Yankees' ticket and luxury suite revenues fell from $353 million in 2012 to $295 million in 2013, due in no small part to failing to make the postseason. Those figures will likely decline again this season after again missing out on the playoffs. And there won't be any Jeter Farewell Tour to bring fans to the stadium in 2015. Their front office may very well figure that the only way to put fannies in the seats next season will be to again break out the checkbook, even though it could cost the Yankees a 50 percent surcharge on any new contracts they add. Future financial obligations mean little to the Yankees--they are, after all, baseball's answer to the Denver Mint--if they think they'll accomplish current objectives.
Hardy has said on more than one occasion that his first choice is to stay here. I hope he does, even with the back issues, because I'd rather see Machado remain at third. The Orioles have yet to discuss an extension, but I'd suspect that they will certainly make him a qualifying offer. Hardy's agent is no doubt using the four-year/$53 million deal the Cardinals gave Jhonny Peralta last winter as a bellwether. The deal breaker might be the number of years; I can't see Duquette offering more than three, while someone else (the Yankees) would probably be more than willing to go to four. I hope the Orioles can work this one out.
Cruz has also stated that he loves playing here and would like to stay, but given the year he's had, some team is almost guaranteed to offer him stupid money. He's 34, so this is probably as good as it will ever get. I'd love for Cruz to stay as well, but unless he's willing to accept a shorter term, locking him up for another four or five years isn't a good idea. He would certainly fill a need for the Yankees, who will spend whatever it takes to come up with another winner before the train hits them, but I'd also figure on Boston. Like the Yankees, they have virtually unlimited resources, but unlike their New York counterparts, they aren't currently weighed down by bloated contracts.
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Post by mmmbeer on Sept 25, 2014 14:07:15 GMT -5
since this turned into a salary thread ... Here are the top 10 for this year. 1. LA Dodgers $235,295,219 2. NY Yankees $203,812,506 3. Philadelphia Phillies $180,052,723 4. Boston Red Sox $162,817,411 5. Detroit Tigers $162,228,527 6. LA Angels $155,692,000 7. San Francisco Giants $154,185,878 8. Texas Rangers $136,036,172 9. Washington Nationals $134,704,437 10. Toronto Blue Jays $132,628,700 both LA teams, the Tigers & Nats are playoff bound. The Giants will be. Boston & Texas have been good recently. The Phillies and, to a lesser extent, the Yanks stand out as the most wasteful. With the YES network, I don't think that it matters. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 21:20:38 GMT -5
I'm beginning to become more than a bit concerned about the Orioles' defense of late. Forget the ninth inning comeback tonight to tie the Yankees, they looked like a high school team in the field. I know the games don't mean much at this point and they're rotating guys in and out, but it seems a game doesn't go by of late without at least one gaffe in the field. I'm hoping the postseason lineup--at least in the infield--will be Flaherty at third, Hardy at short, Schoop at second at Pearce at first.
I know Schoop's been a train wreck at the plate lately, but he's still the best option defensively at second. You simply cannot afford to give teams extra outs in the postseason unless you're counting on a very short October. |
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