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ESPN.com - Page2 - Don't damn the Yankees
Nice piece by David Schoenfield on the Yankees and money. While I agree that money is not the main reason for the Yankees success, it is certainly a huge factor. They are a well-managed team, but they aren't that much smarter than anyone else. As Schoenfield notes, their money gives them remarkable flexible to eat David Cone's bad season, to get Denny Neagle, David Justice and Glenallen Hill and to sign 75% of the foreign free agents of note. When Schoenfield comments on El Duque's salary ($6.6m/4yr) that is a bit disingenuous as you should count Hideki Irabu ($12.8m/4yr + $3m to Padres), Jackson Melian ($1.6m), Adrian Hernandez ($4m/4yr), WilyMo Pena ($3.7m/4yr), Ricardo Aramboles ($1.52m) and Kat Maeda($1.85m). I'm sure I missed a couple as well.
Only one of these guys have made it really big in the majors, so I don't think you can necessarily say that El Duque was without risk. The Yankees took a lot of risks and he's the one that turned out well. Their money let them take so many risks.
Nice piece by David Schoenfield on the Yankees and money. While I agree that money is not the main reason for the Yankees success, it is certainly a huge factor. They are a well-managed team, but they aren't that much smarter than anyone else. As Schoenfield notes, their money gives them remarkable flexible to eat David Cone's bad season, to get Denny Neagle, David Justice and Glenallen Hill and to sign 75% of the foreign free agents of note. When Schoenfield comments on El Duque's salary ($6.6m/4yr) that is a bit disingenuous as you should count Hideki Irabu ($12.8m/4yr + $3m to Padres), Jackson Melian ($1.6m), Adrian Hernandez ($4m/4yr), WilyMo Pena ($3.7m/4yr), Ricardo Aramboles ($1.52m) and Kat Maeda($1.85m). I'm sure I missed a couple as well.
Only one of these guys have made it really big in the majors, so I don't think you can necessarily say that El Duque was without risk. The Yankees took a lot of risks and he's the one that turned out well. Their money let them take so many risks.
posted by Sean Foran # 3:23 PM 
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