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Written by Daniel Paulling (Contact & Archive) on April 04, 2010
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We found the blueprint for beating the Yankees about nine years ago. No, it didn't happen when the Diamondbacks rode Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling and a ninth-inning bloop from Luis Gonzalez to win in seven exciting games in 2001. The true way to beat the Yankees came in the years thereafter. For every season the Yankees didn't win the World Series, it seemed they added another highly paid star: Mike Mussina, Jason Giambi, Alex Rodriguez and the trainwreck known as the end of Kevin Brown's career, to name a few.
At some point, age will catch up with Derek Jeter.
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And the Yankees have put themselves in the same position again. They already have $144 million due to players in 2011 (according to Cot's MLB Contracts). That figure doesn't include Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Javier Vazquez. The team's heart, superstar closer and No. 3 and 4 starters, in other words. Figure Jeter signs for something in the neighborhood of $20 million per season, and Rivera for the same $15 million as he currently has. That bumps the Yankees commitments for 2011 to $179 million. They then need to find two starting pitchers, both of whom won't come cheaply. They don't have anyone in the farm system and going with a rotation of C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Sergio Mitre (or Alfredo Aceves) next season isn't going to soothe anyone's fears. Money is the Yankees' best (and perhaps only) option for filling their rotation next season. Pretty soon, we're back to that $200 million payroll with very little flexibility. But what hurt the Yankees the most were long-term deals for aging players. History's repeating itself all over again. Mark Teixeira is signed until the 2016 season, when he'll be 36 years old. Rodriguez is signed until 2017, when he'll be 42 years old. Jeter figures to receive a long-term deal that will last into his early 40's. On the pitching side, Burnett will be 36 when he's done with his contract, while Sabathia, if he doesn't opt out, will be 35. Those players don't figure to age well. The former has battled injuries throughout his career, while the latter has a ton of innings thrown at a young age. Now, it's always tricky trying to predict the future. Guessing what a team is going to look like in 2016 is about as fruitful as guessing what they're going to look like in 2012. But there's one thing for certain: The current Yankees look a lot like the Yankees from earlier this century. There are a lot of players signed for big money in seasons their productivity will diminish.
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That said, they do have the second coming in Jesus Montero...another DH. Maybe they will use him at catcher. They haven't cared about poor defense at that position since Jorge came up so why start now.
Always planning for the future.
Berto: Did you misread my entire article? I didn't say there was nothing wrong with the Yankees being able to spend money, and I'm not mad. I'm just saying the Yankees' spending may get them in trouble in the future.
The last time I checked players and pitchers are doing things at age 35 and 36 that they weren't doing a generation ago. Burnett strikes me as someone who will age very well. His arm is lively and he is a pretty big guy. Which starter doesn't have some type of injury history? CC, I'll grant you that one because of his weight. Tex not productive at 36? Come on. The A-Rod contract is a joke, but he could still be a productive hitter, and who knows what Jeter will get...
Posada, Pettite, Swisher are all contracts coming off the books (all are still performing at a high level I might add).
This offseason they just let Damon and Matsui walk and opted to get Granderson (a guy they intend to build the future around) and Javy (a one year contract).
I fail to see where they are a flawed team? In fact I think they've set it up so they can reign for a long time.
Jealousy is what this article is.
Paulling correctly questions how such maneuvers will play out for the team's maneuverability in the middle- and long-term.
The author's point is that while players like Tex may be productive at that age -- rather, all the long-term deals may provide productivity into their geriatric years -- such spending doesn't afford much flexibility moving forward. And flexibility lets you build a farm system, sign free agents, and keep a franchise strong.
He also makes a meaningful allusion to farm system depth -- something the Yankees don't have much of at present. Again, he contends that predicting the future in sports is as close to a science as blowing bubbles (out of rubberized cement), but the basic argument still stands: the Yankees, and many other teams, limit their flexibility in the future by signing middle- and later-aged players to massive long-term deals. It's a handcuff whether every team in the league does it or just the Yankees do it. Of course, there are benefits to such deals (if it was purely detrimental, who the hell would do it?), but Paulling highlights the downsides. Not a big deal.
Calm down, breath, relax, and notice that he's not saying things aren't changing now for the Pinstriped Ones, and he even suggests they will likely change from an organizational standpoint.
Besides, wouldn't it be nice to avoid paying the bills for every team in the league every single year?
In 2004, no other team was over $100m.
All of these teams have had a payroll over or around $100m in this or the past couple of seasons.
Boston, Atlanta, LAA, Astro's, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers, Mariners, Mets, Phillies, Twins, Tigers, CWS. With the Yanks that's half the teams in baseball over/around $100 mil.
For 2010, the Redsox ($168m), Cubs ($144m), Phillies ($138m), Tigers ($134m) LAA ($121m) all have pretty high payrolls. (Mets in 09 was $149 mil)
The point being, all the major players have huge payroll liabilities.
If anyone, the Yanks should be able to deal with that better than anyone. Especially if the new stadium starts selling better.
Not only that, but they had already been restricing payorll per their capabilities.
I'm willing to bet in 10 years the Yankees will be just fine...and probably have a payroll over 300 mil.
The Yankees may have a significant problem. That comes if A-Rod and Tex get old quickly, CC blows out his arm and AJ never grows up.
Mussina was a bad deal??? Only because they didn't 3 other Mussina's...especially the way he pitched the last year.
Could some of the lack of winning be caused by the highly competitive nature of some other teams in the division they are in that also go out & get good players too? Probably way beyond the writer's thought process.
I could go on & on about nearly every sentence this guy wrote but I can't see wasting all that time.
This guy actually gets paid as sport writer for writing articles like this one?
I KNOW one person who's definitely overpaid based on ability....the guy who wrote this article !!!
Does this sportwriter honestly believe that the Yankees are the only ones who have signed players to long term contracts that have gone bust?
If you look through the history of virtually every team in baseball since free agency began, all that have spent have also had some really bad deals.......the Red Sox have had many shortstop disasters. The Mets have made many bad deals. Using the writer's logic, this is how you beat these 2 teams also as well as many others (like say the Cardinals with Holiday recently signing a long term deal).
One of the only teams that hasn't made bad long term deals is the Marlins....because they never pay their players....they leave.... which also helps to explain why the fans don't support them....unlike the Yankees.
Like I and others said, this is a stupid article with very strange logic.
Kevin Brown was a trade, not a signing. What the Yanks gave up(Jeff Weaver, Yhency Brazoban, and Brandon Weeden) amounted to nothing, and Brown actually started his Yankee career 7-0 before punching a wall and fading into oblivion after a season and a half.
Jeter, Rivera, and Rodriguez haven't slowed a bit, so your point there is irrelevant. It's good that you've decided the 2011 rotation already includes Joba and Sergio Mitre. Chamberlain will remain in the pen and any end-of-the-rotation voids can be filled via trade and free agency.
Catchers? There's a stud prospect named Austin Romine alongside Jesus Montero. The Yanks are loaded at the position, and Posada is still going strong.
The problem is you aren't sharp enough to hit on what the true downfall of the Yankees was. After the smart signing of Mussina in 2001, Cashman went away from a pitching/defense/reliability concept. He signed the oft-injured Rondell White, Sterling Hitchcock, and Steve Karsay. He signed the unproven Jose Contreras and traded for the untested Jeff Weaver, going away from the idea of building a staff around proven winners. He locked into the one-dimensional, non-athletic Jason Giambi long-term, slowing the team up, hurting the defense, and putting the payroll in a stranglehold.
He brought in malcontents like Kenny Lofton, Randy Johnson, and Gary Sheffield, going away from good baseball guys in the clubhouse. RJ and Sheff put up the numbers, but were miserable whiners in the process. Carl Pavano turned out to be soft and lazy, becoming a huge detriment. Jaret Wright was another example of signing injury-prone pitchers with questionable track records.
Things starting turning around when Cashman went back to bringing in solid starting pitching, more athletic position players like A-Rod, Johnny Damon, and Tex, and blending in young talent such as Cano, Melky Cabrera, Brett Gardner, Phil Hughes, Joba, and David Robertson, all of which takes time to accomplish. He's continued the trend with disciplined bats like Swisher(also a great personality to add to a once-uptight clubhouse) and Nick Johnson, an in-his-prime stud center fielder in Granderson, and a beyond-solid #4 starter in Vazquez. Another shrewd move was not locking into a left fielder long-term, leaving the door open to sign Carl Crawford after the season. Getting younger, better, not committing to bad contracts with aging players with diminishing skills(like they would have in re-signing Damon & Matsui), and hanging onto elite prospects each season and you're already calling for the end of a dynasty. Good luck with that.
Lin: Check out Sabathia's pitch counts and innings totals as a younger pitcher. You're saying that doesn't look dangerous when compared to other pitchers? Look up Hampton, Mike. And A-Rod (and probably Jeter) will be in their early 40's when their contracts expire. They won't be spring chickens.
Butcher: Burnett has had as many 200 IP seasons in the last four as he's failed to clear 200 IP by large margins (160 something in 2007, 135 in 2006). We know that he pitches for contracts. Let's just see how he fares going forward.
Areyouserious?: If you're referring to Jesus Montero, you've got yourself a brand new DH or left fielder. The Yankees have some talent on the farm, but they only had two players on BA's most recent top 100 prospects.
Robert Langdon: Yeah, 20 wins, that's the best way to measure a pitcher's talents. And I'm just wondering what A-Rod will be at the age of 41 or 42. I'm willing to bet a far cry from where he is now.
Huh..: Cashman as one of most brilliant GMs? By whom? You? He's okay, but certainly not the best in baseball or anywhere close.
Lou D: Of course the quality of the Rays and Red Sox has something to with any future Yankee demise. If you're going to get beat, you need someone to beat you. However, the Yankees' bad moves are what's putting them in a position to get beat.
Furthermore, the Red Sox never went out and bought a great shortstop. I think the most money they spent on one player was Renteria's deal from 2005. Correct me if I'm wrong there. And how are the Mets doing with their big contracts? I'm sure last season was pretty good for them, right? And they've been in the playoffs a lot recently, right?
These are all great comments here. Very cool article.
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