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Originally Posted by moon
Yes scouting.
That is why it has been so long since they have won, they dropped off in their scouting ability.
When they won in the late 90's they had a great core of guys that they brought up through the organization and now, as shown in my post, they still have the core of their team that came up through their system.
Sure they add the big names but so do a lot of teams. Having solid players that you develop makes a big difference.
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It also helps when you can throw a bunch of cash at your developed players when they're about to hit the free agent market themselves. How many times have we seen small-market teams like Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, etc. have to trade away their star players because they can't afford to re-sign them. The Yanks have never had to do that.