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Originally Posted by NBC
You make it sound like the Yankees build their teams starting at the grassroots level as opposed to buying their teams via the Free Agent market. When you look at the make-up of their current squad as well as previous permutations, it is blindingly obvious that they rely primarily on big money contracts handed out to the previous season's top performers.
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That is the case with every contending team in the majors leagues not named Minnesota or Florida.
I never said that they built their team up from the grassroots, just that they have good scouting to go along with the money they give out.
The Red Sox can spend just as much as the Yankees if they wanted. Now when they lost Manny and Ortiz dropped off you see that they struggled because instead of having Youkilis and Pedroira coming up through their system they had Nick Green and Jacoby Ellsbury instead.
As much money as these teams spend scouting still is important to their success.