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Originally Posted by flambers
Yes, management is a element, however if you cut the Yankee's payroll in half good luck seeing this team make the playoffs.
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I think you would also see a different approach that the team would take. Right now they operate the team knowing that they have the luxury to spend the money that they do.
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Originally Posted by rubecube
It's a lot easier to manage a team when you have $200,000,000 to play with. You can certainly minimize a mistake when you can just spend more to cover it up. The Yankees outspent everyone this year. The next closet payrolls were the Mets and Cubs at $135,000,000. The Yanks outspent the second highest payrolls by $75,000,000 - which is the entire payroll of the Colorado Rockies, and only $5,000,000 less than the combined payrolls of San Diego and Florida.
Do you honestly think that baseball provides a level playing-field where every team has a chance? Money doesn't make a difference? The teams with the 10 highest payrolls this year had a combined record of 881-739, with 5 of them making the playoffs. The 10 teams with the lowest payrolls went a combined 745-875, with one team making the playoffs.
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Of course it is easier to manage a team with that payroll. I don't see where I ever said that it wasn't or that the Yankees don't have an advantage.
I am saying that I think the top 15-20 can compete just fine based on the fact that teams in that range consistently compete and win.
My point with the Yankees has always been that they don't win because they spend money they win because they spend money and have good management. It gets tiresome to listen to people whine about the money all time when management plays a key role as well.
As we have seen from the Yankees in the past and the Mets and Cubs this year, spending a ton of money is useless if you don't have good money to go with it.