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Originally Posted by jayswin
As negative as it sounds, it's very likely. As fun as this year was, a media giant as crappy as Rogers simply isn't going to be the Yankees and spend every year with pure desire to win championships.
Not to be very pessimistic but my view of the future isn't very optimistic. You heard rumblings this past season that players were starting to get vocal about their disdain for Rogers and their lack of commitment to winning, so they caved and allowed AA to go for it this year.
Imo, they never had plans to continue the spending no matter how much success came from it. So what will likely happen now is we'll be in the hole due to some of our stars becoming FA's, who'll be replaced by far less skilled players on a budget, which will in turn deflate and piss off the remaining stars. Then we'll likely see one or two of them traded because they don't want to be here. Bautista and Tulo come to mind.
I hope that's all wrong, but spaces between the lines so far this off season seem to be a little too clear, and I think we'll see the Yankees and Red Sox (who will likely reload this off season) go back to the strong one two punch in the AL east, and we'll go back to battling it out with the Oriels and Rays for nothing but maybe a faint shot a wild card.
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Yankees and Red Sox have been trying to reload for a few years now. I think they're both spinning their wheels a little right now (Yankees more so than Red Sox). Way too many holes in the Yankees lineup to really expect them to be more than a fringe division winner or wild card next season.
Red Sox might be a little better just because they have some young talent that could improve but I don't see all their solutions in free agency for a one-year turnaround, either.
I think the Jays will do everything they can to be competitive next season. Think about how much money Rogers made in this run. For Rogers it's about the money. Sellouts, TV ratings, a crapload of market share from TSN, etc. It makes too much sense to try and be competitive.