***yankees official offseason thread*****

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KBZ I get what your trying to say but over the next 3 years the Yanks lose like 40-50 million in salary they carried this year and past.

They add a bit more with Mo, Posada, Arod but still lose a ton esp when Damon/Abreu/Matsui are gone.

Now if you consider that the Yanks have Hughes, Kennedy, Wang, Chamberlain, Horne, Sanchez, etc in the pipeline then the Yanks won't need to spend [censored] on their pitching.
They have several prospects to fill positions in the field..if they keep building their farm system like they have been they can afford to carry a Arod, a Posada, a Mo in their last couple of decline years. Even if Arod gets hurt in year 5 and can never play again...the Yanks are fine.
They've eaten that much over the past 4 years with a [censored] farm system and have still spent like crazy. Add in the new stadium and the Yanks can take the hit if it goes bad in order to stay strong over the next 4-5 years

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losing arod to injury/suckiness for a year or two would of course suck, but this is a fair point. giambi/pettite/mussina/abreu are off the books in a year. i don't think it's even likely that abreu would return. that's over $50M. damon/matsui i think are here for 2 more. that's another $25M.

plus, i bet arod will not be the highest paid player even by year 8 of the deal, unless that language is in the contract.