The Yanks are in a league of their own with a $220 million payroll, plus $25 million in luxury taxes and revenue sharing (communism, really) to boot.
Boston, Anaheim and Atlanta have more resources but that's because of their fan bases and cable deals.
Minnesota fans won't pay enough money in terms of tickets or cable fees to give the ownership the resources to get to the next level.
You can say the same for Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Milwaukee.
Put another way, the combined 2004 salaries of their starting rotation alone eclipses the entire 2004 payroll of 13 MLB teams. Their 2005 starting rotation salaries should eclipse the payroll of the majority of teams, after Unit gets paid.