[XRdsRev]

Salary is one thing but the endorsement $$$$$$$ a guy like Lee could make playing in New York as a Yankee, totally blows away anything he could get in Texas. That is a big reason many players go to major market teams and you don’t get any bigger market than NY City. I don’t know what Lee will do but from a business (total $$$$$) perspective, going to the Yankees is almost a no-brainer

[RayChuang88]

That would be true until recently, but the recent steep increases in the New York state income tax and the imposition of New York City income tax will pretty much erase much of the advantages of a higher Yankees salary. Meanwhile, if Cliff Lee stays in Texas, he will get a lower salary but given NO state income taxes in Texas, that means a lot more take-home pay! And with the far lower cost of living in Texas, it also means he could afford a very nice home in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex even with the lower salary.