You do realize, don’t you, that this Yankees’ team was primarily built from the farm system.
“You do realize, don’t you, that this Yankees’ team was primarily built from the farm system.”
No, I don’t. They have been packing their farm system with major league level players for this year since early 2015. Here are a few:
Chris Carter,, Ruben Tejada, Nick Swisher, Chris Parmelee, Carlos Corporan, Kirby Yates, Jonathan Diaz, Donovan Solano, Tyler Jones, Vinnie Pestano, Cesar Puello, Sebastian Valle, Richard Bleier, Pete Kozma, and Chris Denorfia, And this is a tack on as they signed 15 international free agents in mid 2015 for the future basically from their school/camp in the Islands.
But their main vision is what they can sign for next year, 2018. The following have been openly discussed in the club’s Bleacher Report, given by a unanimous source within the NY Yankee front office as they are not allowed to openly talk yet.
Three MVPs: Bryce Harper, Josh Donaldson and Andrew McCutchen. One Cy Young: Dallas Keuchel. Chris Carter,, Ruben Tejada, Nick Swisher, Chris Parmelee, Carlos Corporan, Kirby Yates, Jonathan Diaz, Donovan Solano, Tyler Jones, Vinnie Pestano, Cesar Puello, Sebastian Valle, Richard Bleier, Pete Kozma, and Chris Denorfia.
Tack that on to already looking at David Price, Zack Greinke, Jordan Zimmermann, Johnny Cueto, Jason Heyward, Justin Upton, Yoenis Cespedes, Alex Gordon and Chris Davis. These were the cream of the position-player crop. Additional Bats: Manny Machado, A.J. Pollock, Michael Brantley, Dee Gordon, Adam Jones, Nelson Cruz, Hunter Pence and Adrian Gonzalez. Additional Aces: Jose Fernandez, Matt Harvey, Shelby Miller, Garrett Richards, Jose Quintana and Adam Wainwright. Relievers: Craig Kimbrel, Trevor Rosenthal, Zach Britton, Andrew Miller, Jeurys Familia, Kelvin Herrera and David Robertson.
So as you can see, they have not been sitting on their pocket book over the last two seasons and they are prepared to break the bank for next year, all free agent crop. And the sale of YES network is what got them there cash wise along with the residual payments from national networks contracted in 2012.
Rwood