Posted on 02/28/2022 10:41:31 AM PST by SaxxonWoods
“Through hard work, trust and accountability, we transformed every aspect of the franchise, reshaping the workforce and developing a long-term strategic plan for success,” Jeter said in a statement released through PR Newswire rather than the Marlins. “That said, the vision for the future of the franchise is different than the one I signed up to lead.”
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Either way, at least he's smart enough to get off a dead horse.
Excellent play by Derek...
“Excellent play by Derek...”
Yep. When you say, “I did everything right to set up this franchise for the future and now I’m selling out”, that’s a message.
Buy low, sell high.
If everything is going so well with the team, why is he leaving?
He played his entire career with a team that regularly had the highest payroll in MLB. It was probably a tough transition to an organization running on a shoestring budget.
He and the core that won 5 championships all came thru the farm system. Jeter, Posada, Rivera, Williams, Pettitte. Add O'Neill whom they traded Kelly for and there is a pretty damn good core for the money.
The whole the "Yankees buy great teams" BS is just that.
Must have been shocking the first time he looked at their payroll. “Which player is getting this?” “That’s the whole roster.”
From 2003 to present the Yankees have paid $348 million in salary cap tax. In that time frame the entire rest of the league COMBINED paid $234 million. Guys might have come through the farm system but they Yankees still bought a great team by ratcheting up the salaries with no regard to the cap.
I know. That's why I never said that. I simply pointed out that the Yankees had the highest payroll in MLB throughout Jeter's career. I never said anything about whether the team was winning or losing during those years.
The Yankees' enormous payroll has done two things for them over the years:
1. It's bought them a large margin for error when building a roster (they can afford to pay huge salaries to depth players).
2. It's generated a lot of enthusiasm among fans when the team signs large free agent contracts.
Item #2 is important to note because it has nothing to do with winning and losing. The Yankees know better than anyone that the roster you build to attract 4 million fans in a season is rarely the same roster you build to win a championship. They learned that back in the 1980s and then they've gotten a refresher course since they began their current payroll binge with the signing of Jason Giambi in 2002 and have a single World Series title (2009) to show for it.
Pettitte is the only one of them who was a starting pitcher. Look who filled out the starting rotations in all those championship seasons:
David Cone
Dwight Gooden
Orlando Hernandez
Jimmy Key
Kenny Rogers
C.C. Sabathia
David Wells
THIS is one area where a team with a giant payroll can overspend on fading talent with some gas left in the tank.
Obama must get free flood insurance as part of his federal retirement benefits. He bought one oceanside mansion in Taxachusetts and is building another in Hawaii.
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