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Flaw in the Yankees’ Budget Plan? Breaking Down MLB’s Revenue Sharing System

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, CBA, MLB, Yankees on January 23, 2013 | 5 Comments »

Earlier today, Ken Rosenthal wrote about a potential flaw in the Yankees’ plan to dip below the luxury tax threshold in 2014 (click here for a detailed breakdown, which includes estimated potential savings). According to Rosenthal, baseball’s overall financial strength is conspiring to limit the potential savings the Yankees could enjoy under the CBA’s new […]

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Yankees Need to Renegotiate Position on Contract Extensions

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, CBA, Free Agents, Hal Steinbrenner, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on January 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The Yankees don’t do contract extensions. That policy is the consumer equivalent of buying airfare the day before you travel. It’s going to cost more when you book the flight, but you get to avoid an early commitment. When money is no object, the resultant flexibility is […]

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What If Derek Jeter Opts Out? Extending Short Stop May Be Yankees Best Strategy

Posted in Baseball, CBA, Free Agents, Hot Stove, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on December 6, 2012 | 7 Comments »

As the off season draws on, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Yankees are operating under self-imposed fiscal restraints. As a result, examining the team’s 2014 commitments has become a required part of analyzing Brian Cashman’s blueprint for this winter. However, there are several variables that are hard to quantify, not the least of which […]

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Can Yankees Make Ends Meet in 2014? A Closer Look at Team’s Future Payroll Obligations

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, CBA, Free Agents, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on December 5, 2012 | 7 Comments »

It’s been a very active winter meetings for major league baseball, but one team has been conspicuously silent. In the past, the Yankees were rumored to be involved with every big name free agent, regardless of need, but now, the team isn’t even considered a contender to retain its own players. Will Brian Cashman make […]

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Can Yankees Use CBA Loophole to Avoid Luxury Tax in 2014? Would Selig Let Them?

Posted in Baseball, CBA, MLB, Yankees on November 29, 2012 | 5 Comments »

Although the justification may be suspect, the Yankees’ actions this winter clearly imply that the team is serious about trimming its 2014 payroll below the $189 million competitive balance (aka luxury) tax threshold, which includes approximately $11 million in benefit expenses, leaving about $178 million left for actual salaries. Because of this pending restriction, the […]

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Are Yankees Headed For Fiscal Cliff? A Closer Look at Team’s Plan to Cut Payroll

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, CBA, MLB, Yankees on November 28, 2012 | 13 Comments »

The Yankees’ austerity plan, which seeks to trim the team’s payroll below the $189 million luxury tax threshold by 2014, has placed the franchise in an unfamiliar position this off season. Instead of pursuing the best free agents, including re-signing several of their own, the team has eschewed long-term contracts in favor of value-laden one-year […]

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Players, Yankees To Benefit Most from New Free Agency Rules

Posted in Baseball, CBA, Draft, Free Agents, Hot Stove, MLB, Yankees on November 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) When the details of baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement were revealed last year, it looked as if the players’ association made most of the concessions, albeit ones that impacted amateurs not yet in the union. However, less than two weeks into the off season, that no longer […]

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