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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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Blue Jays, Yankees Battle in Board Room, but How Will It Spill onto the Field?

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, Media, MLB, Yankees, tagged on November 20, 2012 | 5 Comments »

The Blue Jays have almost single handedly kept the baseball hot stove burning in November. The team’s busy off season coalesced yesterday as Toronto’s blockbuster trade with the Marlins was approved, the signing of Melky Cabrera was finalized and the selection of John Gibbons as the team’s new manager (again) was revealed. The flurry of […]

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Napoli, Youkilis Have Right Stuff for Yankees

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Free Agents, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on November 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

What is the Yankees’ greatest area of need this off season? Finding a replacement for Nick Swisher in right field? How about a right handed DH to replace Andruw Jones or an offensive-oriented catcher to either replace or supplement Russell Martin? With Mark Teixeira becoming increasingly injury prone and Alex Rodriguez’ ability to play a […]

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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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Luxury Tax Getting Right of Way as Yanks Search for Swisher’s Replacement

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on November 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »

In Spring Training, the big question for the Yankees will be whether Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson switch places in left and center. Before they get to that point, however, the Yankees first need to determine who will stand alongside them in right, and at what cost? One of the Yankees’ biggest advantages over the […]

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Yankees Get Second Chance on Dan Haren

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, Hot Stove, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged on November 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Eyewitnesses can sometimes be the most unreliable. And, in the era of social media, the least trustworthy sources for trades are often the players involved. Such was the case last night, when Carlos Marmol tipped off a reporter in his native Dominican Republic that he had been […]

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