Can I start by saying what a joke the Yankees are? They easily had the leagues largest salary; paying their players 207 million (the second team were the Mets paying their players 127 million). A-Rod had the most expensive contract at 28 million while the Florida's entire team roster was merely at 22 million. How is a team like Florida expected to compete? Anyways, the Yankees massive salary did not yield a desirable outcome considering they missed the playoffs completely. How pathetic is that?
Moving on; 22 million vs. 207 million dollars. Almost 10 times as much money. Plain ridiculous. How can the MLB just let this happen?
This won't ever fix itself considering no one is going to want to go see a team with virtually no prospect of making the playoffs. Disclaimer: they ironically did finish with a winning record but that is beside the point. The point is; they will still be poor. Bad teams will still be poor. And being poor will give you a bad team. It's a cycle that needs to be attended to.
Teams like the Oakland A's have had times where they thought the future looked bright. Such a young team with plenty of talent that needed to be developed. However, when this talent develops it goes right over to the Yankees who can afford to pay, let's face it, whatever they want. My buddy pointed out that they were just another farm league for the Yankees to choose from.
Something needs to be done.
-Mark P
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Mark, your argument is sadly flawed. Why? When's the last time the Yankees won the World Series...? 2000. Despite record breaking contracts, and unprecedented spending on players, the style of team managing has failed to pay off. The idea that small market clubs can't compete is also wrong. The easiest and most obvious example of this is the Tampa Bay Rays of 2008. Two examples: the Twins and the A's. Year in and year out both of these clubs are competitive despite playing in divisions with "big market teams". Games and more importantly championships are not won by big money and big contracts, they are won by good ownership, intelligent GMs and most importantly inspired players. At the end of the season, the bottom line is there will always be good competition for division crowns. The Rays proved that last year. The real question is, who will be this year's Rays?
ReplyDeleteOf course other teams may be able to compete for a year or two. But when those developed players contracts are up, you know the Yankees and other like teams are gonna jump all over them.
ReplyDeleteYou can't deny that the money plays a huge role in building a franchise. You cannot call the Rays a good franchise. The Oakland A's will never be a good franchise again the way they are going because they can't keep their players. Billy Beane is a genius and he is the only reason why the A's have competed in the past years, but not even he could keep Tejada or the big three from staying.