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[QUOTE="Dooley, post: 2934875, member: 2920"]
Agree. I am hesitant to sign Harper or Machado too, especially with Stanton's contract already on the books. If they can trade Stanton, then I'd be a little more willing to sign Machado (not Harper). At some point, the Yanks will need to extend Judge, Torres, Severino, etc. I'd rather earmark the luxury tax savings money towards Corbin, maybe another SP (Happ?), and a few bullpen arms. Maybe a veteran MI (Zobrist?) to help fill Didi's injury void.

But I agree - these long-term expensive contracts are dinosaurs now. I'd only give that kind of deal to Trout and maybe a handful of other players. I think baseball economics will level these out in the next CBA. I can still see the Phillies spending big money this winter - they have about $100M of "play money". But the real value in roster construction these days is from your own internal, home grown prospects making baseball minimum wage for the first 5 or 6 years. Thankfully, the Yanks have been able to develop their own young guys to be able to field a very competitive team while trimming about $100M of payroll fat from their books (and the associated tax with it).
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