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I think it's kinda fucked up that the Yanks are able to spend $200M, but it doesn't guarantee a WS. The only thing it guarantees is that they have to put in a lot of money toward revenue sharing.
Any team can compete, they just get stuck in bad situations because they didn't keep the right players or signed players to stupid contracts. I think that it's far worse for the Brewers to be spending only $10M of thier own money on a $30M payroll than it is for the Yanks to spend $200M of their money plus whatever the RS money will be.
With $20M extra, they could have got some really great players:
Miguel Batista SP 3 years, $13.1M (average of $4.37M/yr)
Travis Lee 1b 1 year, $2.25M
Todd Walker 2B 1 year, $1.75M
Raul Mondesi OF 1 year, $1.75M
Jay Payton OF 2 years, $5.5M (avg $2.75M/yr)
Jeff Nelson RP 1 year, $1.5M
Eddie Guardado CL 3 years, $13M (avg $4.33)
That comes to only $18.71M. Teams can compete with small budgets. They just need to make smart signings.
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