The New York Yankees should be spending more of their money, according to one MLB insider. ESPN reporter Jeff Passan joined The Michael Kay Show and ripped the Yankees' lack of spending this offseason.
New York keeps letting infielders fly off the market, and their penny-pinching owner is to blame.
Williams explained the saga, which goes back about 17 years, in precise detail on the “Diggin' Deep” podcast with ex-MLB player Eric Hosmer. It was a learning moment for Williams — and one that required him to stand up for himself and make a bold move to keep him with the Yankees.
The CBT has increasingly become an issue for Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner. As it stands, the Yankees are a fourth-time CBT payor and expected to pay north of $43 million in luxury tax, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts.
Yankees chairman Hal Steinbrenner responded to the Dodgers' run of recent signings, which has pushed them up to a projected 2025 payroll upwards of $375 million, in an interview with YES Network's Meredith Marakovits. His answer was something you'd expect to hear from a small-market team, rather than baseball's financial titan of the past century.
It seems like the New York Yankees are done making big moves this offseason. However, one notable MLB insider is
But Kahnle won’t be hyping up the Yankees fans in the Bronx this season. The veteran right-hander agreed to a one-year, $7.75 million deal with the Detroit Tigers on Jan. 29.
Concern is mounting about a potential MLB work stoppage following the 2026 season, largely due to the Los Angeles Dodgers' massive spending.
A YES spokesman confirmed the network has no plans to simulcast ESPN New York’s new afternoon drive time show, “Don, Hahn and Rosenberg.” That show, with Alan Hahn replacing Michael Kay alongside Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg, premiered on Jan. 6 without a simulcast deal.
The reigning World Series champs have assembled a superstar-studded roster, but the job is not finished. What’s left is to make Roberts the richest manager in major league history.