But this is what I don't understand-- the Yankees went out and signed Tex... However, they traded Soriano for AROD, they traded Jackson for Granderson-- guys like Kearns, Thames and Gardner are getting big hits or making quality plays-- surrounded by guys like Posada, Jeter and Cano, who are homegrown...
Some make it seem as if the Yankees are fielding 100 million dollar all stars at every position... Furthermore, if you look at the first 4 titles for Jeter and company, it was guys like Knoblauch, Brousius, O'Neill, Bernie Williams, Curtis, Tino Martinez etc with a bullpen of Mendoza, Nelson, Lloyd, Stanton and starters of Wells, Cone, Pettite, Hernandez etc..