Tom Verducci on SI.com had a couple pretty big points about the Texeira deal. One that jumped out at me was that by signing him, the Yankees kept him away from the arch rival Red Sox. That alone is worth something above what the players is otherwise "worth".

lmao.. Verducci is awful. also, what do you mean they kept him away from the Red Sox? The Sox pulled out of this thing as soon as the price went up.. they clearly didn't want to play the game.

The day that Tex signed with the Yankees, the Washington Post reported that he was on the verge of signing with Boston.

That day, I had sent an e-mail to a bunch of my friends with a link to that Washington Post article, and how disappointed I was, because I wanted Tex from the beginning and not only were the Yankees not going to get him (signing AJ fucking Burnett instead), he was going to go to a team in the same division that was already better, talent-wise. Then, 4 or 5 hours later, the Teixeira to the Yankees news broke.

btw, AJ Burnett fucking blows

Also, the Yankees payroll is actually going to go DOWN next season. As of right now, their payroll stands at $186 million. Their opening day payroll was $209 million last season, I believe.

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Oh I know.. RE: payroll, I read that yesterday and I don't know what was more surprising, the fact that it was going down or the fact that they were REALLY overpaying some of those dudes last year..

Anyways, I think it sucks that the Yankees have dealt out four of the five richest contracts in baseball history and the other was A-Rod who they picked up after a few years in..

I think it also sucks that the Yanks can sweep a Carl Pavano mess under the rug whereas a move like that would have killed a smaller market team..

Don't get me wrong, the Red Sox are getting just as bad. Their change in uniforms right before the Holiday was sickening.. an obvious ploy to exploit more cash out of RED SOX NATION~! like Henry and co. don't have enough.

It's one of the main reasons I like football. First, I probably like football as a sport better regardless.. but not that much better.. I love that every team has a shot at winning the Super Bowl after a couple years of sucking. A team like the Royals, Pirates, Brewers, are probably never winning the series and if they do, they'll lose all their players to free agency the following year. The Yanks and Sox are always in the playoffs..

This is coming from a 49ers fan whom watched his team dominate the league with overspending a little more than a decade ago. I still think the salary cap is great for the league and as the Patriots and others have proved.. you can still build a dynasty with great coaching, talent evaluating, etc..

Also, as a Braves fan.. I realize they always had one of the higher payrolls in baseball, but the difference wasn't nearly as outrageous as the difference between the Yanks, Sox, and everyone else..

I'm the only one who thinks it's crap that the Brewers had a zero chance of signing C.C.?