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Jumping Through Loops: How the Yankees (or Any Team) Can Exploit the CBA to Avoid the Luxury Tax

Posted in Baseball, CBA, Free Agents, Yankees on February 27, 2018 | Leave a Comment »

Baseball has a timeless tradition of unwritten rules, but this off season, a new law has been added: “Thou shalt not exceed the luxury tax threshold”. Because of the escalating surcharges in the current competitive balance tax (CBT) scheme, avoiding the penalty has become a priority for every team, even the game’s biggest spenders. However, […]

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Does MLB’s Smoldering Hot Stove Signal a Spending Pause or Financial Paradigm Shift?

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, CBA on January 17, 2018 | 2 Comments »

Who pulled the plug on baseball’s hot stove? With so many prominent free agents still out in the cold, theories as to why have become more common than news of a big name signing. Some have even whispered “collusion”, while others have suggested the game is in the midst of a fundamental financial shift attributed, […]

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With Business Booming, Is Yankees Plan To Cut Payroll a Bust?

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, CBA, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Yankees on December 20, 2017 | 2 Comments »

Major League Baseball has released official final payrolls along with the average annual value calculations used to determine the luxury tax, and once again, the Yankees sit near the top of each list. With a payroll of just over $208 million and tax bill approaching $16 million, the Bronx Bombers look like big spenders, but […]

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Dodgers, Yankees Cut Back But Remain Baseball’s Top Spenders; As Big Markets Seek to Avoid Luxury Tax, Payrolls Rise for Most Teams

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, CBA, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees on December 20, 2017 | 2 Comments »

The Dodgers came within one game of winning the World Series, but they didn’t fall short in the final MLB payroll rankings. For the fourth straight year, Los Angeles led all teams with nearly $247 million spent on players, widening its lead over the Yankees as the sport’s top spender. 2017 Final MLB Payrolls Note: […]

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How Giancarlo Stanton Could Help Yankees Avoid Paying Luxury Tax

Posted in Baseball, Brian Cashman, Business and Finance, CBA, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on December 10, 2017 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees began the off season trumpeting their intention to fall below the luxury tax threshold for the first time. With a superstar free agent class looming in 2018, avoiding the tax and resetting the penalty from 50% to 20% was deemed an economic imperative. So, what did Brian Cashman do? He traded for the […]

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Tanaka Opts In, Kicks Off Yankees Budget Conscious Winter Plan

Posted in Baseball, Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner, Hot Stove, Roster Analysis, Yankees on November 4, 2017 | Leave a Comment »

Masahiro Tanaka has decided to remain with the Yankees, and, in the process, confined the Bronx Bombers’ off season plans to a tight budget. Tanaka’s decision was a linchpin because of the important role he fills in the Yankees’ rotation and the $22 million he gets paid to do it. Because of Hal Steinbrenner’s stated […]

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2017 MLB Post Season Long/Small Ball Meter and Innings Tracker

Posted in Baseball, Post Season on October 5, 2017 | 3 Comments »

All data is final as of November 2, 2017. One of baseball’s most often repeated axioms states that, although home runs work just fine in the regular season, once the calendar turns to October, small ball becomes a more effective method for scoring runs. This mantra is proclaimed with such certainty that all who hear […]

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