Rangers Panthers coming up in a few hours Yankees will play game three of their series

against Seattle they've lost back-to-back games against them and how Steinbrenner has said a few things

outside of MLB's headquarters in Midtown.

There were owners meetings and some of these quotes may alarm you.

And I'm just gonna read them, no opinion offered and then we'll talk about it after.

Here we go.

I'm gonna be honest, payrolls at the levels we're at right now are simply not

sustainable for us financially. It wouldn't be sustainable for the vast majority of

ownership groups given the luxury tax that we pay.

We've got a considerable amount of money coming off next season.

We didn't have a considerable amount of money coming off of last season, which is why we're where we're at.

Right now, the Yankees payroll is $305 million.

They've got about $202 already set for next season.

Now we talked about this current team

and more about the payroll.

I have been a broken record on this topic.

I don't believe I should have a 300 million dollar payroll to win a championship. I believe I need a good mix of

veterans who are going to make a lot more money, but also we've put a lot of money into our

player development system in the last five to ten years. And in my opinion, we have one of the better ones in baseball now.

And he talks about some of the young players and as they get ready they're going to continue to get their

chances just like Volpe did, Austin Wells did, Heel did. I believe being younger makes you faster and I also believe

whether I'm right or not it makes you less injury prone. They're going to get their opportunities.

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