Tanaka -- 7/$155MM

[catman]

Yankees signed the big fish of the off-season.
Comments?
Does this deal make them automatic WS contenders?

[Mach]

WS? Eh. I think they're firmly in the WC race now.

[redsfan28]

All this does is make CC the 2 man in the rotation. Doesn't make them contenders. A bat would.

[Tobywan]

Yankees signed the big off season fish.....blah, blah, blah.....same thing, different day. They took their allowed year off now they're good the next couple decades.

[BuckFoston]

World Series contenders? I don't believe so either.. I think we have a pretty decent shot at making the playoffs but the durability of the team scares me. Should be an interesting season to say the least.

[Tobywan]

If there is one thing I have learned it is that there is nothing that will guarantee a team of being in the post season'

^^^^^ Buck, you of all people should know you can never underestimate the Yankees.

[Slyder]

If there is one thing I have learned it is that there is nothing that will guarantee a team of being in the post season'

^^^^^ Buck, you of all people should know you can never underestimate the Yankees.

we had a thread somewhere that the subject of payrolls and the roll it plays in picking playoff teams.

[Tobywan]

Payroll used to be a huge factor but that has declined especially in recent years.

Here's a good article on it.

Payroll not the factor it used to be