Wow. Now the Yankees are throwing $180 million at Mark Teixiera to fill their hole at first base and make their roster a little more top-heavy with high-salaried players. Check out what some key Yankees are making next season:
Alex Rodriguez — $32 million
Mark Teixeira — $25 million, counting a signing bonus
C.C. Sabathia — $23 million, counting three "signing bonus" checks that will be paid in full by next July
Derek Jeter — $20 million
A.J. Burnett — $16.5 million
Mariano Rivera — $15 million
Jorge Posada — $13.1 million
Johnny Damon — $13 million
Hideki Matsui — $13 million
Robinson Cano — $6 million
Nick Swisher — $5.3 million
That's a total of nearly $182 million on 11 players, less than half of the 25-man roster. It is still more than every other team payroll in the major leagues and $40 million more than last season's combined opening-day payrolls for Tampa Bay and Philadelphia, the eventual World Series entries.
And this is a franchise that wanted public funding for a new Yankee Stadium and actually wanted Milwaukee, Sabathia's former team, to cough up some money for Mark Cameron's contract if the two teams had reached an agreement on a trade.
Gee, no wonder everyone hates the Yankees.
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