The All-Bargain MLB Starting Nine: For Less Than $5 Million

In the state of today's economy in relation to baseball, many teams cannot afford to spend the endless dollars that the Yankees and other teams continue to throw at players. However, in this decade and actually this century the Yankees have only won one World Series, which was the actual year 2000. Teams like the Angels, Marlins, and Phillies have shown that building a team from within and using your farm system as a useful tool in avoiding trades and high priced free agents can be successful and result in a championship. Now in 2009 as we come to the ladder end of the decade the Yankees are falling back fast in the American League East. Even after signing Sabathia and Burnett to over $200 million combined this past off season, the Yankees pitching has been nothing short of average. ...

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