The Yankees spend money, we get it

I have to be honest, as a Yankees fan last offseason I liked getting the players, but I knew that they were setting themselves up. Either they win and bought a championship, or they lose and wasted their money TRYING to buy a championship. Then come postseason and they are talking about the core-four (they being the media), and I am thinking alright, well at least I do not have to listen to the buying stuff anymore.

Then come the fans, the bitter ones, that all they want to do is talk about buying championships. Enough already, because it really is getting old, and you need to come with something better than that. Look at the roster, and you will be surprised with what you see. Sure they "bought" C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and M.C (he goes by Mark but I just saw the initials trend going) Teixeira.

Let us go past the core-four though, and look at the rest of the team. Robinson Cano was signed by the Yankees in 2001 and was in their minor league system until being called up in 2005. Joba Chamberlain was drafted by the Yankees at number 41 in the 2006 MLB Draft after a stellar career at Nebraska. Phil Hughes was drafted by the Yankees in the 2004 MLB Draft in the first round. Brett Gardner was drafted by the Yankees in the 2005 MLB Draft in the third round following his junior year of college. In the same draft that they got Joba the Yankees drafted David Robertson in round 17. As was the case with Cano, the Yankees signed Melky Cabrera when he was just 17, back in 2001.

These players, along with the core-four were all homegrown products. They were drafted and signed by the Yankees, and are making their careers with the Yankees. Now, I am not saying that these guys all mean more than the A-Rods, Teixeiras, Sabathias, but they do mean something. The Yankees are paying big time players, but their farm system and scouting is getting them great players too. Enough with the buying of championships.

This list does not even include guys that they brought up through the system and elected to let them leave, i.e. Alfonso Soriano. Yeah you might have heard of him, among others. The Yankees know and evaluate talent as well as any team.

Last time I checked, Pedro, Manny, Ortiz, Schilling, Damon, Lowe, Foulke and others were not coming through the Red Sox farm system.