In Reply to: Not Even Close. posted by NYBruin on November 04, 2025 at 16:17:34
Like 14 of the past 20 years the Yankees have had the highest payroll. Many of those 14 years have been in the past 13 years. So, lot's of years where the Yanks payroll was highest, but Dodgers were prohibitive favorites. The Yankees manipulated the system to the best of their ability.
The Dodgers are doing it better. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
As I said a couple of weeks ago - the Betts contract seems very Pujolian to me. The Dod's will probably be paying the price for these Championships for a decade to come. But, like I said, no one has hates the Yankees for doing their best to game the system.