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Steinbrenner has spent money, bringing in Max Fried and Carlos Rodon in recent years, meeting Aaron Judge’s demands, letting Cashman pick up Cody Bellinger for merely a willingness to pay Cody Bellinger’s salary. He has a stopping point, though, and that stopping point becomes an issue when the Yankees don’t have a third baseman for three months, or their first baseman is a bargain-bin pickup in his decline phase, or an injury stack puts Carlos Carrasco into the rotation.
The Yankees lost two starting pitchers in March and another in June, their DH missed three months, and they’re going to be in the playoffs. It’s time to stop comparing them to teams from a quarter-century ago, but if you’re going to do so, make the right comp: The biggest difference is in the owner’s box.
