The Web . NFL Scores Col. Sports W Col. More Sports Baseball-min. System overview It is easy to hate the Yankees.
Money oozes out of their pores.
The key players on the major league roster were either developed by the farm system, or were acquired in trades for farm system products. This is no longer a franchise built on the big-name free agent. On the other hand, the franchise is one of the pioneers in international scouting, willing and able to open the pocketbooks to promising talent from Latin America, or elsewhere. This is a cost-effective approach, certainly more productive than signing mediocre major league free agents, as the Yankees used to do, and as most teams still do. Yankees personnel are also aware of the importance of on-base percentage, far more than most clubs.