Same old Yankees

If were are to believe everything that we hear and read, the New York Yankees are preparing to extend offers to CC Sabathia, Derek Lowe, A.J. Burnett, and Mark Teixeira. And don't forget that they're interested in trading for Jake Peavy. I could easily be wrong about this, but I thought the Yankees were planning on building from within and use the young players in their farm system to push them into the the playoffs. It seems as if that plan has been put out to pasture.

Let's face it, the Yankees will never use players from their farm system as the foundation of their team. They will never allow themselves to put their fate in the hands of their young players. Besides Robinson Cano, it's hard to think of a player the Yankees have developed in the past 5 seasons. Instead, the Yankees will outbid every other team in free agency and get their players that way. Now, I don't want to imply that building from within is better than going through free agency. It works for some teams more than others.

As much as I dislike the Boston Red Sox, I give them a lot of credit for the number of players that they have on their current roster that came up through the system. Lester, Papelbon, Youkilis, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Lowrie, Masterson, Buchholz, and Delcarmen were all Red Sox farmhands and they all contributed to this seasons team. And these are the players that will keep the Red Sox near the top for the next 5 seasons. The Yankees will continue to buy their team and in the process will be passed by not only the Red Sox, but as this season just showed, Tampa Bay. If the Yankees want to go back to the good old days, they have to realize that they can't buy championships anymore.