LoL. I love Yankee Haters. For me. I group any of the top 5 salaried teams together as the same. Yankees just do it aliitle better based on getting the New York Benefits.

And do you all hate the New York Mets the same way.

Are you kidding me, the Mets are a joke. At least the Yankees spending money went somewhere, but the Mets, over 100 million, and went nowhere. Over 100 million, and what do they get? No offense and the worst defense you will ever see? To be honest, I don't care much for them, since they are not in the same league.

Ok. I thought you were complining about the total $ spent for the higher salaried teams.

I never said that. For a high market team, spending $100 million is fine, but $200 million is too much. I expect teams like Angels, Dodgers, Red Soxs, Phillies and Yankees to spend $100 million cause of their high attendence and fanbase. I mean, you wouldn't expect teams like Kansas City or Pittsburgh to spend that kind of money. I am just complaining that $200 million is too much.

well there are lots of points other than straight salary...you can also look at how cash is spent....to be fair to the Yankees...

how about the Red Sox paying a 50 Million posting fee for Dice - which I think was 1/3 higher than anyone else.

or the Red Sox dumping players and paying 7 Million for the Dodgers to take Manny. Which they did with Lugo and are trying to do this year with Lowell at 9 Million I heard!

or even back in 2000, when the Red Sox signed Manny for 20 Million at 10 total years with options or the Arod 250/25 Million dollar deals...***** hate to tell you but these deals forced up salaries and made the Yankees #'s go up.

If you'd rather Lee, you're a fool without a clue. Hamels did it for us in 2008, how'd he do in the 2009 postseason? On second thought, don't remind me.

The internet is filled with fools... just look at you!

They're the same age.

Halladay is 1 year older than Lee.

Halladay is a 6 time all star. With 5 Cy Youngs
Since 2002 Halladay had one season with less than 12 wins.

Lee is a 1 time all star. With 2 Cy Youngs
Since 2003 Lee had two seasons with less than 12 wins.

They both have had only 2 seasons with 10+ losses.

How is Halladay NOT an upgrade?

If the rotation stays consistent throughout the year, then the Angels do have a chance. Seattle may give us a run for our money this time. Our offense/defense looks great (1B Morales, 2B Kendrick/Izturis, 3B Brandon Wood/Izturis, SS Aybar/Izturis, C Napoli/Mathis, RF Abreu, LF Hunter, LF Rivera, and DH Matsui), and rotation has alot of depth, with Weaver, Saunders, E. Santana, Kazmir all being #2 starters, and the 5th spot will go to Matt Palmer if we don't sign another arm (after all, he did get an 11-2 record with a 3.93 ERA in his rookie year), while in the BP, we still have young arms Bulger and Jespen (with his 90mph slider), closer Fuentes, and Scot Shields will return if he is healthy. We just need to be consistent the whole year.

Heard the Lowell trade to Texas which I guess made sense for Texas with the $ Boston was going to send with Lowell.

But why doesn't Texas go after Vlad G for a 2 year deal as a DH.

I thought the trade was nixed cause of Lowell's injury.

That is what I have been saying about Vlad that the most logical place for him to go is Texas.

Oh God! The Yankees traded for Vazquez. That is just stupid in every way imaginable

The Angels needed a bullpen, and they got one. They just signed Fernando Rodney to a 2 year $11 million deal. That will boost the setup man role, and emercency closer role if Fuentes flops. Along with Bulger, Jespen and Shields, we have lots of options for the 8th inning man.