http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2009/11/iwamura-and-chavez/ Economic Thinking about Baseball Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2009/11/iwamura-and-chavez/comment-page-1/#comment-106813 Marc Schneider Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:41:07 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/?p=2018#comment-106813 Seems to me that this is an example of how different a team like Tampa Bay has to operate from the Yankees. I can imagine the Yankees keeping Iwamura because they can afford to absorb the cost. And it might have paid off if they had an injury or poor performance from a starter. Tampa Bay can't do this; they can't maintain the depth that the Yankees have. I understand that there is some resistence to saying the Yankees win because of their money, but it seems to me that this is at least an example of how their money gives them an edge. Seems to me that this is an example of how different a team like Tampa Bay has to operate from the Yankees. I can imagine the Yankees keeping Iwamura because they can afford to absorb the cost. And it might have paid off if they had an injury or poor performance from a starter. Tampa Bay can’t do this; they can’t maintain the depth that the Yankees have. I understand that there is some resistence to saying the Yankees win because of their money, but it seems to me that this is at least an example of how their money gives them an edge.

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