Hal Steinbrenner: \'Difficult\' To Keep Up With Dodgers\' Spending

[RealGM Wiretap]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are outspending all their MLB rivals, including the New York Yankees, at a pace that is tough to keep up with.

“It’s difficult for most of us owners to be able to do the kind of things that they’re doing,” Hal Steinbrenner told the YES Network’s Meredith Marakovits on “Yankees Hot Stove,” which aired Tuesday night.

The Yankees were valued at $7.55 billion by Forbes last March, ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers at $5.45 billion.

The Dodgers have MLB’s biggest projected luxury tax payroll at $376.4 million, according to Cot’s Contracts. The Philadelphia Phillies sit second at $307.8 million and the Yankees third at $302.9 million.

“Now, we’ll see if it pays off,” Steinbrenner said. “They still have to have a season relatively injury-free for it to work out for them, and it’s a long season, as you know, and once you get to the postseason, anything can happen. We’ve seen that time and time again. We’ll see who’s there at the end.”

Via Brendan Kuty, Chris Kirschner/The Athletic

[niha17]

Hal needs to relax. You have the most famous hat in baseball you can afford it. I know how much your tickets cost. Stop trying to BS everyone

[moocow007]

Wait...did he really say that the Dodgers still have to prove it? The Dodgers won the WS against them. In fact they basically embarrassed his own team (and I say that as a Yankees fan). What more proof does Hal want? An even bigger embarrassing series defeat? Having all their teeth completely kicked in rather just the front two teeth? What? Your team is valued 2 billion higher and brought in more money last season than the Dodgers did. You are paying a fortune to your 2 best players (Judge and Cole) who has only a couple seasons of their prime left. And you want to still not spend too much? Go and freaking sign Bregman you buffoon!