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Olney: Yanks to have lower payroll
scottproctorsarm.blogspot.com - 10/2/2008
Olney: Yanks to have lower payroll
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Buster Olney (via MLB Trade Rumors ) says that he heard the Yankees' payroll will be around $180 million next season. That would be a decrease of almost $30 million if true. I'm not sure where he got that number from, but let's examine it. Big money coming off the payroll: Jason Giambi 's $21 ...

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Olney Hears: Yanks Payroll to Be in $180 Million Dollar Range
YanksBlog.com — ESPN.com's Buster Olney says that he's heard that the Yankees payroll will down to the $180 million dollar range in 2009. This would be a drop of about $29 million, according to MLB Trade Rumors . The team has around $75 million in veteran salary coming off of the books, thanks to expiring contracts. Via Andrew .

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