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Brien Taylor: A Yankees Tragedy

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The times they are a-changing. Over the last two years or so, the Yankees have been hoarding draft picks, keeping prospects and trying to trade for young, established players whenever possible. The hope is that they won’t keep throwing money away on free agents, and that they’ll be able to develop their own stars and potentially recreate the “Core Four” (plus Bernie) dynasty from the late 1990s.

Unfortunately, it’s not easy to do what the Yankees did twenty years ago.