PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Baby Bombers mean a lower payroll but higher expectations for the New York Yankees.
Owner Hal Steinbrenner believes the Yankees’ youth movement will pay off this season, and not just with a reduction in spending. He anticipates an abundance of precocious talent will return the Yankees to the postseason.
“I always think I have a playoff team,” Steinbrenner said Thursday at Major League Baseball’s owners’ meetings. “A lot of things have to go right. I get it. But I think the potential is there if things do.”
New York missed the playoffs last year for the third time in the past four seasons.