Hal Steinbrenner continues to push back on the idea that the Yankees must spend over $300 million to win a championship. The team’s managing partner insists payroll alone doesn’t dictate success, even as the Yankees currently sit around $307 million in total salary liabilities.
“No, the threshold is not the concern to me,” Steinbrenner told The Athletic’s Chris Kirschner. “The concern to me is — I’ve said this till I’m blue in the face, and I had to change my numbers because times have changed from 10 years ago — but we have great people here.