Hal Steinbrenner was asked if the Yankees are trying to get under the $310 million luxury tax threshold:
"I would say no. The threshold is not the concern to me. The concern to me is, I've said this till I'm blue in the face. I had to change my numbers because times have changed from 10 years ago, but we have great people here. We have a good player development system, good young players that have come up - the Volpes and the Wells, Gil, and that will continue to come up. Should I really need a $300-plus million payroll to win a championship? Does having a huge payroll really increase my chances that much of winning a championship? I'm not sure there's a strong correlation there. Having said that, we're the New York Yankees. We know what our fans expect. We're always going to be among the highest in payroll. That's not going to change, and certainly didn't change this year. We're right there."
(via @BryanHoch)