Hal Steinbrenner will not be naming the value of his 2026 payroll.
However the Yankees’ proprietor insists he isn’t set on reducing the quantity from the $319 million at which his membership completed this 12 months, one other season passed by with out profitable a World Collection.
“Wouldn’t it be perfect if I went down [with the payroll]? In fact,” Steinbrenner stated on a Zoom name Monday. “However does that imply that’s going to occur? In fact not. We wish to subject a workforce we all know we consider may win a championship.”
Steinbrenner has stated up to now {that a} payroll of $300-plus million was “unsustainable” and that it shouldn’t take a $300 million payroll to win a championship. In fact, he used to say the identical factor a couple of $220 million payroll.
However within the early phases of the offseason, as basic supervisor Brian Cashman tries to construct a roster that may lastly seize the Yankees’ first title since 2009, they’re already at roughly $278 million (for luxurious tax functions) for his or her 2026 payroll, per Cot’s Contracts.
And if they’re able to re-sign Cody Bellinger, which is their high precedence, that quantity would vault over $300 million with out additional adjustments to the roster.
“We will discuss earlier than [Cashman] goes into winter conferences a couple of vary, however as a result of it’s a fluid scenario, that vary can go bye bye in two seconds if there’s a deal that arises that I really feel could be very useful to some space of want that we have now,” Steinbrenner stated in his first feedback since February. “So it’s laborious to offer you a quantity, that’s what I’m attempting to say. It’s a special deal.”
