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Illogical that In the winter of 2016, Yankees signed Aroldis Chapman to a five-year, $86 million contract, but in 2024 could not come up with another $9 million to sign Josh Hader. More absurd that the original five year contract was extended by another year for an additional $18 million following the 2019 season.

Yankees could have used some of the $300 million budgeted for Yoshinobu Yamamoto to sign Hader and still had around $200 million in the bank.

https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/aroldis-chapman-signing-with-royals-after-ugly-yankees-ending/