Yankees Stay Away From Big-Name Free Agents, Have Become MLB Model of Fiscal Responsibility

Jose Reyes, C.J. Wilson, Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder all switched teams this offseason. Surprisingly, none of them ended up with the Yankees.

The Bombers have gotten a well-earned reputation as baseball's biggest spenders, but this winter, the Yankees took a more conservative approach to retooling. Their new approach went to even deeper depths when New York sent A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh, ridding themselves of not only a tremendously underachieving pitcher, but also millions of dollars in salary.