Clearly you guys don't understand why baseball has a minor league system. And clearly you don't understand why Theo wanted to build ours. I'm gonna try to make this as clear as possible.
Theo sees the Yankees as an old team. He also sees them as our biggest competition in the division. So he had a decision to make ... bring Pedro and Damon back and try to beat the Yankees for 2 or 3 years while those guys are still peaking ... then have to try and unload them, and rebuild. OR let them walk away ... get some high draft picks, and get guys that can help you in a few years, and make the farm system that much stronger. Now, when the Yankees hit that point where there old guys are too old ... we are ready to take over the division with all the guys from that great farm system, and are able to win this division for a decade.
Remember the Yankees started their dynasty in the minor leagues, not by resigning aging players. They haven't won many World Series since they went to that plan.