I read somewhere that between NYC and NY state taxes, you'd have to take off another 10% off a Yankee salary. 10% of 161 million is 16.1 million. So if that's true, then the deals, in terms of real money, look more like this:
Yankees - Rangers
5/112.5 - 5/100
6/129.6 - 6/120
7/144.9 - 7/140
I'm assuming Texas didn't bump up the AAV. So if you're trying to decide between NY and Texas, and the price difference is $4.9 million in real dollars, is that amount enough to sway Lee?
It's a lot closer than people think.