The Yankees are known for spending the big bucks when it comes to signing well, anyone. And now they have struck again, by signing Brett Gardner to an extension which will take effect next season. The extension is for 4 years and $52 million dollars, which is $13 million per year. After the 2012 season, Brett Gardner was asking for an extension, so Brian Cashman (Yankees General Manager) asked Brett Gardner to wait a few years and he promises to get him a great contract, and Cashman kept his promise.

Gardner is only one of the many players the Yankees have signed this offseason, as the franchise went on another spending spree. And compared to the spending spree in 2009, that was nothing. In the 2008-2009 offseason, the Yanks spent $402 million on CC Sabathia, A.J Burnett, and Mark Teixeira. Plus the $1.6 billion that it cost to build a new stadium that the Yankees moved to in 2009. That personal record that the Yanks spent on players was shattered as they spent nearly $550 million dollars this offseason on 4 key free-agents. That’s enough money to buy the White House with still over $200 million left over! And even though it burns a whole in their pockets, the Yankees still find a way to win as they have made the playoffs 17 times in the past 19 seasons.