Do you have prove for that, any examples? When was the last time they made a high profile signings that worked out well? Story? Yoshida? Giolito? You can say in the case of the latter it was bad luck, because the guys was never injured before, but he was only the second or third option during last winter when they actually wanted Lugo, but weren't willing to do what it took to get him and lost him to Kansas City (!).
When they signed Story, they settled on the 4th - 5th best option and took what was left on the market.
I am far from liking that Fried contract. And I won't like the Burnes one either. But at least the Yankees immediately went out after striking out on Soto and got their guy. They re-shifted their focus and went on to get their guy. Now some may laughing about how overpaid Fried is and how the Yanks are going to be in trouble soon with all these expensive contracts, but in reality I am still waiting for that to happen. And in 3-4 years, nobody cares about contracts from 2024, because the revenue will have gone up even more and you have to overpay for pitchers even more. What's the point?
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