Buy: The Yankees.  Baseball’s two best teams met in the World Series for the first time in a long time, and the best team won.  We continue to be astounded by the brilliance of Mariano Rivera.  It’s well beyond words at this point.

Sell: Chemistry as the main factor [...]]]>

WHAT WE'D BUY...IF WE HAD ANY MONEY

Buy: The Yankees.  Baseball’s two best teams met in the World Series for the first time in a long time, and the best team won.  We continue to be astounded by the brilliance of Mariano Rivera.  It’s well beyond words at this point.

Sell: Chemistry as the main factor for the Yankees return to the top.  It played a big role, sure, but they got big pitching performances when they needed them throughout the postseason.  The importance of AJ Burnett’s lights-out performance in Game 2 against the Phillies can’t be understated.

Buy: Regardless of what happens from now until their contracts run out, the signings of CC, AJ and Tex should always be considered a success.  We don’t buy into the Steinbrenner Doctrine’s win or failure policy.  Their signings led to a championship.  That’s enough for us to consider them successful.

Buy: Joe Girardi.  Driving home just hours after managing the Yankees to a world championship, Girardi stopped to help a car crash victim. Pretty cool story.

Sell: World Series MVP Hideki Matsui playing in the majors next year. He can’t play the field anymore, and he’ll get more money from teams in Japan. What better way to head back to Tokyo than with a shiny new ring and an MVP trophy.

Sell: The Yankees signing free agent OF Matt Holliday. He’s 29, a 3-time All-Star, and plays hard every day.  But the Yankees still have a lot of years left on big contracts. A-Rod (8). Tex (7). Sabathia (6). Burnett (4). And an extension for Jeter after next season.  They’ll want flexibility.  So bet on them signing a vet (maybe Damon) for a year while grooming top prospect Austin Jackson.  And if that doesn’t work, they’ll make a splash in free agency a year or 2 from now.