YANKEES AND DODGERS STRUGGLE AS PAYROLL OFFERS NO WINNING GUARANTEES

By Barry Bloom

The New York Yankees have invested $2.35 billion in player contracts since they last won the World Series in 2009, including $200.5 million this season as they struggle to overcome a slow start. At 20-16, they currently own Major League Baseball’s eighth-best record after a pair of narrow wins the last two nights at Tampa Bay, and as the sport nears the quarter pole of its 162-game campaign. Meanwhile,  the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are trying to repeat as World Series champions, were tied on Wednesday with two other teams for the 11th-best record in MLB at 20-17.

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