hey, after '03 they traded for a-rod, javier vazquez and signed lofton. after '09 they signed granderson, nick johnson, randy winn, and re-signed pettitte. '11: sabathia, garcia, kuroda, pineda. '14: wilson, miller, eovaldi, gregorius. '15: chapman, castro, hicks, green. '16: holliday, chapman again, carter.

so i think the yankees respond big whenever the red sox, marlins, yankees, cardinals, royals, cubs win, and sometimes when the giants win too. more seriously, i think your post is wrong, and even if i didn't, presenting only the offseasons in question and nothing about what they did in any other year is a pretty bad way to present a point.