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Them Braves better get that big offer for Greinke ready.....Texas has already come a'knockin.
Let the Greinke sweepstakes begin??
Dammit...
Yuck the Fankees
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*sigh* I will believe it when I see him signed but this is not good news :(... tho maybe it gets the Peavy talks going again :p
lol yay for the Yankeees!
Next for the Yankees:
Ben Sheets (I Hope)
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slu...v=st&type=lgns
Yep, Hank is going back to the old ways, busting the bank. Sore loser.
None of these moves bother me as a Yankee-Hater.
Sabathia--that was an obvious deal. Can't sweat that one
Burnett--will not survive 5 years without breaking down
I think they'll try to re-sign Andy Pettitte now, instead of Sheets.
I hope they go after Tex and Manny too.
I dunno...Tex is probably a good signing...I like him to the Nats
I wouldn't be surprised if they did, but I'm glad they realize that pitching needs to be their priority. How much money came off the books this offseason? $80 mil or something? And they're moving into the new state-of-the-art stadium? Either way, that's a big shopping spree just in time for the holidays.
wonder if Tex gets an opt out clause as well.
Yea, I don't think they need a third huge free agent starter.Quote:
Originally Posted by BINGLEBOP
Especially one that spent a portion of his starts in the NL Central pitching against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pettitte is game-tested against the AL East and for what they were thinking of offering Sheets (2 years or so), they could re-sign Pettitte probably.
I;m thinking Andy as well because he is not for long term. you now have 3 long term guys (including Wang) and dont forget Joba. I dont see another starter fore more than 2 years.
I think they wnat to make sure they are not locked in in 203 years to deals if they dont work out
True... and hopefully by that time, Phil Hughes and/or Ian Kennedy will be ready to hold down SOME spot in the rotation.
Exactly
Yeah. I don't get why he is using his resources to try to improve his team. How dare he do that! I am outraged. Sore loser! Idiot! Overrated! Moneybags!Quote:
Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies
Now I am a fan of this signing. Burnett proved that he can compete in the AL East, and has electric stuff.
Sabathia
Wang
Burnett
Chamberlain/Hughes
Pettitte/Hughes
I am a fan of that rotation
Now hopefully we can sign a Manny Ramirez, or atleast an Adam Dunn to protect Rodriguez. In that case, we can trade Hideki Matsui for an average prospect or two
1. Damon-LF
2. Jeter-SS
3. Rodriguez-3B
4. Ramirez/Dunn-DH
5. Swisher-1B
6. Cano-2B
7. Posada-C
8. Nady-RF
9. Cabrera/Gardner-CF
Pretty nice lineup there
I'd also like to see us sign Kotsay as a good bench bat
Matsui has a no-trade
It's not even like Burnett is all that good... I don't get all the hype for him
yea Matsuio is going NOWHERE... plus it will hurt them with the imports as well
100% irrelevantQuote:
Originally Posted by BINGLEBOP
Pettite hasn't had a good year since 2005...you know, back when he was pitching in that very same division as Sheets. Pettite isn't "game tested against the AL East." He's a decent pitcher, but FAR from the level of Sheets (when healthy). Since money is clearly no object to the Yanks...Sheets is without a doubt the way to go unless they are concerned with his durability. That's the only negative as far as Sheets goes.
Doesn't mean he won't waive it.Quote:
Originally Posted by filihok
Even if he wouldn't waive it, I'd look to trade someone else(Nady possibly? Damon?) to make room for a power hitter. Our lineup is pretty average without another 30+ home run guy in it
I think Damon would be better to move
Thank you for informing us of the future. It must be nice to be able to see into itQuote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
Power stuff, proven in AL East?Quote:
Originally Posted by metsguy234
:rolleyes::pQuote:
Originally Posted by defense
Burnett is a better than average pitcher who has the ability to be outstanding.
I don't think he's worth $82 million, given averaging 173 innings over the last 3 years, but the Yankees and I value money differently
That really isn't true. We had 88 million dollars of salary off the books this offseason. Thus we had money to spend. But I've read articles saying the Yankees front office is looking to lower the team payroll a bit from the 2008 season, so one can assume they won't go over the 2008 payroll. So at most, they have 88 million in total to spend. And assuming the Sabathia and Burnett deals are distributed evenly over the years, they've already spent 39.5 million of it. If Pettitte resigns for 10 million, you can take it up to 50 million already spent. And since we probably need a power bat, you can add another 15-20 million to that. And with them wanting to trim payroll a bit, I think that is all you will see from the Yankees. We have one big signing left in us. Not like we can sign all of the amazing free agents who are leftQuote:
Originally Posted by KowboyKoop
Totally agree with you here. In two of the past three years in the AL East(probably the TOUGHEST hitting division in the league), he has had an ERA below 4. And the other year, his ERA was just a hair above 4. He has also averaged above 1k/ip for the past two seasons. Not only that, but contrary to the popular "he is too injured" belief, he has pitched over 200 innings in 2 of the past 4 seasons. And has pitched atleast 165 innings in 3 of the past 4 seasons. I am not saying he isn't an injury risk, but he isn't near a player like Carl Pavano in injuries, eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by filihok
I still find it far too convenient that the seasons AJ actually puts in a full workload are the seasons when there's money on the line. Every OTHER year, he constantly says his elbow's tight. Enjoy those 20 starts a year, Yanks!
Giving a fifth year to Burnett, getting in a bidding war with themselves with Sabathia....ahhh, the Yankees. :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by defense
I'm not faulting the Yanks for anything, but come on...money is CLEARLY not an object to them relative to the rest of the league.
In retrospect, I'm happy that he went to the Yankees and not to Atlanta. We only have to face him a couple of times now.
Yeah, true dat. I swear I'm never going to listen to a Steinbrenner again. Late last year Hank said publicly that his goal was going to be to get the Yankees to lower their obligations under the Luxury tax. And I took him at his word.Quote:
Originally Posted by KowboyKoop
FAIL.
That isn't trueQuote:
Originally Posted by KowboyKoop
They basically said that they AREN'T going to go above last year's team payroll amount. They lost 88 million dollars this year, so they aren't going to spend more than 88 million dollars this year.
Include Swisher, Sabathia, Pettitte's probable 10 million dollars, the backloaded contracts which increase this year(Rodriguez's increases 5 million this year, Cano's by 3 million), and the increases Wang, Nady, and Bruney will get in abritration, and that's atleast 65 million of that 88 million already spent. Let's say we get Cameron. Add 10 million, and that means we will only have 13 million left to spend at most
It isn't like we have unlimited funds. We aren't going over last year's payroll, and we've already spent a lot of our spending money
LOL?Quote:
Originally Posted by OldFatGuy
Lost 88 million. Only spent approximately 65 million so far with the potential 10 million to Pettitte?
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Originally Posted by defense
Who cares if they aren't going over last year's payroll. It is still going to be monstrous compared to the rest of the league. Thus, to them, money clearly isn't a factor in most of their decisions. You trying to argue that the Yanks are somehow being careful financially b/c they are "only" offering gigantic money to Sabathia, Burnett, probably Texiera and Manny and maybe Sheets, but that's it...come on, you sound like a crazy person.
I don't know why you are getting so defensive about somebody saying that money is no object to the Yanks compared to the rest of the league. This is probably why there are so many people that hate the Yankees AND their fans.....
These moves dont bother me either, I love seeing the Yanks choke in the playoffs anyway, not as fun as if they dont make it.Quote:
Originally Posted by filihok