Today is the last day to offer arbitration to free agents. Offering arbitration does a few important things. 1) It can get you a player on a one year deal who you wouldn’t necessarily want for more than that. While free agents don’t usually accept arbitration they sometimes do if the market seems stale (see: [...]
Archive of posts tagged free agency
Oh God It's December 2003 Again
Pettitte, 36, has spoken more than once with his former manager, Joe Torre, about joining the Dodgers, according to major-league sources. … His first choice is to stay with the Yankees. The Yankees say they want him back. But at the moment, the Yankees are focused on the top free-agent starting pitchers — CC Sabathia, [...]
This Is Insanity (The Bad Kind)
George King, noted crazy man and reporter for the New York Post, published his on one of his off season roundups: The Yankees New York Yankees , for the second time inside a week, are on the verge of making an eye-popping offer to a free-agent pitcher and behaving like the days when The Boss [...]
Countdown to Free Agency
From Joel Sherman: All things being equal, Sabathia wants to go home to California and play in the NL, where he can hit. But as a friend of Sabathia’s said yesterday, “he is mature enough and realistic enough to know that the Yankees might not make it close. And if it is not close – [...]
Why Would You Do This?
According to Impacto Deportivo, the Yankees have agreed to terms with LHP Damaso Marte on a three-year, $12 million contract. There’s nothing about this in English language papers but I saw this on RotoWorld. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why Cashman would do this. Three years? I thought the Yankees learned [...]
Another Andy Update
Looks like the multi-year contract want thing has been blown out of proportion (surprise!), and from what is being reported after actually speaking to the relevant parties Andy is just waiting to hear back from the team. From Ed Price: Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters at the GM meetings this week that “Andy [...]
Off Season Round-Up: Wave Two
What’s brewing today in the crazy world of General Managers meetings and attempts to create plausible off season rumors? Starting us off, Mark Feinsand says that the Yankees chances to get San Diego’s Jake Peavy are getting better and better. The Yankees could put together a package built around Phil Hughes and Austin Jackson, according [...]
Andy Update — Cashman Speaks!
From the AP, via ESPN: New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman wants pitcher Andy Pettitte to stay with the team for the 2009 season. The 36-year-old left-hander said near the end of the season that he’d likely want to remain with the Yankees, and he confirmed that decision Tuesday in an interview with KRIV [...]
Rounding Up Today's Crazy Talk
It’s the offseason and nobody has anything to talk about in the media. Luckily, the General Managers meetings are going on which means it’s time for reporters to float ridiculous ideas around. From Jon Heyman: The Yankees are exploring a possible bid for free-agent second baseman Orlando Hudson, and are intrigued enough by Hudson’s talent [...]
Keith Law's Projected Free Agent Types
From ESPN’s Free Agent Tracker, these are slightly different than the ones from Detroit Tigers Thoughts (who were pretty spot on!). Anyway, here’s where the Yankees Free Agents stand: Type A Type B Bobby Abreu (OF) Ivan Rodriguez (C) Damaso Marte (LHP) Here’s my thoughts: Bobby Abreu The Yankees will offer him arbitration, and if [...]
