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Post by inger on Nov 6, 2018 13:44:34 GMT -5
I’d be happy replace the defense with all the bats we have...Replacing the entirety of his skill set would require an expensive long-term commitment unless someone we don’t know about wouod be available as a rental... Give me Adeiny, and I’d be good with it...
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Post by yankees89 on Nov 6, 2018 19:30:21 GMT -5
CC back on a 1 year, 8 million dollar deal
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Post by inger on Nov 6, 2018 19:38:33 GMT -5
CC back on a 1 year, 8 million dollar deal Good. I was against it originally, but the stats say he still provides value, especially at 8M. I do too by the way, if any agents out there would like find me a taker for that price. Heck, I’d even throw left-handed if it improved my chances... |
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Post by domeplease on Nov 7, 2018 8:40:03 GMT -5
Since, WE have resigned the Aging Retread CC...
I too have declared myself a Free Agent and am willing to meet/talk with the Yankees about a 2-year deal.
I am capable of playing 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, all Outfield Positions and capable of being a Short Relief Pitcher.
All positions, I played rather well as a Youth.
Signing Do Me would have benefits:
1. Attract more Senior Citizen Fans to games 2. Attract more Women to games (I can work magic with women) 3. I would make a great DH plus an all-around Utility Player. 4. I would have a very Positive Clubhouse Influence = With my high energy levels, my passion & motivation, etc. 5. Plus, they get Tequila in the Clubhouse/Bench; shouting/screaming out: "Go, Go, Yankees" 6. Tequila would attract more YOUTH to the games = Which baseball desperately needs. 7. Finally, the Fans would love it when they all shout out = "FORM A BOX; Hold, Hold, Hold the Box.." in the Late Innings.
Looking at the above benefits, I think my PRICE just went up. |
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Post by greatfatness on Nov 7, 2018 11:34:53 GMT -5
Nats offered Harper $300m and were turned down.
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Post by inger on Nov 7, 2018 11:45:36 GMT -5
Offer to Harper:
Dear Mr. Harper,
The Yankees are willing to offer you a 30-year contract at $45M per year with a player opt out every game. If we fail to kiss your ass in Macy's Window on any day of the year you will automatically become a free-agent once again, but we will still pay you for the remaining time on the 30 year deal as that will be guaranteed. Please, pretty please come to NY and play your baseball. We are also offering your first born son a matching contract from the date of his birth forward.
Love,
The Steinbrenner Lads...
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Post by inger on Nov 7, 2018 18:51:02 GMT -5
I’m still simply amazed that any team will offer an athlete a ten year deal...anything more than a year is silly when you realize they could be injured at any moment or simply lose their batting stroke as so many do...It is what it is...I know...but still amazing...The Reserve Clause was the smartest thing EVER, but that was what it was...
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 7, 2018 20:03:04 GMT -5
I’m still simply amazed that any team will offer an athlete a ten year deal...anything more than a year is silly when you realize they could be injured at any moment or simply lose their batting stroke as so many do...It is what it is...I know...but still amazing...The Reserve Clause was the smartest thing EVER, but that was what it was... I agree with you but at his young age, Harper will probably get at least ten years. |
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Post by inger on Nov 7, 2018 20:15:30 GMT -5
I’m still simply amazed that any team will offer an athlete a ten year deal...anything more than a year is silly when you realize they could be injured at any moment or simply lose their batting stroke as so many do...It is what it is...I know...but still amazing...The Reserve Clause was the smartest thing EVER, but that was what it was... I agree with you but at his young age, Harper will probably get at least ten years. Yep, maybe 12... |
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Post by Blue Marlin on Nov 7, 2018 23:19:18 GMT -5
I agree with you but at his young age, Harper will probably get at least ten years. Yep, maybe 12... And ten years from now, there will be another dozen players with $30mil+ annual contracts--or more. And Harper could be a 35/100 player at 36 years old, as surgery improves and more and more players are staying in game shape well into their 30s. He'll get--but he also might earn--his money. HOW much is Zach Greinke getting paid at age 35, 36, 37? |
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Post by inger on Nov 7, 2018 23:45:33 GMT -5
It’s a twin-edged sword it seems now. Players are not indulging in steroids as commonly as before, which has meant we’ve seen a step backward in career length for hitters. (By backwards, I mean back to the old so-called norms of pre-steroid days)...
Pitchers, on the other hand are indeed seemingly lasting longer as long as the can still make the ball move well and can hit high eighties in velocity.
We aren’t seeing as many hitters having career years after age 35 as we were. So far, operations haven’t been able to overcome diminishing reflexes...Nonetheless, hitters at advanced ages do retain monetary value if they’re in a position to seek certain career milestones. If Harper can stay healthy, and that becomes doubtful when you review his games played totals in his early career, he could certainly challenge the 600-700 HR milestones...And that could indeed net a fine late-career contract...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 7:27:20 GMT -5
Do you think Hal will settle for a possible WC berth again instead of spending above the $206 tax limit? Management seems to be crossing their fingers and hoping DIdi comes back and puts up the kind of numbers he did in 2018 after August or so when he gets back. He also seems to be all in on Sanchez getting healthy and performing like he did in 2016-17. They are also talking up Bird a bit for whatever reason. Does it appear they would rather bet on the ifs and when’s instead of committing to a Machado for instance? Do you think that Hal feels there are limits to trying to compete with the Sox? Just curious as to the possible mind set he has at least on the offensive side of the ball.
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Post by inger on Nov 8, 2018 10:03:55 GMT -5
Do you think Hal will settle for a possible WC berth again instead of spending above the $206 tax limit? Management seems to be crossing their fingers and hoping DIdi comes back and puts up the kind of numbers he did in 2018 after August or so when he gets back. He also seems to be all in on Sanchez getting healthy and performing like he did in 2016-17. They are also talking up Bird a bit for whatever reason. Does it appear they would rather bet on the ifs and when’s instead of committing to a Machado for instance? Do you think that Hal feels there are limits to trying to compete with the Sox? Just curious as to the possible mind set he has at least on the offensive side of the ball. I think he'd love be tight with the buck, but I also think that Cashman will be putting together various offers and scenarios. The price will matter, but I don't think they're going to hold strictly to that limit...But sadly, the wild card allows teams to be lazy and slip through the cracks into the WS... |
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Post by domeplease on Nov 8, 2018 12:38:54 GMT -5
--11-08-18: www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/the-yankees-hope-you-don%e2%80%99t-know-how-math-works/ar-BBPu0oP?ocid=U147DHP Last offseason, the assumption was that the Yankees were holding back on spending in order to accomplish two goals: one, to stay under the luxury tax for the first time in the history of said tax in order to reset the penalties, and two, to keep room on the payroll for adding a top-tier free agent like Bryce Harper or Manny Machado before the 2019 season. New York accomplished that first goal, as it looks like just the Red Sox and Nationals will end up paying the luxury tax in 2018. As for the second, well, the Yankees have been pretending they won’t make big free agency moves this winter, except, maybe they aren’t pretending after all. General manager Brian Cashman prefers the Yankees stay under the luxury tax threshold again, so as “to not line the pockets of opponents to use that (revenue) against us.” That is some incredible bullshit, to be frank. The luxury tax penalties aren’t that severe, not by a long shot: the Red Sox crossed not just the first, but also the second luxury tax threshold in 2018 by spending $238.4 million, meaning they have another round of taxing on top of them, which will result in a penalty of... $11.3 million. That money will go into the central fund to be distributed to the small-market clubs The Yankees have paid out $341 million in luxury tax penalties in the previous 15 years in which they’ve exceeded the threshold, but even dividing that up over 15 years and splitting it among the rest of the teams doesn’t mean New York is, say, financing their rivals’ success. As a whole, sure, the Yankees are taking part in a process that helps smaller market teams make up for revenue disparities when you’re talking about all of the money going from one place to another through the central fund and revenue-sharing, but the Yankees alone aren’t financing it all. Plus, with the way revenue-sharing works in the first place, 31 percent of a team’s net revenue goes into the central fund, anyway, so if the Yankees aren’t spending profits on Bryce Harper or Manny Machado, they’re just going to end up giving part of that money back to the league, anyway, and then the Royals can use it to help pay Alcides Escobar to be a terrible shortstop or whatever. The Yankees seem to be putting a lot of effort into making their fans not feel like Harper or Machado will be in pinstripes in 2019 and beyond, and while it could certainly still be a negotiating tactic and posturing to let Harper and Machado know that New York is perfectly happy to enter 2019 without them, it might also be Cashman and the Steinbrenners letting fans know that, just because they lost in the American League Division Series to their rivals doesn’t mean they’re going to go all The Boss on the rest of the league and start adding payroll on top of payroll. Not when there are some profits to be had by working on the margins and staying under the luxury tax threshold again. --11-08-18: www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/each-mlb-teams-most-pressing-need/ss-BBPpR4y?ocid=U147DHP#image=30 --11-08-18: www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/report-yankees-want-to-add-two-starting-pitchers/ar-BBPshNW?ocid=U147DHP |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 20:22:36 GMT -5
Yankees reportedly kicking the tires on another crappy infield fill in, Josh Harrison.
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