2013 Baseball Season/Off-Season Discussion

[Falcon]

Well, it looks like Cano has come down a bit.

He's still about 100+ mil off from realistic but I suppose it's progress.

http://nypost.com/2013/11/30/cano-yankees-near-100-million-off-sources/

[tim_m]

Yeah, bleacher report is reporting they're still 80 million apart. On another note, the Twins are signing Hughes 5 years 24 million. Thank you Twins! Have fun with that.

[Falcon]

Fister to Washington, interesting..

[Falcon]

The latest on Cano from Yahoo's Jeff Passan.

Sounds like the Yanks brass are taking the hard line.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/yankees-have-no-plans-to-offer-robinson-cano-a--200-million-deal-003633236.html

[tim_m]

I'm with them on this one.

[Falcon]

I'm with them on this one.

It's the smart move, no sense giving in when the market hasn't really formed yet.

I'm not so sure the Yanks don't prefer him (over)pricing himself and providing them any easy way out PR wise.

I can already hear the spin:

"Hey, we made him a competitive offer and he chose to go in a different direction, we thank Robby for his time here and wish him the best moving forward".

AKA for:

"There's no way we're getting stuck with another crap contract again."

[tim_m]

Yep especially one for a player north of 30. If we was under 30 it would be different story.

[tim_m]

The yankees have apparently made offers to Infante, Drew, Ellsbury, Choo and Beltran.

[tim_m]

Big news, Ellsbury to the the Yankees 7 years deal worth north what Crawford got. He's on a plane now to take physical. He's going to play CF and Gardner going to left.

[Falcon]

If what's being reported is true, oh my..

7 years at Crawford money plus for a guy whose main asset is his legs, wow.

He's 30 now and won't be getting any faster.

Tim, pilf - what do you guys think?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24325803/ellsbury-getting-close-to-a-sevenyear-deal-with-the-yankees

[tim_m]

Apparently the deal is 135 million.

[tim_m]

If what's being reported is true, oh my..

7 years at Crawford money plus for a guy whose main asset is his legs, wow.

He's 30 now and won't be getting any faster.

Tim, pilf - what do you guys think?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24325803/ellsbury-getting-close-to-a-sevenyear-deal-with-the-yankees

Appears to be true being reported by all the people you'd expect.

[Falcon]

The specifics from MLB.com Yankee scribe Bryan Hoch

Bryan Hoch ‏@BryanHoch    
Ellsbury's Yankees deal is seven years and $153 million. There is also an eighth year option that could raise the total value to $169M.

As much as I loved the McCann signing from the outside looking in, I think this is just batshit crazy.

They just committed 153 mil to a slightly better version of Brett Gardner and will be tied to him til age 37.

Did the Sox year just scare the hell outta the Bronx brain trust?

[tim_m]

The specifics from MLB.com Yankee scribe Bryan Hoch

Bryan Hoch ‏@BryanHoch    
Ellsbury's Yankees deal is seven years and $153 million. There is also an eighth year option that could raise the total value to $169M.

As much as I loved the McCann signing from the outside looking in, I think this is just batshit crazy.

They just committed 153 mil to a slightly better version of Brett Gardner and will be tied to him til age 37.

Did the Sox year just scare the hell outta the Bronx brain trust?

I think you answered your own question there lol. Obviously now we're out of the running with Beltran and Cano better become more realistic quick or they're gonna tell him let the door hit your ass on the way out.

[Falcon]

I bet Shin Soo Choo and his representation are rolling into Yawkey Way as we speak.

Easy fit for the Sox, move Victorino to center and Choo to his natural position in right and they'll be as good if not better at both positions next year for less $$$.

Well, maybe not much less $$ 

[tim_m]

Could be, i don't see the Yankees being interested in Choo, Beltran or Drew now. It very likely ends any chance of Cano coming back unless he all the sudden becomes reasonable.

[Falcon]

It very likely ends any chance of Cano coming back unless he all the sudden becomes reasonable.

I don't know, if they're will to give Ellsbury 153 they'll probably be willing to give Cano 200.

One thing for sure, they're obviously confident ARod will be off the books this year on suspension and are spending the money saved.

[tim_m]

Obviously A-Rod isn't going to walk away unscathed. The only question is how bad with the suspension be. Another thing to consider if this ends up in the courts and i think it very well might, will he be able to play while it plays out.

[tim_m]

The Yankees might not be done today yet, they are close to signing 2b/lf Johnson to a 1 year deal.

[Falcon]

The Yankees might not be done today yet, they are close to signing 2b/lf Johnson to a 1 year deal.

Smart move, nice player they can move all over the field.