Whither Lee?
The drama of this offseason will probably center around the Yanks pursuit of Cliff Lee. I am strongly in favor of getting him in pinstripes. He really knows how to pitch, and looks like he will last several more years. Athletic lefties really tend to stick around and he's exactly that. What's more he is a close friend of CC Sabathia and they really could push each other to the heights we'll be paying them to achieve. I'd also like to have Andy Pettitte back. I suspect AJ Burnett will be traded either this offseason or next, and neither Betances nor Banuelos will be ready for full season work in `11. So we might as well have Andy back for one more. At least as things look now. There could be newspaper drama around the Jeter negotiations, but we know how that will end up. I expect Mo will be announced soon.
posted by Kalel9 @ 5:41 PM
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I've said before, Wang's injury was devastating because it directly led to the Yankees having to sign Burnett in the 2008 - 2009 offseason in order to have a No. 2 pitcher.
Yanks will have to eat a ton of money to unload AJ or take back a bad contract. Only Zambrano comes to mind.
Give Mo 3/45.
Jeter 4/70.
Yanks will have to eat a ton of money to unload AJ or take back a bad contract. Only Zambrano comes to mind.
Give Mo 3/45.
Jeter 4/70.
No way Burnett gets traded this year.
I wouldn't give Jeter four years under any circumstances.
I wouldn't give Mo three years under any circumstances.
Mo said after the 2009 WS he wanted to pitch another 5 years.
He has shown no signs of slowing down.
So what?
btw, He has shown signs of slowing down. His FB velo is down 1.6 mph since 2007.
As Hal said, it's a business. No one just gets what they want, especially if they are at such an advanced age.
Mo will likely go year to year. He said during the season he'd be open to it.
Jeter should get no more than two years garaunteed.
Yanks not interested in Werth or Crawford unless they can unload Swisher per NY Daily News.
I think Siwsher should be dealt. As I posted in the other thread Hal seemed to emphasize we would be active in the trade market
The problem with dealing Swisher is that you have to weigh that against how much of an upgrade Crawford or Werth would be given the long-term contracts they would get. Viewed in that context, I don't think they are much of an upgrade/worth the investment.
Now if they would take four year deals, you could rethink.
I wouldn't make a deal like that.
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