Cash Deal Done?

Rumors abound that Brian Cashman and the Yankees have agreed to a new deal. Let's hope they are true. And let's hope he has secured more support for his amateur scouts and budgets. In another great break for the Yanks, the Angels foolishly hired Jerry DiPoto instead of Yankee draft master Damon Oppenheimer. Hopefully, the Yanks will do something for Damon that makes him harder to poach. He has revolutionized the drafts and keeps refining and refining the approach.

In other Yankee stuff, they appear to be negotiating with CC Sabathia to head off an opt-out. I like CC, but have not understood his leverage at all. He's really only had about 2 or 3 months of pitching like a superstar in his Yankee career. But he has been paid like a superstar for all three years of his current deal. Now, I will give him a bit of a mulligan for this year because the switch to the 6 man rotation basically coincided with his fall from absolute dominance.

I think the PR cost for CC would be severe if he opted out, as well. As unfair as people have been to ARod, CC opting out would open him to ARod comparisons, and that's not the side of the fans any player should want to be on. Let's hope they get something done. I'm not too worried about adding years to big lefties. They tend to last, even through knee stuff or back stuff.