***yankees official offseason thread*****

[HoyaSaxa123]

I would just like to point out how the opinions of anti-yankee fans have gone from one extreme to the other in a matter of weeks.

10+ days ago when A-Rod had "no shot" of coming back to the yankees:

"OMG YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SUCK YOU HAVE TO RESIGN HIM HE IS THE BEST PlAYER EVER OMG WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!"

Now:

"OMG YOU GUYS ARE PAYING TOO MUCH. YOU CAN GET OTHER PLAYERS FOR LESS MONEY WHO WILL PROVIDE MORE VALUE!"


No matter what the situation is, people that despise the yankees will find arguments.

[HoyaSaxa123]

Honestly, what do you yankee haters believe if the other option for the Yankees if they want to sign the best hitter in the league.

Steinbrenner: "OK Alex, we will give you a 10 year contract. 28 million for the first 5 years, then because we know you will start to suck, we will only decrease it a few million each year after that."

A-Rod: "Sounds great, guys! See you in March."

Stop trying to pick out something wrong in every possible situation that involves the Yankees.

[Bedreviter]

wohoo, A-Rod signing to 10 year deal, thats sweet..maybe $275 million is a bit much, but probably worth it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Karak567]

apparently the yanks have offered lowell 4 years

from rotoworld:
CBS4 Boston's Dan Roche is reporting that the Yankees have offered Mike Lowell a four-year deal worth $56 million-$60 million.
Roche has supposedly confirmed this. It was a different Boston station that last night reported the Braves, Cards, Angels and Yankees had all offered deal worth $55 million-$60 million. That news seemed bogus at the time and still appears this way. However, it is possible that the Yankees are in that territory. If they're going to go that far to land Lowell, Mariano Rivera has a better case for receiving a four-year deal. The Red Sox are still offering Lowell three years. The Phillies continue to deny reports that they're going to be involved, so this may prove to be a two-team race. Nov. 15 - 5:56 pm et
Source: CBS4 Boston

[g-bebe]

looks like it's on the verge of completing, 10 years-$275M with incentives. I'm pleased he'll be back.

[Triumph36]

why mike lowell

why why why why he doesn't fit at yankee stadium at all

[Matt Williams]

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why mike lowell

why why why why he doesn't fit at yankee stadium at all

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He was part of the 1998 team and deserves to be there for the 10 year reunion.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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Honestly, what do you yankee haters believe if the other option for the Yankees if they want to sign the best hitter in the league.

Steinbrenner: "OK Alex, we will give you a 10 year contract. 28 million for the first 5 years, then because we know you will start to suck, we will only decrease it a few million each year after that."

A-Rod: "Sounds great, guys! See you in March."

Stop trying to pick out something wrong in every possible situation that involves the Yankees.

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Arod going to the Yanks for the next 5 or 6 years or whatever should work out just fine. but I still haven't even heard of any teams that even got involved with Boras in any negotiations at all - was anybody else even going to 7 years? I just think the Yankees outbid themselves for no reason at all

[HoyaSaxa123]

I don't understand the obsession centered around debating these baseball contracts, especially when most of the debating is between NYY and BOS fans. I realize that if I was, for example, a KC fan and the Royals made a deal like this, it would be a huge risk and could hinder their progress for an extended period of time...but I'm not. I'm a fan of the New York Yankees, a baseball team. I care about their performance on the field, and that's it. Alex Rodriguez is the best position player in the MLB, and he will (most likely) be playing on the team I root for. I can't complain. I know that acquiring A-Rod is in the baseball team's best interest because they are able to take the risk.

Sure, there is a huge uncertainty about the ability of A-Rod in 7-8 years. Are they overpaying him the last few years? Who knows?

I do know that the people involved with the A-Rod negotiations know SLIGHTLY more than us about the risk/reward in this deal. I also know that if they are willing to give this deal to A-Rod, then it's in their best interest. Whether their best interest is winning baseball games, profiting from the deal, or both, I doubt the Steinbrenner's would make a deal if they figured the probable outcome would set them back (baseball-wise or financially).

I laugh when a person comes on here trying to ridicule a deal because of what they have heard on ESPN.com. For example, people complaining about the length of the deal when you haven't even heard of other deals over 7 years? Maybe, just maybe, there are discussions between clubs that don't get reported.

[Rubeskies]

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I don't understand the obsession centered around debating these baseball contracts, especially when most of the debating is between NYY and BOS fans. I realize that if I was, for example, a KC fan and the Royals made a deal like this, it would be a huge risk and could hinder their progress for an extended period of time...but I'm not. I'm a fan of the New York Yankees, a baseball team. I care about their performance on the field, and that's it. Alex Rodriguez is the best position player in the MLB, and he will (most likely) be playing on the team I root for. I can't complain. I know that acquiring A-Rod is in the baseball team's best interest because they are able to take the risk.

Sure, there is a huge uncertainty about the ability of A-Rod in 7-8 years. Are they overpaying him the last few years? Who knows?

I do know that the people involved with the A-Rod negotiations know SLIGHTLY more than us about the risk/reward in this deal. I also know that if they are willing to give this deal to A-Rod, then it's in their best interest. Whether their best interest is winning baseball games, profiting from the deal, or both, I doubt the Steinbrenner's would make a deal if they figured the probable outcome would set them back (baseball-wise or financially).

I laugh when a person comes on here trying to ridicule a deal because of what they have heard on ESPN.com. For example, people complaining about the length of the deal when you haven't even heard of other deals over 7 years? Maybe, just maybe, there are discussions between clubs that don't get reported.

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Steve Philips. I rest my case.