Here is what is going on...
-apparently, Teixeira is going to get around $200 million over 8 or so years, so in the end CC will not get the most money this off season.
-Assuming Johan Santana takes the option for the seventh year of his contract with the Mets, the CC deal and the Johan deal are very similar money.
-the reliever market is getting hot. Kerry Wood is going to Cleveland and the other relievers are beginning to get a lot of attention after K-rod signed. The reason for all of this is because more teams with smaller budgets have determined that they can be in the reliever mix after the minimal amount of money the Mets signed K-rod for.
-The main competition the Yankees have in the Lowe market are the Phillies. If it were me, I would sign Sheets or Perez over Lowe because of money and age respectively.
-If you ask me, Sheets will be the steel of the year.
-There are still a bunch of guys who really have no team to go to and may need to take small, perhaps 1 year, deals. There are a bunch of outfielders that can hit but don't field well like Abreu, Pat Burrell, Raul Ibanez and Adam Dunn are all similar players who have no where to go at this point. The $15 million deals are no longer available for that kind of player.
Stay tuned for more...
Yaros
Apparently, CC can opt out of his deal after three years.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Braves have upped their Burnett offer to $80 million over five years.
I heard a rumor on SNY about Smoltz considering the Mets.....interesting
ReplyDeleteRed Sox are interested in Smoltz too.
ReplyDeletethink its a bad precedent to allow one side to opt out in middle of contract. but cant imagine CC worth 23m at age 34.
ReplyDeleteyou're probably right about sheets, but he comes with the same warning sign around his neck as burnett: if he's healthy, his stuff rivals the best in the league. but that's a big if, seeing as it's been 5 years since he threw 200 innings in a season
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