The Yankees are apparently offering AJ Burnett $80 million for 5 years, which is above what the Braves biggest offer has been thus far. This is obviously newsworthy in it of itself; however, there may be a deeper indication that this offer expresses. ie. Either that the Derek Lowe sweepstakes are getting away from the Yankees or that the Yankees have realized that Derek Lowe is 35 and not worth $64-68 million!
Personally, I would rather sign Oliver Perez and Ben Sheets that either of these 2, but hey, that is why Cashman makes the big bucks. Then again, he has screwed up almost every pitching decision he has made over the last number of years (some of the big ones are Wright, Randy Johnson, Hawkins, Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes over Johan, the list goes on). Maybe I should take over for Cashman!
Yaros
Texeira has been offered $180 million for eight years by the Nats.
ReplyDeleteYaros you can add Kevin Brown, Javu Vazquez, jeff weaver, steve Karsay, felix heredia, kyle farnsworth and of course Pavano to that list
ReplyDeleteI hate to see Endy go. His first game back at Citi, he'll get one of the biggest ovations any visitor player has ever gotten. Anywhere. But even though Putz is coming off a down year, this was a great trade that the mets HAD to make. How about Wagner pitching 7th innings in September??
ReplyDeleteHughes over Johan is not a mistake. You're really going to judge that trade after one year? Cashman did that for the FUTURE.
ReplyDeleteYeah and Santana who has never been injured at the age of 34 will probably still be better than Hughes in 6 years, who has proven NOTHING, accept in biased yankee fans imagination.
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