2k13: New York Yankees

[Grinch]

I guess, but defense hasn't really been Alex's problem over the past few years - offense has.

Given his big dip in production and the insurance $$ the Yankees will I get, I predict a LENGTHY DL stint.....

[onejayhawk]

I guess, but defense hasn't really been Alex's problem over the past few years - offense has.

Alex Rodriguez has a chance to be a Gold Glove defender: excellent range; great arm. How he will hit is anybodies guess.

Bill James - circa 1992

[revo]

Is Cano a short-timer?


"According to two industry sources familiar with Cano’s situation, the Yankees’ Gold Glove second baseman may very well bolt the Bronx once he becomes a free agent.

“I don’t think he’ll be with the Yankees beyond next season,” one of the sources told the Daily News. “He’s not giving them a hometown discount, and they seem to be more interested in keeping their payroll down than winning.”

Although Cano, who attended the celebrity golf tournament sponsored by David Ortiz this weekend at the Dominican Cap Cana resort, told the Daily News that he would “love” to remain a Yankee for life, he also added: “I know this is a business. . . . It’s up to them.”

Compounding matters for the Yankees is the fact that Cano is represented by super agent Scott Boras, who was responsible for both Alex Rodriguez’s then-record $252 million deal with Texas before the 2001 season, and the 10-year, $275 milion pact A-Rod signed with the Bombers in 2007. The new fiscal belt-tightening by Hal Steinbrenner — the Yankees have said they will get their payroll to $189 million by 2014 to avoid a massive luxury-tax hit — will be a factor.

Another baseball source suggested that Cano will seek a deal similar to A-Rod’s, one that has become an albatross for the Bombers, who might be hesitant to tie up that much money and that many years in Cano, 30."

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/good-chance-cano-bolts-bronx-season-source-article-1.1215963

[revo]

Here are the Yankee signings this off-season:
- 43-year old Mariano Rivera
- 40-year old Andy Pettitte
- 37-year old Hiroki Kuroda
- 34-year old Kevin Youkilis
- 39-year old Ichiro Suzuki

They realize they're signing players for their team and not for fantasy camp duty, right?

[schlesinj]

Here are the Yankee signings this off-season:
- 43-year old Mariano Rivera
- 40-year old Andy Pettitte
- 37-year old Hiroki Kuroda
- 34-year old Kevin Youkilis
- 39-year old Ichiro Suzuki

They realize they're signing players for their team and not for fantasy camp duty, right?

At least the Yankee Fiscal Cliff will be averted, so they have that going for them.

[BigJonEmpire]

At least the Yankee Fiscal Cliff will be averted, so they have that going for them.

But their Geritol bill is through the roof!

[fuhrdog]

Here are the Yankee signings this off-season:
- 43-year old Mariano Rivera
- 40-year old Andy Pettitte
- 37-year old Hiroki Kuroda
- 34-year old Kevin Youkilis
- 39-year old Ichiro Suzuki

They have the potential to be 5 pretty solid signings to 1 year deals.

[wannabegriffey]

They have the potential to be 5 pretty solid signings to 1 year deals.

I was thinking the same thing.

[BuckyBuckner]

Revo must be frustrated with all the attention the Dodgers are getting that he wants everyone to go back to bashing the Yankees.

[revo]

Revo must be frustrated with all the attention the Dodgers are getting that he wants everyone to go back to bashing the Yankees.

Can't really bash them anymore. They've become fiscally sane. now we can only make fun of them. Well, until they sign Josh Hamilton or something like that.

[BuckyBuckner]

Can't really bash them anymore. They've become fiscally sane. now we can only make fun of them. Well, until they sign Josh Hamilton or something like that.

Isn't bashing and making fun of the same thing?

[revo]

Isn't bashing and making fun of the same thing?

Not at all. Bashing is when Yankee haters feared their fiscal power to acquire top-notch talent as they cakewalked to the Series. Now unbelievably enough, as they appear adamant on cutting payroll and are no sure thing to even make the playoffs, we can laugh at these geezers they're putting on the field.....until they decide to morph back to the George days and take on another $200m contract or something.

[Erik]

It seems like long gone are the days of free agents playing the Yanks against other teams in order to raise their value.

Yep. That's what the Dodgers are for now.

[Erik]

My take is that a lot of players have decided that their chances of winning are just as good elsewhere as in New York, and that they can sign elsewhere, pay lower taxes, get national media exposure (albeit not as much as they'd get as a Yankee), and just play ball without all the proctological scrutiny from the NY media.

Proctological Scrutiny would be a great band name.

[dannahann]

They have the potential to be 5 pretty solid signings to 1 year deals.

Looks like Ichiro will require 2 years. Will they commit 2 years and further jeopardize their "below luxury tax threshold $" to commit toward Cano in 2014?