I think him or AJ would have been fine stop gaps till Victor Carratini and I would have used Gattis or Betancourt to trade for another pitcher.Originally Posted by emk418
I think him or AJ would have been fine stop gaps till Victor Carratini and I would have used Gattis or Betancourt to trade for another pitcher.
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 16m
Source: Any deal with Jacoby Ellsbury or an outfielder does not preclude Yankees from re-signing Robinson Cano. Still very much in play.
Good grief! If they find room to sign Cano as well...............................
However, aside from Sabathia, who's pitching for them?
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That's insane. $20M a year for 7 years for a 30 year old injury prone speed guy.Looks like the Yankees are back to their old ways.
Ellsbury deal is seven years, $153M
nsacpi (12-03-2013)
For one thing we would need more then a stop gap. Also I don't think the braves view Victor as a catcher. He never played one inning this year as a catcher.
We have other areas of need before signing a catcher to a deal.
Gattis is good enough.
I would still use Betancourt in a trade. I don't think his bat will ever come around.
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 16m
Source: Any deal with Jacoby Ellsbury or an outfielder does not preclude Yankees from re-signing Robinson Cano. Still very much in play.
Good grief! If they find room to sign Cano as well...............................
However, aside from Sabathia, who's pitching for them?
They still want to sign a pitcher or 2.
Ray Flowers @BaseballGuys 4m
#yankees are what's wrong with baseball. #dodgers pretty close. Just throwing money at a problem
Peter King @SI_PeterKing 1m
Yanks pay $22m a yr for Ellsbury, electric player who, in last 4 yrs, has played 18, 158, 74, 134 games. What a country.
Leave it to an NFL analyst to put how insane the Ellsbury deal is...............
Peter King @SI_PeterKing 58s
Yanks pay $22m a yr for Ellsbury, electric player who, in last 4 yrs, has played 18, 158, 74, 134 games. What a country.
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
I don't want to do this but I bet we could get a pretty darn good return for one of our good OFers right now.
Salty isnt that good, not very good defensively, ok on offense but not better than Gattis.
Would of liked AJ on a 1-yr deal but not the end of the world.
They made a 1 year, 15-16 mil deal for Kuroda sometime this week......Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 16m
Source: Any deal with Jacoby Ellsbury or an outfielder does not preclude Yankees from re-signing Robinson Cano. Still very much in play.
Good grief! If they find room to sign Cano as well...............................
However, aside from Sabathia, who's pitching for them?
But pitching is their big need.
They'll bid big on Tanaka if it gets through.
and people are seeing why the braves are moving to cobb county. Gets buts in the seats so we can have more cash to work with.
Probably could, would it be worth it though?
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 1m
If Yankees exercise option, Ellsbury deal would be worth $169M, the ninth-biggest contract in baseball history: http://yhoo.it/1ca6E9T
doubt it. The braves have a 2-3 year window to win a WS. After that it going to be another few years of tough times IMO. Might as well try it while your in it.
Lets go sign Cano. 6 years 144M.
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Jon Morosi @jonmorosi 49s
Blue Jays get Erik Kratz and Rob Rasmussen from Phillies in the Lincoln deal. Kratz is a good defensive catcher.
Checked and yep, .829 OPS vs. the Braves vs. .688 overall. Good riddance.
Wonder whats happening with the Braves. Wren is usually an active GM. Is he hamstrung my ownership or is he more worried about retaining the talent already on the team?
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Maybe a little of both, not like he needs to do much.
I expected the Braves to spend some money this offseason. With the move to Cobb Country and the fact that we don't have many long term committments I would have swore we were spending money. I wonder if the Yankees move on from Cano can we make an offer. You might want to make a big move like that to excite a fan base going into a new stadium in a couple of years.
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