Report: Sabathia chooses Yankees, 6-year deal
 

i hope its not true, but if it is, its just another case of the Yanks and their bottomless pockets getting the best FA money can buy. I hope they NEVER make it back to the world series. This coming like 2 days after he was unimpressed with the club


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3759182


take the money and run dough boy

-bt-

I hate the Yankees!
 

Yes I hate the Yankees but I must admit they usually run their franchise as most of us would hope our teams would run their businesses. They usually sign the best and hope for the best. I do like seeing them in the playoffs because it is all the sweeter when they come up short in the playoffs.

Yes, Sabathia is a good one but we all know how hard it is for pitchers to be consistantly good. I didn't want them to sign Santana last year because for my $$$$ he is the best!

yeah they do a great job.....

They do an awful job of running the baseball side. Despite having the biggest bankroll they run the team like a fantasy league team, stressing signing high priced stars who often have hit their peak already and ignore player development which is a far better way of building a good team.

Cannon: player development doesn't stroke the Ego like signing a star player does!:eek:

You are right and its sad. When Steinbrenner got suspended for those years and the club was being run by stick and company, thats what sprouted the golden years for the yankees. Poor Cashman wants to do it again but the egos of Hal and Hank won't let him. So instead of letting a talented pitcher like Phil Hughes take his lumps, they would sooner give Big money to a guy like Burnett who will be dead money by the time that contract is up.

They have so much money that they could spend on scouting and player development that they could create a dynasty that would last a long time. They just cant take being mediocre for a year or two to get there.

Two days of face-to-face meetings with the Yankees in Las Vegas, followed by Cashman's session Tuesday night with Sabathia and his wife, Amber, in the San Francisco area, sealed this deal.

THEY HAD TO ADD ANOTHER YEAR, AND 20 MIL !! OMG...Yankees remind me of an old man begging a hot young chick to live with him(she even does research to see just how awful it gun be to give g' pa some head.). You'll learn to love me!! She wants to be with like any other guy, but grandpa shows her the money. C.C. gunna be the best paid ho in the land.

It does when you call up an Evan Longoria or David Price. but it takes work and brains along with good scouting and player evaluation.

You forgot the key word: Patience.

They had some of the best scouts money can buy. The problem is their moves suck away the draft picks and their impatience doesnt allow for the good ones to develop.

the ironic part is that they are already mediocre. They never think ahead. sabathia is a very good pitcher NOW. He is fat and we are no longer in the steroid era. Pitchers will fall off as they age once again.

Good point.

Yeah, a guy like Hughes is still going to be a very good pitcher but who really believes the Yankees will be patient enough to wait for it to happen.

Yanks act like they are run by TURKS.

Hey Villanova has a Turk who actually plays

or a Cole Hamels, Chase Utley or a Ryan Howard...

What a surprise CC took the truck load after squeezing every last bit of patience on everyones part. At least he won't be batting against the Red Sox......wait a minute there is no rule that says he can't. I don't think I have ever seen it but you could sit a weak hitting catcher and let the pitcher hit couldn't you if he had a decent stick ala Rick Ankeel

Turkey Glue got 24 last night. Turkey Bankshot in the house. Brothers were mobbing him, but I don't know why. Maybe they were almost all in the 4th quarter.

maybe some dead sheep inspired the performance

Excuse me. I have to listen to a song a TURK was supposed to be half thru with, but says he is done with.

or Melky Cabrera

too long-term for this management