Report: Sabathia chooses Yankees, 6-year deal

[Stickhorse]

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!

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Stickhorse

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.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

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!

[SCUDSBROTHER]

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.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

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

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.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

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.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

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.

Good point.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Yanks act like they are run by TURKS.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

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.

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.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

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.

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

[docicu3]

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

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by docicu3

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

or Melky Cabrera

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

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.

too long-term for this management

[SniperSB23]

CC Sabathia?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fernaal01.shtml

[Storm Cadet]

this coming from a Yankees fan:

Fat CC will wilt under the summer heat and humidity at 292 lbs

The friggin audacity of these bastards to ask the NYC taxpayers for another $450,000,000 for their new stadium and they offer this fat slob of an athlete $160,000,000...makes no sense.

And they wonder why long time season ticket holders like myself canceled our seats!

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

CC Sabathia?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fernaal01.shtml

Good comparison talent wise...but Fernandez tore up his arm pitching in the 1997 NLCS. So if Sabathia suffers a serious arm injury, yes the comparison works...otherwise...not really.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

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.

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.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

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.

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.