Choo turned down 7Ys/140M contract from the Yankees

[Angrioter]

JeffPassan

Sources: Shin-Soo Choo turned down a seven-year, $140M contract from the Yankees, even after Jacoby Ellsbury signed.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/10-degrees--shin-soo-choo-remains-the-riddle-of-the-free-agent-market-165809610.html

[G-Snarls]

What luxury tax tax threshold, huh?

[flafson]

Yankees are crazy IMO.

[G-Snarls]

Yankees are crazy IMO.

 

With money yes

 

Choo, Ellsbury, Gardner, Beltran would be a F'n sweet OFF/revolving DH though

[z3r0s]

officially too rich for my blood

[Angrioter]

With money yes

 

Choo, Ellsbury, Gardner, Beltran would be a F'n sweet OFF/revolving DH though

 

Choo in, Beltran out

[connorp]

Wonder if the problem was the $ or that it was NY. Choo doesn't seem like a NY guy but Im prob just being racist as Ichiro and Godzilla liked it

[Dylan]

Would you guys do 7-140? lol

[Ehjays]

wow!!!

 

Why did he say no?

[LunchBox]

With money yes

 

Choo, Ellsbury, Gardner, Beltran would be a F'n sweet OFF/revolving DH though

 

lol except it would be a Choo, Ellsbury, Gardner, Beltran, Soriano, Ichiro, Wells OF/DH?

[Dylan]

The possible starting lineup could have been

 

Ellsbury, Jeter, Beltran, Tex, McCann, Choo, A-rod, Roberts/Johnson, Gardner

 

Bench: Roberts/Johnson, Suzuki, Nunez, Wells, Cervelli, Ryan?

 

wow

[G-Snarls]

Would you guys do 7-140? lol

 

Evil Empire

[G-Snarls]

lol except it would be a Choo, Ellsbury, Gardner, Beltran, Soriano, Ichiro, Wells OF/DH?

 

Oh yeah somehow forgot about Soriano and Wells. Was thinking Soriano had only been a 1 year deal.

 

They must have been planning to trade Gardner if Choo signed

[Howard Roark]

Would you guys do 7-140? lol

 

We're starting a new rebuild in around 8 months most likely. Hell no.

[Sammy225]

Wow. I don't think he is going to find a better deal than that out there. Unless Boras is being Boras.

[xposbrad]

I think the article says after they were turned down they went after Beltran. I don't think they were going to do Beltran + Choo.

[admin]

Wonder if the problem was the $ or that it was NY. Choo doesn't seem like a NY guy but Im prob just being racist as Ichiro and Godzilla liked it

 

Have to guess it's either NY, or not true. The guy is 31 for christ sake. He'll be making $20M when he's 39 with them. How do you turn that down even if you hate the place lol

[Dylan]

My guess is Texas if he turned that offer

[Nox]

I'm guessing he'll end up signing for less than that.

[Chappy]

Well we know it won't be us, that's for sure.

[Ehjays]

I'm guessing he'll end up signing for less than that.

 

Boras rolled the dice, and lost.

 

He will not get that.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Well Nelson Cruz (un)officially isn't the dumbest MLB FA this offseason anymore.

[Brenner]

I think he will end up around $145 mil over 7 and somewhere he actually wants to go.

 

I would go no where near Cruz, we already have the Melkman.

[Dr. Dinger]

I call ********.

[connorp]

Have to guess it's either NY, or not true. The guy is 31 for christ sake. He'll be making $20M when he's 39 with them. How do you turn that down even if you hate the place lol

 

Well..not like it's that or nothing. I guessed he would get 6/120 somewhere and that's prob reasonable. So if I'm already making $100+m, I would care about where it it was or what my family thought

[connorp]

I'm guessing he'll end up signing for less than that.

 

Most likely. But he wouldn't be the first FA to sign a deal that didnt pay him the most

[Angrioter]

I used to love Choo, now I love him even more.

[Boxcar]

I bet he was told he'd strictly be a DH or something like that.

 

I'd jerk my team and the other team off between at bats for that kind of money

[NorthOf49]

Wonder if the problem was the $ or that it was NY. Choo doesn't seem like a NY guy but Im prob just being racist as Ichiro and Godzilla liked it

You don't hire Scott Boras if you care about more than money. He's said to want an eighth year, this is probably that.

[NorthOf49]

I used to love Choo, now I love him even more.

One of twenty players all-time in the 20-20-.420 club!