Tanaka to Yankees, 7yrs/$155MM

[fatcowxlive]

@Ken_Rosenthal: BREAKING: Tanaka to #Yankees, seven years, $155M, opt-out after fourth year.

 

[NorthOf49]

GODDAMNIT.

 

They had the biggest need I guess.

[Sammy225]

Seems about right. Surprised there is an opt out in the deal.

[baconpancakes]

ugh. wtf does it have to be our division....my only hope now is this turns into another Daisuke waste of money.

[TDotttt2005]

I'm relatively new here, and am unsure of the rules on swearing...but...

 

f*** f*** f***.

 

Ok AA, go out and Get Ubaldo or Santana now.

[jaysfan2014]

Too bad he's going to have a horrid infield defense in NY with an immobile Jeter and lousy 2B/3B depth.

[Horses Fart]

UGH!!! Oh well we still have Robert Allen!

[awsomest]

ugh. wtf does it have to be our division....my only hope now is this turns into another Daisuke waste of money.

 

Again even if it is it's just money and how much will it really effect that yankees.

[NorthOf49]

Again even if it is it's just money and how much will it really effect that yankees.

Right. Daisuke was good in his first two years... if Tanaka had two good years and then fell on his face, the Yankees would still be better off for signing him because their payroll logjam clears up in two years. Plus, the Blue Jays will be out of their 'window' by then so it won't even matter.

 

This move makes New York much, much better for 2014 and thus greatly decreases our chance of making the playoffs. That's the bottom line.

[dineke]

Looks like the Jays have secured last place.

[connorp]

Ugh.. now NY has 3 SP definitely better than our best.

[The Cats Ass]

Works out to 25 Million a year. For a pitcher who has never thrown a pitch in the MLB.

[awsomest]

I dunno man I would just like to see one playoff game in my lifetime.

[Key22]

It would be really cool if in his first start he blows his elbow and needs Tommy John Surgery. Not that I wish an injury but hey Drabek has had two and Hutchison - so it would be nice if the Yankees fresh new starter goes down for a couple of years - has a decent third year a great 4th year and leaves.

 

But this is wishful thinking - what is going to happen is that he will win 20 games a year each year for 7 years and win 5 CY young awards with league leading WAR.

 

The 4th place Yankees have added the best CF on the FA market (replaces the loss of Cano offensively so largely a wash) - the best catcher on the FA market , and the best starting pitcher available -

 

Meanwhile the 5th place Blue Jays have added a second rate catcher who is NOT a starting catcher and a bunch of scrubs to play second base. Anyone they sign as a free agent signing is worse than Tanaka so unless they sign two of them they're still well behind.

 

The Aroid suspension certainly helps the Yankees - and really - is anyone surprised? - They suspend the guy to allow the purse strings to open on Tanaka.

 

So much for the west coast - LOL - a nice ploy to get the big money.

 

EDIT - oh I forgot Beltran - Offense is WAY WAY better than ours - Starting Pitching is WAY WAY better than ours, Relif Pitching is on par with ours, and they have a better manager and more ownership commitment and a better GM.

[SAAviour]

Sabathia and tanaka both could see their arm fall of on their next pitch. Sucks cheering for injuries but other teams are due.

[Dr. Dinger]

Meh, that is a lot more than I'd have been comfortable with the Jays giving him.

[SAAviour]

Though I guess the yanks had their fair share of injuries last year to.

[Anemic0ffense]

Lol @ the money

 

175 mil. I don't even care if they make the wild card. It's a joke.

[Sammy225]

A little off topic has there been any news on Pineda?

[Key22]

A couple of positives -

 

1) this was way too much money for the Jays to get involved with for a somewhat risky pitcher. So for this cash no way were we getting him.

 

2) absolutely NOBODY is going to place expectations on the Jays to win this division so the pressure is completely off - no Vegas odds of WS titles or easy first place finishes. Indeed, if they are expected to finish higher than 5th I would be surprised. So in this respect our guys can play pressure free. Go out and have a bit of fun - the ship is sunk - Zaun better bring his gloves.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Way too much money for an unproven commodity. Wow

[Anemic0ffense]

This now drives up the price of the remaining arms. Jays get no one. BOOK IT.

[Horses Fart]

Maybe Ichiro can nail his wife??? Some Swinging maybe???

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Yanks are an instant contender again though.

 

Hopefully nobody will ever utter the phrase "the Yanks are old and vulnerable" ever again. They can turn over their roster with the best of them.

[SAAviour]

Let's just keep saying " the yanks won the offseason" for the next 2 months....maybe that will curse them.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Bruce Chen or bust now I guess.

[Frenchsoup]

Ivan Nova will probably be better than any pitcher on the Jays' staff, and he's clearly New York's number four.

 

pretty bold statement i know i would take dickey over him

[KingKat]

Yanks are an instant contender again though.

 

Hopefully nobody will ever utter the phrase "the Yanks are old and vulnerable" ever again. They can turn over their roster with the best of them.

 

The concept of windows of contention is so absurd when the richest team in baseball is in your division. If the Yankees miss the playoff next year it will be their first back to back non playoff seasons in twenty years.

[saskjayfan]

This now drives up the price of the remaining arms. Jays get no one. BOOK IT.

 

it's late in the game and who's going to bid these arms up? LAA will....but not sure many other teams will overpay...the sox yanks and dodgers seem to be set...I think Garza might come with less years because of the injury worries....he might be the guy to go after..but who knows.

[SAAviour]

Just deepens my hate for the Yankees.