G-Snarls

Of course they did

F'n Yankees. They're going to do it again, and we all know it. Buy themselves an 88 win team via free agency.

Hey, Steinbrenner! You can't have all of them!!

No. Too much decline since his MVP* year in 2011 to take on that salary.

Yep. Not flashy but solid minor signings like this can make the difference between 85 and 90 wins, and therefore making the playoffs or not.

Others just funnin' now:

Overstating the windfall Like many others, I’ve written that teams will have more money to spend this offseason because of the increase in annual national television revenue from $25 million to $52 million, starting in 2014. Those numbers, however, are misleading; baseball does not distribute that money to teams in gross amounts, according to major league sources. Instead, the sport redirects some of the revenue to everything from Major League Baseball Advanced Media to the players’ pension plan to expenses for the league offices in New York. Teams actually received about $20 million per season under the old deal, not $25 million, the source said. The new number has yet to be determined, but it will be less than $52 million. Just not as much as has been reported.

Salary dump!

Slack cut He got duped

*******s

I can see it happening. I just don't see it happening until Ruiz has walked and the Jays know they have a replacement.

DJF had jumped on it: http://blogs.thescore.com/djf/2013/11/13/report-arencibia-to-the-phillies-close/

Question marks added Hope this is true but doubt it Seems early for Amaro to be making a trade for a catcher unless he has decided Ruiz can't be kept for the $$ he's willing to pay.

As much as Rogers is willing to increase payroll, blowing 25M a year on Lee would be a terrible idea. As good as he is, we can fill multiple needs with that. I'd give Tanaka the Darvish contract no problem. It's the posting fees that are crazy expensive. And ridiculously, his might go higher than Darvish's even though he may not be as good.

Good point.

Oh I see. Yes, the #BREAKING looks sarcastic.

NY Post: Brian Cashman has no delusions about his team’s top free-agent target this winter, longtime Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano. The Yankees general manager, often brutally honest, admitted Tuesday he anticipates Cano will wind up with his highest bidder. Cashman just hopes his team bids highest. “He loves the money, but I think we’ll have a substantial offer,” Cashman said at the general managers’ meetings. “Somebody might come in and have a much more substantial offer. It’s just the way it works.” The Yankees have discussed a seven-year contract worth $161 million or $168 million with Cano, who asked the club for a 10-year, $310 million deal. To date, no other suitor has emerged publicly for Cano’s services. Nevertheless, Cashman expects Cano to work deliberately through the free-agency process — “Usually the big ones drag it out,” Cashman said — and he professed he wouldn’t be surprised if the Yankees got outbid and Cano chose the higher bid. “It’s just the way it works. He’s in free agency. That’s the feeling I get,” Cashman said. “Doesn’t make it wrong at all. That’s what makes the U.S. the greatest place in the world. We just have to compete for that. “I feel very comfortable we’ll strongly compete for the player. But the value we put on him and the value somebody else puts on him might be vastly different. If it is, we’ll lose him.”

Just looked at the article. They're just quoting Cashman.

Angrioter butting in on Twitter as usual. LOL.

I suddenly don't think 99% likely Cano is a Yankee anymore:

Right. There is a 5% chance or less (source: my ass) that he simply can't land someone better this off season.

Link is bad