Comments on: Yankees place Burnett, Soriano and Posada on waivers

By: hystoracle

hystoracle — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:54:11 +0000

However but nevertheless, if I use three of them in one sentence then that would be a triple negative and thus still result in a negative outcome. On the other hand, I could use just one and that would, nevertheless, be considered better grammar.

Now, I see why the NFL was more successful with their CBA when the lawyers left the room.

By: atworkident

atworkident — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:15:46 +0000

Nevertheless, when has money been an issue for the Empire?

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:12:37 +0000

Nevertheless Kappy, uyf has a point!

By: MTArider

MTArider — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:42:17 +0000

I dont care if its the Red Sox who claim Burnett if someone does the Yanks should just dump him.

By: kappy32

kappy32 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:59:04 +0000

Please don’t use “but nevertheless” together. It’s the same as using a double-negative. It’s either: But; Nevertheless; However; On the other hand; etc. Sorry, it’s a big pet peev of mine, it’s the lawyer in me.

By: pisano

pisano — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:20:33 +0000

Ari… Your right and Lackey is proof of that, but AJ is almost as bad as Lackey.

By: nomoreseasontix

nomoreseasontix — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:18:53 +0000

Maybe the Bengals’ Mike Brown will grab one. He’s pretty dumb…

By: uyf1950

uyf1950 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:33:55 +0000

My friend I still think Soriano has a lot of future value for the Yankees. Unfortunately his salary is disproportionately high. But nevertheless he can and will be in my opinion an asset to the Yankees. As for the other 2 in the piece. One can only hope that there is some deaf, dumb and blind GM out there willing to take them off the Yankees hands. I mean a really deaf, dumb and blind GM.

By: tashkalucy

tashkalucy — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:28:42 +0000

Dice-K and Lackey. Are you kidding me? You get 5 starters for less money.

John Farrell made Epstein and Francona look good. Neither of them know much about pitchers. Red Sox are going to fizzle out this year and continue down. You can’t get your pitching going, you aren’t going to win much of anything.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:25:06 +0000

The three most important months lie ahead. If Soriano is awesome going forward, and with Boras as his agent, I could see someone offering him 3 yrs/$30MM or 4 yrs/$32MM-35MM and him saying OK. even a lesser contract for the next 2 year (2yrs/$20MM) with the closer job securely his, will leave him making more money thereafter, because he’ll still be a closer. If he is a $25MM middle reliever for the next 2 years, the contract after that is bupkis.

For a Boras client, too much is ever enough…

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:55:25 +0000

Also, he’s already paid closer money: $25M over the next two seasons. No way someone beats that.

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:54:44 +0000

Epstein drafts and develops and locks up young players just like a small-market GM. Then he’s like, “Shit, I’ve got $100M left to spend. Oh well, might as well overpay in the free agent market.”

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:53:29 +0000

No way is someone paying him closer money coming off this year.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:34:10 +0000

It might be interesting to see what happens if Soriano is the 7th inning guy behind Mo and Robertson (which he should be), and if Hughes is moved to the bullpen Soriano might be the 6th inning guy (which I would endorse as well since Hughes is the long term asset). I have to think some team would pay him closer money next off-season for 3 or 4 years, even if is it less per year than he would get under his current contract. You have to figure that his current contract would be his last big contract if he remains a middle reliever for 2 more years. The memory of the average GM is short, and if he has no saves they might forget he once carried the Proven Closer seal of approval.

By all accounts he is a competitive guy, and if he really wants to close, I could imagine him walking.

By: tashkalucy

tashkalucy — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:29:37 +0000

The Bankees had to be out of their minds and desperate to a fault to lay out that kind of money for Burnett and Soriano.

If the the Red $ox and Bankees had to compete like other teams do with a reasonable payroll, Epstein and Cashman would be see for the run-of-the-mill GM’s they are,

By: aschwartz2011

aschwartz2011 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:34:49 +0000

Nevermind, just looked into it and its a player opt-out. So won’t be happening.

By: aschwartz2011

aschwartz2011 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:33:21 +0000

Doesn’t Soriano’s contract have an out after the first year? If I remember correctly it could become a 1 year contract or something. If that were the case I think a lot more teams would have interest in him.

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:13:21 +0000

The list of players NOT put on waivers at some point in the next month is probably more interesting.

By: drmonkeyarmy

drmonkeyarmy — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:19:29 +0000

Yeah, ok I see his point now. I completely missed it the first time around. I thought he was concerned that those players, other than Posada, might be claimed. Poor reading comprehension on my part. Carry on.

By: phukyouk

phukyouk — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:13:03 +0000

they would not pull them back.. they would GLADLY be rid of soriano and AJ.. jorge doesnt matter cause hes only got 2 months left anyway

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:08:17 +0000

I think his point is the Yanks might just let the other team have the guy.

By: drmonkeyarmy

drmonkeyarmy — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:05:55 +0000

If one of them would actually get claimed, the Yankees would just pull them off waivers. If them put the same player on waivers again they could not pull that player off.

By: jayxz102

jayxz102 — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:55:44 +0000

so what do they do on the off chance that AJ and/or Soriano actually get claimed? Has to be appealing to shed the salary and more importantly the headaches. However, not sure what the play is with AJ since there’s no elite starting pitcher available in the off-season (other than CC to my knowledge). Do they just get rid of him and hope they young guys are ready by next year? Any thoughts?

By: pisano

pisano — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:55:18 +0000

It doesn’t mean much, but it’s a shame that all three will be staying.