Comments on: Yankees, Mariano Rivera agree on one-year, $10 million deal

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:18:29 +0000

I’m a Red Sox fan and actually think its great he’s coming back.

Rivera deserves to go out on his own terms. I’m not hoping he’s going to have an All Star caliber year (and at 43, if that’s all he really is, I doubt he will) but he’s been great for baseball and every true baseball fan should be able to admit that.

He deserves a swan song and some appreciation around the league this season.

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:46:50 +0000

Three guys who we think of as “ageless wonders” – Mariano, Minnie Minoso and Vin Scully – all share the same birthday. Weird.

By: BigBeachBall

BigBeachBall — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:24:53 +0000

Second best reliever of all time…

By: dcfan4life

dcfan4life — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:04:02 +0000

With Riveras timetable to return, he should be 100% healthy. And at his age, the extended rest could be great for his arm. I doubt he will lose any movement on his cutter, maybe a little velocity. Will he be dominant, maybe not, but i expect plenty more broken bats, wiffs, and saves for this sure fire hall of famer.

By: lazlosother

lazlosother — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:38:40 +0000

Don’t know. Gotta admit this one surprised me.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:46:41 +0000

Regarding Martin: He gone!

Now what?

By: lazlosother

lazlosother — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:46:29 +0000

Good deal. Rivera was great last year before he injured himself and there is no reason to think he won’t be effective this year. If he isn’t, it’s only a one year deal.

NY needs to lock up Martin . No better alternative out there and the younger fellows are either not far enough along or too risky injury-wise not to. People don’t realize that Martin has been worth what he is asking for, and if lightning were to strike with one of the young fellows they could probably trade him and get something of value – several teams are courting him now.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:27:35 +0000

He hurt his knee, not his elbow/shoulder so he should be the same person next season. $10M ($5M reduction from previous) for the best reliever in history is a waste of money?

By: yanks33

yanks33 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:14:07 +0000

I wouldn’t have mind seeing them take a look at Soria and maybe save some money in the process, i wouldn’t have brought Rivera back for 10 mil, just seems like a waste of money

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:25:22 +0000

Completely forgot about him. I really like how Cashman has built the bullpen. Pay money for an elite reliever (Mo), and scrap the barrel for the rest (Eppley, Wade, Aardsma, etc).

By: uyf1950

uyf1950 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:16:47 +0000

Don’t forget to add Aardsma in the available bullpen for the 2013. I think he will surprise some and have a very good year.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:09:36 +0000

Soriano > Robertson > Joba/Logan to Mariano > Robertson > Joba/Logan and save $20M (as long as Levine doesn’t do anything stupid), yes please!

Although I’d love for them to go after Soria, depending on the $ involved.

By: uyf1950

uyf1950 — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:28:54 +0000

Excellent news. Now let’s just hope Rivera doesn’t have any lingering effects from his injury. And it’s in keeping with the Yankees desire to keep to 1 year deals with most of these players preparing for the 2014 season and getting under the Tax Threshold.
Looks like now just the Right Field position which I think will come down to Ichiro as the 1st choice or perhaps Victorino as the fall back position. Then Catcher and as much as I hate to say this I think there is probably at least a 75% chance Martin returns on a 3 year deal.