2010-2011 MLB Offseason Thread

[DColts]

I want Frank Francisco but he's type fucking A so he's going nowhere. I hate the arbitration system for relievers.

[Miamarlin21]

He'd be too expensive too. I really don't see us spending any money on any other relievers other than just around the league minimum and minor league invites.

[Branch]

Moss will not be happy.

Naw I'm pretty happy about Victor leaving actually. He was pretty terribad defensively last season, and merely average at the plate. Let somebody else give him more than he's worth, while Salty gets his shot here.

[MiamiHomer]

Derek Jeter’s representatives are asking for at least $80MM more than the Yankees are willing to offer in negotiations for the free agent shortstop, according to Bill Madden of the New York Daily News. The starting point for Jeter and agent Casey Close was six years and $150MM, according to Madden, who reports that the Jeter camp is not budging from demands for a $25MM annual salary. Alex Rodriguez’s contract “is at the cruz of Jeter’s and Close’s stance,” according to Madden.

The Yankees have offered Jeter multiple deals, including one that would pay the 36-year-old $45MM over the course of the next three seasons. Close suggested that the Yankees' tactics are "baffling," so Yankees GM Brian Cashman encouraged Jeter and his agent to test the free agent market in search of a more generous deal.

Joel Sherman of the New York Post proposes that the Yankees could sign Jeter to a six-year $75MM deal that could become more lucrative if Jeter reaches incentives based on plate appearances. The suggested deal would pay Jeter $20MM per season from 2011-13 and shield the Yankees from the luxury tax.

Jeter and his agent are crazy...

[Ramp]

NYC is gonna turn on him soon

[DColts]

He's gonna accept the 3/45 since he will learn that that's the highest he'll get and that other teams aren't interested.

[CrimsonCane]

6/$150 is so laughable.

[Omar]

The Red Sox should give him the money

[Branch]

I would hate them so much.

[Valid]

They'll probably end up settling on something like four years, $70-80 million. Somewhere in that neighborhood.

[Party]

Yankees are going to duke it out with each other over this one. No other sane team could afford to do this with his age.

[Big Z]

Am I the only one kind of pissed that we didn't go after Garland. He signed for 1 year 5 mil with the Dodgers. This would have been a nice pickup.

[Ramp]

yea, he's a nice NL pitcher
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Felix Pie losing his shit

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[Beef]

I think at the 45 second mark, the umpire is like, what kind of reaction what that?

[Party]

Remember when Felix Pie was going to be the next big thing?