ibanez signs with the phillies...still keeps the angels in the tex mix.

i hope he stays in ANA or signs w/the Nats... last thing i wanna see is the Red Sux getting their filthy paws on him.

Posted by djsunyc:

latest pics of the new stadium...

http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/2008/12/125-new-stadium-photo-update.html

starting to look awesome... not too crazy about the hockey arena lookin' plexi glass in front of the mezzanine seats tho... that's gonna catch some nasty glare during day games... or are those the luxury boxes?



[Edited by - TMS on 12-12-2008 1:28 PM]

5yr/82.5mil......

Burnett will make 5 starts for the Yankees over the course of that deal

If Burnett stays healthy that can be a great rotation. Not thrilled with the 5th year but he's got filthy stuff when he's right. I hope he doesn't turn into the next Pavano.

It's not what I would have done but I'm still excited to have AJ and I'm glad Cash decided to be active this off-season.

Posted by TMS:

who bats 3rd in this lineup if we don't sign another bat? Matsui? Cano? ARod?

If Cash just spent that much on Burnett and doesn't have money for a significant bat, then he is a retard

Since the last championship all they've done is acquire the big bats, now they're going in the other direction. I can't argue with the philosophy.

I still think the offense is missing one big bat. They need a lot of bounce back years. At least with this pitching staff, they won't have to outslug opponents.

From Peter Abraham's blog:

"Let’s assume Sabathia will receive $23 million in 2009 and Burnett $16.5. Figuring on conservative raises for Chien-Ming Wang (say $5 million), Xavier Nady (say $6 million) and Brian Bruney (say, $1.2 million), I have the Yankees at $172.65 million for 14 players.

If Andy Pettitte agrees to $10 million, that’s $183 million more or less with 10 players left to add. This would include Joba Chamberlain, assorted relievers and assorted bench guys. Figure on $500,000 each, or a total of $5 million.

Now we’re up to $188 million.

If they go get Mike Cameron, that’s $197.5 million unless they get Milwaukee to pay some of his salary. Even if they do, the Yankees are still well over $190 million."

Budget is getting tighter, especially if Pettitte comes back and I think they need to sign him. If they want Manny or Tex, they have to clear $10M. I would look to trade Matsui to the Giants for Randy Winn. Winn can play CF and it frees up the DH spot. It also saves $5M, which would put the payroll at $183M. They could sign a $20-25M a year player and still be under last year's payroll of $209M.

Damon
Jeter
ARod
Manny
Cano
Nady
Posada
Swisher
Winn

or

Damon
Jeter
Texeira
ARod
Cano
Nady
Posada
Swisher
Winn

If they want Manny or Tex, they have to clear $10M.

that would be solved if we passed up on Mike Cameron... i dunno how much trade value Matsui's got coming off major knee surgery, at least until he shows he's healthy again... maybe at the Allstar break u could trade him for a good player... Randy Wynn would be much more preferable to Mike Cameron tho, i'll say that much, but if the Yanks make the deal to take on Cam's salary it pretty much rules out us going after Wynn.