Teixera signs with yanks!

[Primetime]

I've never wished harm to anyone, but I hope Texiera tears an ACL and Burnett has rotator cuff surgery. The only reason I don't want CC to get injured is because of his time in MIL.

 

[mfbmike]

yankees trying to buy themselves a world series
i can't wait until it backfires.

in for this.

 

[LC AAU]

uhm, most teams don't spend 400m on like 4 players...

 

[Primetime]

uhm, most teams don't spend 400m on like 4 players...

I think it was $430ish Million on Three players. They'll dish out some more soon to get Pettite also.

 

[Primetime]

There's a rumor saying the Yankees will offer Manny a deal sometime within the next few hours.

 

[Primetime]

Supposedly going to offer manny a 3YR deal for $75 Million.

 

[Primetime]

It was on Around The Horn but apparently a team can only sign 3 Type A free agents per offseason and CC, Burnett and Tex are all Type A along with Manny. We shouldn't have to worry about the Yankees getting Manny now.

 

[Irish]

If you have the money, spend it. You cant bash the yankees for trying to better there team.

 

[corbin]

As much as I am pissed about this situation, I have to admit Brian Cashman did an amazing job at signing all three free agents this off-season. It's not easy balancing all these big names and getting them to sign one after another.

 

[Primetime]

He can't get manny.

 

[Primetime]

It was on Around The Horn but apparently a team can only sign 3 Type A free agents per offseason and CC, Burnett and Tex are all Type A along with Manny. We shouldn't have to worry about the Yankees getting Manny now.

This.

 

[Len B]

I was down to 10% interest in baseball this past season, and it's now dipped to 1% interest. Baseball is easily the worst professional sport out there, even behind hockey.

How the fuck can you not have a salary cap in this day in time? As a Yankees fan, can you even take any pride in buying a championship this off-season if it happens to pay off?

 

[Yawkey Way]

by no means do i agree with what happened, but complaining about it isn't going to magically change things. The yankees have their money, and they made their choice and spent it in the best way to address their needs. I'm not gonna make a big cry baby routine out of this because the Yankees did what they thought was best.

 

[mfbmike]

fuck the fuckin yankees. driving up salaries and ticket prices ruining the fucking game for everyone else. yeah go sit in the bleachers with a bunch of greaseballs drunk off their ass trying to fight everyone around them

Such a terrible economy right? :|

As pissed as I am at this situation being a die hard sox fan...I'm more pissed about what this shit does to baseball. Tex is a great player, but in no way is he a top 5 player, maybe even top 10 player in baseball. 22 Million for a guy like tex is how players like Lugo end up with 10 million sallaries. Say for example, Pujols was a selfish bastard and had Boras as his agent...they would look at this and go "well if Tex can get 22 million, I deserve 30"...it's a vicious cycle and this offseason has finally proved a salary cap is needed. The competition shrinks every single year.

:cough:

 

[Vinsane]

Buy what you will, it all comes down to 162 games later. We'll see if the moves the Yankees made will pay off in the long run

 

[spidey12293]

No matter what the Yankees do they will be criticized. If the Yankees signed Johan last year for a huge contract people would have been saying the same thing they are now, but instead we didn't so people say the Yankees were dumb for not signing him.

And whoever was talking about homegrown talent is dumb. Yes the Red Sox do have good young talent, but dont be that ignorant. Yankees have Cano, Jeter, Posada, Melky, Gardner, Joba, Huges, Kennedy, and very good farm system.

The Yankees are not built on homegrown talent, but neither are the redsox. They have both been the same type of team for a few years now, except the red sox have been smarter with talent they pick up.

And I agree with everyone who says there needs to be a cap, but if they have the money why should they not spend it. They have an advantage which is completely legal in the rules, why not use it? Its like me throwing a 100 mph in high school, but the coach tells me to throw with my left because its unfair for other teams. (dumb but i think it applies)

 

[Vinsane]

To say it would ruin contracts and make everyone upset then go play elsewhere, it's not the only baseball league in the world. The NHL implemented a salary cap for survival and the players had to take cuts, which worked out fine now. Hockey is on the rebound and it will take awhile to get back into the light, like the NBA after the strike.

Implement the Salary Cap in baseball and it will even out the playing field, that's something the big market teams don't want to see, but it's getting to the point where everyone deserves a fair shot every year.

 

[chazmaniandevil]

get over it people......dont get mad at the yanks

get mad at the mlb

brewers gm said it best today when he said a salary cap is needed

 

[chazmaniandevil]

dude shut up.......i dont like the yankees or the red sox.....i like the giants and ill admit theyre run by complete idiots

but dont act like the tigers are legit when they spent so much fucking money on cabrera and willis and failed

 

[Vinsane]

The Yankees did this before, hell they even bought bug spray, didn't help their chances!