cliff lee offer coming today

Pharmcat · Post #1 » by **Pharmcat** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 5:07 pm

figure cliff lee deserves his own thread as things are heating up

sherman on twitter saying yanks to make offer today: 6 yrs 140-150 mill

Pharmcat · Post #2 » by **Pharmcat** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 5:34 pm

per agent, one team has been eliminated from the list, and its not the rangers

Dr. Detfink · Post #3 » by **Dr. Detfink** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 7:29 pm

It's ALL a game...and 6 yrs is just to get Cliffy's attention. NO WAY Cliff accepts anything less than 6, and I said that a looooooooooooooooong time ago when some clown thought Cliff Lee would take a 5 year/120M contract.

C'mon wake up. :lol:

I'd be surprised if $140-150 does it for Cliffy. I still think he's going to try and get the Yanks to flinch and give him a 7th and push it to $160-180 by using Texas' no State tax and cheaper living as leverage.

I can't blame Lee but y'know...six years is already ridiculous.

Pharmcat · Post #4 » by **Pharmcat** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 7:40 pm

i dont think yanks go 7

6 years is perfect, even if they have to increase per yr amount

CC/Lee/Phil/Aj for the next couple years, while developing the "3 Bs"...hopefully they can be developed in 3 years so that they can take the lantern once lee and CC are at the backend of their deals

Pharmcat · Post #5 » by **Pharmcat** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 8:20 pm

lees agent has left the meetings per marchand

where is he going? :banghead:

Dr. Detfink · Post #6 » by **Dr. Detfink** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 8:58 pm

Did you hear that? CHA-CHING!

BTW I soooo hope Buster Olney is acting stupid on 1050 Michael Kaye, thinking the Yanks plan B is bringing Greinke by shipping Montero.

Jitpal · Post #7 » by **Jitpal** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 10:27 pm

Dr. Detfink wrote:Did you hear that? CHA-CHING!

BTW I soooo hope Buster Olney is acting stupid on 1050 Michael Kaye, thinking the Yanks plan B is bringing Greinke by shipping Montero.

That really isn't logical at all. Grienke doesn't want to play here (rumors of NTC). Greinke probably can't handle New York (documented anxiety issues). Royals probably don't want Montero because they already have a top flight catcher in the minors AND they already have a hitter with no position (Butler). The Yankees might deal Montero for pitching but it won't be with the Royals. -Jitpal

Pharmcat · Post #8 » by **Pharmcat** » Wed Dec 8, 2010 11:37 pm

yanks have made offer per Curry (the YES guy)

now we wait :thinking:

Jitpal · Post #9 » by **Jitpal** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 12:02 am

Pharmcat wrote:yanks have made offer per Curry (the YES guy)

now we wait

Apparently he left Orlando to go to Arkansas (home of Cliff Lee). It sounds like Lee's agent, Lee and Lee's family are going to go over the Yankee offer. -Jitpal

Pharmcat · Post #10 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 12:14 am

Jitpal wrote:
Pharmcat wrote:yanks have made offer per Curry (the YES guy)

now we wait

Apparently he left Orlando to go to Arkansas (home of Cliff Lee). It sounds like Lee's agent, Lee and Lee's family are going to go over the Yankee offer. -Jitpal

he has all the offers and he is going to AK to discuss with lee

i dont think any1 tops the 140/6 offer

daily news guy on twitter is saying that was the offer

Christophersp10 · Post #11 » by **Christophersp10** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 1:37 pm

Wfan and Heyman are reporting that the Yankees are offering a 7th year. Wouldn't be that big of a hit if the Yankees just kept Nunez as the SS for next year.

Post #12 » by **nykgeneralmanager** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 1:47 pm

That should get it done.

Now just get Pettitte back and I'll take CC, Lee, Pettitte vs the lefties in that Sox lineup any day of the week.

A lefty reliever is an important addition.

Dr. Detfink · Post #13 » by **Dr. Detfink** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 3:08 pm

Pettitte ain't coming back...

I really don't believe the Yanks would pony up a SEVENTH year (BTW who said the Yanks would do that first? That's right...) without considering their Plan B and Plan C options.

It also shows how DESPERATE the Yanks are right now.

And with Crawford getting 142M from the Sawx, you can BET Lee is getting $160M easy. And once again, WHO predicted that would happen?

Seriously dude, when work tones down by this weekend I will be back to take asses down cause the BULLSH*T posted about the Yanks just reeked of ESPN trade machine mentality that doesn't work in the REAL world. :lol:

Pharmcat · Post #14 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 4:58 pm

Dr. Detfink wrote:Pettitte ain't coming back...

I really don't believe the Yanks would pony up a SEVENTH year (BTW who said the Yanks would do that first? That's right...) without considering their Plan B and Plan C options.

It also shows how DESPERATE the Yanks are right now.

And with Crawford getting 142M from the Sawx, you can BET Lee is getting $160M easy. And once again, WHO predicted that would happen?

Seriously dude, when work tones down by this weekend I will be back to take asses down cause the BULLSH*T posted about the Yanks just reeked of ESPN trade machine mentality that doesn't work in the REAL world.

every1 knows the yanks are desperate

plan B is off the table as crawford has signed
grienke has a social anxiety problem and would not work here
there really is no other top pitcher available
we have real competition from the TEX

all things considered, whatever it takes, 5 yrs, 6yrs, 7 yrs to get it done, Cash needs to get it done....this team needs Lee

Jitpal · Post #15 » by **Jitpal** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 5:18 pm

Andrew Marchand claims that the 7 year offer by the Yankees is at a lower AAV than their original 6 year offer. Honestly, I don't have a great feeling about Cliff Lee. I just can't imagine him having an insane 1-something ERA for the next couple of years in the playoffs. Whatever, it's pretty much a done deal anyway. The Yankees are just bidding against themselves. -Jitpal

Pharmcat · Post #16 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 5:20 pm

i just think getting lee takes the pressure of our young pitches who are going to be coming up

with CC/Lee/Phil/Aj, the young pitchers can just come and be put in the 4 and 5 spots and learn the game while the others carry the team

Pharmcat · Post #17 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 6:20 pm

per Post, Lee has been offered various deals

something like
5/125
6/140
7/161

the less the years, the higher the annual average

Pharmcat · Post #18 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 9:00 pm

buster says some yanks officials not confident on lee

oh well, lets move on to the next target

Jitpal · Post #19 » by **Jitpal** » Thu Dec 9, 2010 9:44 pm

Pharmcat wrote:buster says some yanks officials not confident on lee

oh well, lets move on to the next target

Yeah, supposedly Texas has gone to 6 years. With all the years thrown around, I wonder what the AAV is for all of these offers. -Jitpal

KnickelandDime · Post #20 » by **KnickelandDime** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:50 am

This offseason has been awful for the Yankees. Even if we get Lee we will be massively overpaying. I don't know what to do with this team we can't really upgrade anywhere except pitching and we desperately need to upgrade based on how sloppy we looked last year. The only pitchesr worth caring about are Cliff Lee or Greinke. One is expensive and the other is supposedly not cut for New York. Cashman can salvage the whole thing if he were to somehow get Darvish but thats unlikely.