Yankees Make CC a BIG Offer

by linkbruin on Nov 15, 2008 1:37 AM PST

And not that it's a bad thing, but we are officially outbid forever on C.C. Sabathia. The New York Yankees have offered 6 years and 140 million (Johan Santana currently makes 137.5) to C.C. This would make him the highest paid pitcher ever. We pretty much can consider ourselves out of the running.

C.C. is going to follow that ridiculous amount of money (he'd be foolish not to) and be great for probably a couple years, and then maybe he'll fall victim to the Bartolo syndrome (but C.C. is taller and has always been this large unlike Bartolo, so we'll see).

Apparently the Yanks are also eyeing/sending offers to Burnett and Lowe... which means Peavy is ours for the taking? trading? Which in the end just leaves more potential money for Tex. I personally for one have never liked that the Yankees can just sign whichever free agent they want, but that's a much larger issue.

Call me cautiously optimistic, but I think we can grab both Peavy and Tex with the pieces falling as they are right now. And all this seems to be able to be done without too much harm to our spending or our farm system. Here's hoping.

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not sure if we will get peavy and tex

but that would be awesome. does anyone know what the padres are asking for peavy?

Mike Scioscia For President

by Sorbo182 on Nov 15, 2008 4:17 AM PST 0 recs

CC

CC and his team did a good job of marketing him. whispering to the media about how he’s and west coast guy. its going to take alot for him to go to the east coast and play. that was smart. now the question is are the Angels/Dodgers really interested in CC? if so, for how much? how much is CC willing to leave on the table to really play on the west coast and how much are the NYY willing to go up?

by HALO_86 on Nov 15, 2008 11:37 AM PST 0 recs

according to Fangraphs.com (Great site btw)

CC is worth roughly 5.5 wins above replacement level, and with wins going for about 5.5 M apiece, and factoring 10% out for a long term deal, a baseline deal was about 6 years 160 Miliion, so if he stays healthy for the duration of the contract and keeps his established level of dominance (factored for a 4 year period or so, because there is no way he can do what he did this year again) then 140/6 isnt that bad of a bargain

Mr Moreno,
Please re-sign Tex.
Sincerely yours,
Halo fans everywhere

by anaheim angels on Nov 15, 2008 1:34 PM PST 0 recs

What bothers me about CC.....

1) His girth. Is this guy going to be fat and effective like David Wells, or is he another Bartolo?
2) Has he been overworked? 241 IP in 2007, 253 IP in 2008.

Obviously he’d be a great addition to any staff right now, but I wonder how long he can maintain his current effectiveness.

Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!

by Fan Since 1981 on Nov 15, 2008 4:07 PM PST 0 recs

Considering that he's only thrown over 200 IP one other time in his career, I'm very fearful he's headed down Bart's colon.

by snowhor on Nov 15, 2008 6:48 PM PST up 0 recs

Maybe so with the IP

But… he has never thrown less than 180and for more than 3/4 of his career so far he has been at least right around 200 IP, and from what I understand, he has always been the size he is now, where in Bart’s case, he ballooned.

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by halofan4life on Nov 17, 2008 7:41 PM PST up 0 recs