ESPN NY: Rangers To Pursue Sabathia

An anonymous "baseball source" claims that the Rangers will throw a "boatload of money" at Sabathia if he opts out of his contract.

8 months ago Mister Naxal 6 comments 1 recs |

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Sounds like pulling a Cashman on Cashman

drive the price up as high as you can because you know the Yanks cannot get beat in this auction.

by RQ on Oct 14, 2011 9:42 AM CDT reply actions

My first thought

This was my first thought: someone (maybe someone with the last name “Sabathia”?) is getting the bidding going early for C.C. I don’t think there’s any way that he could be lured away from NY, but he still wants to get paid like he might consider leaving. I agree that the Yankees can’t lose him and I think everyone involved in that fiscal triangle (C.C., his agent, and Brian Cashman) all know it.

by Mister Naxal on Oct 14, 2011 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Saw this.

I think it’s just smoke the drive up the price. I don’t think they want to pay a guy that old that much, plus I’m not sure they could recruit him away from NY anyways.

"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels

by GhettoBear04 on Oct 14, 2011 9:48 AM CDT reply actions

Agree

I definitely think someone is starting the bidding early to loosen up Cashman’s check-writing hand. I could see him leaving NY for, say, the Dodgers, but that’s not happening. By all accounts he and his family love NY and I can’t see them trading that in for anything less than a franchise-crippling contract in L.A., and since that’s not going to happen, he’ll re-up with the Yankees but not before they can make Cashman a little nervous.

by Mister Naxal on Oct 14, 2011 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions