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Looks like good vibes surround the issue of Posada returning to the Yankees. If so, then once business is taken care of with Rivera, the team has its nucleus in place for next year with the only major question mark being whether Pettitte returns or not.
Do you know what the working relationship between Petitte and Girardi is like? Any issues?
MaxB
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Posted: |
Nov 15, 2007 - 6:23 PM
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By: |
ANZALDIMAN
(Member)
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A-Rod pulled yet another surprise in deciding he wants to stay with the Yankees.
The reported deal is now 275 million dollars over 10 years.
The only missing piece now remaining for the Yanks is to get their 38 year old bullpen ace Mariano Rivera signed on the dotted line.
But he too wants that "4th year" in the contract.
I'm sure he'll get it, and eventually resign with the Yanks.
Of course, like everyone else watching baseball hot stove moves, I'm waiting for news of their eventual offer to Minnesota for Johan Santana.
They will have to put either Hughes or Chamberlain on the table plus some more to get the Twins to even listen to an offer.
If the Yankees management is smart (and they are) they'll wait until at least spring training of next year and see how things shake out before they make a move in trading away possible future star young pitching for Santana at this point.
The Yankees are one of the few teams out there right now that have the young players that Minnesota will want in a package to land Santana.
The Twins have the upper hand right now and can, and will demand quite a bit in return in a trade for him.
But as time goes on, if Minnesota can not reach agreement with him on a new huge contract going into next spring, they will be in a very different position.
At that point, the sand in the hourglass starts running out on Minnesota.
And the position of power that they now have in trading him and getting what they want in return will dramatically diminish.
In the long run, it's really Johan Santana who holds all the cards.
He'll still be a free agent at the end of the 2008 baseball season no matter what happens.
He'll decide where he wants to play after 2008, and even if he is traded by the Twins, he'll decide whether he wants to sign a contract extension to play for that team he's traded to or bolt to free agency.
And at that point, the Yankees and about 10 other ML teams will be ready to swoop in with checkbooks at the ready trying to sign him.
Santana will get his money either way.
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