Brown on Sabathia, Teixeira, Lowe, Peavy

if the yankees don't get cc, i hear they are going to invest their 140 million on a genetic engineering lab, in which they will harvest their own cc sabathia clone.

LOL
Why r the Tigers on Brown's list?

"if the yankees don't get cc, i hear they are going to invest their 140 million on a genetic engineering lab, in which they will harvest their own cc sabathia clone."

brings new meaning to "Farm System."

Yeah. I wouldn't expect Lowe and Burnett to sign before Sabathia. No way, especially if the Yankees don't get CC, because Lowe/Burnett know the Yankees will come on real strong to get them.

It is amazing to see someone say that "maybe he doesn't want to play for the Yankees." You can't hear that from espn, you have to hear it from an unlikely source in Yahoo. More power to him and he needs to sign wherever he wants

if the yankees don't get cc, i hear they are going to invest their 140 million on a genetic engineering lab, in which they will harvest their own cc sabathia clone.

Posted by: the_kid_01 | November 19, 2008 at 06:37 PM

Bartolo Colon would like his genes back.

Earlier today it looked like the Giants would be added to that list of potential CC options. They will not beat the Yanks offer and it might all be a smoke screen from management to amp up fan interest but they do have a lot of money opening up in the next couple years. Last year they even reduced payroll because they didn't land any of the FA's they wanted. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they jumped in and snagged on of the big fish this winter. I'm thinking Sabathia doesn't become a Yank just based on the fact that he hasn't said word one about looking forward to actually signing there....

"OMG. Is it possible that it is NOT every players dream to wear pinstripes? What if the dream prom date says no? What do you do with that big corsage?"

OMG..Mick..it was S A R C A S M

Im fully aware that not every player wants to play in NY or for the Yankees. I am also fully aware that if CC comes here it will be because of the money. I was being sarcastic in that everyone says that even when most of us know they dont mean it.

Lighten up.

someguynamedg...

Why would he say that when it is in his best interest, even if he wanted to be a Yankee since the day he was born, to get other teams involved and perhaps get into a bidding war?

"I really hate how people think pinstripes are a Yankees thing"

The Yankees are known for the pinstripes. No other team is. You mention "the pinstripes" to any player, or for that matter to any baseball fan and they will assume you are talking about the Yanks.
There is so much to hate on the Yanks and their fans for, Im sure you can do better than that.

Colon would just like to fit into jeans again

Posted by: jtd | November 19, 2008 at 07:09 PM

Are overalls acceptable?

jtd-

The Marlins payroll was more than 1/3 the Yankees payroll. Heaven for bid you actually, I don't know, look something up.

Brown's list includes the Dodgers, Angels, White Sox, Red Sox, Mariners, Tigers, and of course, the Brewers

The WHITE SOX, M'S, TIGERS?????????????

I am all for the Yankee bashing going on, but lets get real. If you are blaming them for outspeding league avg you need to look at your own team first. If your team is close to league avg spending then ok, then you can complain, but if your team is well over it as well stop complaining. And last year, league avg, was 89 million.

CC would bat cleanup every day with the Giants.

...Or hopefully they dealt Swish because they're rebuilding. Hopefully!! We aint gonna compete with the Twinkies next year.

LOL chavez. I remember the first time i saw sabathia in person when the tribe was in milwaukee a few years ago and his first at bat the big man bangs a double off the left field wall. in the days leading up to his first start for the crew this year that hit was the only thing i could think of.

beercheese -- actually the yankees do understand how the 90's teams were built.

Joba and Wang are homegrown.

Jeter, Cano, Melky, Gardner, Posada are all homegrown.

Mo, Coke, Robertson all homegrown.

I'm not even mentioning guys like Bruney, Veras & Ramirez who were all released from other organizations and found themselves and developed as part of the Yankee minor league system.

If Pettitte resigns, then 3/5 of the rotation is homegrown.

What exactly have the Yankees bought other than Arod (who they traded Soriano for), Damon & Nady/Marte (who they traded a ton of minor leaguers for).

I don't think too many other teams have the number of players who have been drafted or came up through their minor league system that the Yankees currently do.

The Yankee payroll is high because the players are good.

Mo, Posada, Jeter, Arod take up a ton of payroll and they all have earned it.

If the Yankees didn't pay them, other teams would have paid them.

So if they go out and buy 2 starting pitchers as free agents they've bought a championship?

BS, my friend and you know it is.

The Red Sox bought Manny & Ortiz so I guess I they bought those championships, eh?

They bought Dice K. They bought Schilling. They bought Drew.

Should I go on?

nixa, are you serious? Using 2008 payroll when the Marlins beat the Yanks in 2003?

I dont know why people are getting so anxious on CC, the first big free agent signing last year was Tori Hunter on Nov. 22nd and everyone thought that was kind of a quick signing. I would give it another couple of weeks until this can be considered "dragged on".