Yankees Rumors: Abreu, Burnett, Teixeira

Theirs no question Burnett should be taking the contract the Yankees offered him,thats the contract him and his agent were looking for...If Pettitte and his agent don't wanna take a paycut then part ways with em,theirs no way Pettitte is worth $16M.

yanksfansince78,

alright after 10,000 losses and only our second WS title in almost 130 years i think we have the right to be a little sensitive.

oh and don't go making yourselves out to be the 'draft gurus' here. First off your list there comprised about 15-20 years of prospects. Mariano's old enough to be Gardner's father. And Gardner hasn't amounted to anything yet.

Also cano was an amateur FA. (easy to do with $$$), as was Wang, Pettitte, Cabrera and Mariano.

So that leaves you with Jeter, Posada, Joba, Melky and Hughes.

Not so great a draft haul when you realize its a span of about 18 years.

Now before you go and reply I do realize that many yankees draftees have been traded to bring back players so that number should be more if they didn't trade them away, but the point is, the Yanks buy their players, they don't develop them. They won't be confused with the D'backs, A's and the other teams with perenially strong systems.

Pettite was a draft pick.

Great. 5 years for Burnett. Have him pitch till hes 37, great! You know what. Why dont the Yankees offer Manny and Lowe ten year deals, while your at it. Pathetic.

Another thing. People who say Girardi coached bad was wrong. He used the bullpen tremendously well, something Toree doesnt know what to do. We saw it in the playoffs. Toree overworks his best relievers and by the playoffs their exhausted. The only problem I had with Joe was not benching Cano earlier in the season. The veteran players need to motivate themselves.

Pedroia should send Quentin a thank-you card for being injured in several last games of the season.

Guess someone's a tool. And to give a hint, it's not me

"The NFL offers ZERO loyalty to it's players and we will never move to a model like that. Let's move on. Even if the salary cap somewhere around $125-$140 mil were installed you know teams like the Marlins, Pirates, Reds, A's, Rays, Brewers, etc would never come near paying their players half off that amount."

That's absurd. Most teams couldn't even hit that cap (unless there was extensive redistribution of profits to smaller teams). What makes the NFL model interesting is that every team can actually afford to go beyond the cap, but the cap prevents them from doing so.

If you were going to do a salary cap, it would have to be around 80 million so that everyone can afford it. It's then up to the GM to sign smart cap-friendly deals, and take calculated risks on players with large contracts.

You wouldn't have teams throwing money at mediocre players like today, because they wouldn't be able to afford it. Or one team signing all the best FA' because they can afford to. It redistributes talent across all teams. What's not to like? It would also place a greater emphasis on drafting.

I'm not even sure what you mean about the "zero loyalty" thing. There are lots of NFL franchise players who will spend their whole career with the same team. That's loyalty. If you're talking about guaranteed contracts, those are a joke anyway. What other job allows you to do nothing and get paid? NY fans of all people should be against this ever since the Pavano deal.

But in any case, it's only normal that NFL teams would commit less to players, given the fact that football is a much more brutal sport, and the injury risk is way higher. That just makes sense.