One Year For Giambi, Abreu?

Abreu for one year?? Maybe the Braves could sweeten that and sign him for 1 year with an option, that way we dont block Heyward when he is ready.

I think a lot of teams would take Abreu for one year. I know the outfield is full, but I would like to see the Redbirds give him a one year deal, then trade the extra OF

I would be shocked if Abreu couldn't get more than a year. I can understand about Giambi, but Abreu's still got a few decent years left in him.

At only 1 year deal, its gonna have to be a fat deal. Like 16-18 mill per.

Keep in mind that Abreu would have had to accept arbitration before december 7th, something no free agent other then 2 MR did.

So its hard to know if at that point the free agents would've decided to accept arbitration.

"If Abreu can be had for a one year deal, wouldn't it make sense for a cap sensitive team to sign him to a one year deal with an option? He might not be a star or a good defensive player, but he can hit and isn't that what you want a DH to do more than anything else"

Cap sensitive???? this isnt the nfl lol

Nice use of the word prescient

"Of course Theo offered Varitek arbitration and he declined. Stupid for Varitek but smart for Theo. Now Boston can sign him on the cheap or someone else signs him and we get draft picks."

Which is why I am not sure this makes Cashman's not offering of arbitration look smart.

Based on the past two years, only 4 total free agents have accepted arbitration, 3 of them have been MR. Now that arbitration has to be accepted before the winter meetings (Dec 7th), Players cannot use it as a fall back, and its rare a player wont test the market for a multi year deal and take a 1 year deal.

cashman correctly predicted the market for guys like abreu and dunn wouldnt be booming. If there was any chance bobby accepted arbitration that most certainly would have precluded them from the teixeira sweepstakes. It was a smart move ultimately but i think also made out of caution.

cyyoung abre and corey lidle were mostly salary dumps traded to the yankees fo cj henry a former first rounder (whos actually playing bball for memphis now while the yankees pay his tuition... ouch) and a couple other middling prospects. Yankees pretty much didn't give up anything noteworthy.

Abreu was one of the best trades the Yankees have made in recent years, they practically stole him from the Phillies, though it was an unfortunate tragedy with what happened to Lidle.

I really like Abreu as a player, he's a great guy. If he can hit .280/.370/.513 like marcel projects he's a good player to have even with diminished defense. He would make a good OF/DH for a lot of teams. His projected 76 walks is well above the projected league average of 54. I hope he gets a good contract somewhere. He could fit well on the Mets or the Angels. I wouldn't want to see him on the Rays, the Yankees and Red Sox will already have enough trouble there.

I think the problem is all these teams don't want to be forced into these long term deals with players in their mid-30s. First there's the age factor and they are being cautious with spending since they want to make sure they can afford the players with the economy.