The Yankees have re-signed Sergio Mitre to a one-year, $900K deal, reports Jerry Crasnick of ESPN (via Twitter). The right-hander could earn up to $200K more through incentives. Mitre was entering his third year of arbitration eligibility.
Mitre appeared in 27 games for the Yanks in 2010, registering a 3.33 ERA with 4.8 K/9 and 2.7 BB/9. While the 29-year-old didn't start many games for the Bombers last season, he does have 64 career starts to his credit, giving the Yankees an option as a spot starter.
I don’t see any real reason for this signing. Sure, it provides some pitching depth with major league experience, but as a fan, and I don’t want to speak for everyone, but I would rather see some of the minor league talent get a crack at it if there happens to be an injury, not Mitre.
agreed.
I’d prefer to see young talent get real playing and development time in AAA rather than rot on the bench in the Bx.
The Yankees have an extremely flexible 40 man, it’s cheap, veteran, talent backing up what is currently a fragile rotation and bullpen, a pitcher coming off a very successful and healthy season finally two years removed from TJ, it’s a minor raise, you really don’t see any benefits? Why rush the talent in the minors into non guaranteed playing time? Every team in the majors has players like Mitre on its roster.
That does it. The balance of power in the AL East has shifted towards the Bronx.
Sergio Mitre: The game changer.
Why? Did they not see what we did to him in the ALCS?
Giraldo (Girardi) just loves this guy….big man crush on him…..he stinks and can only be used for mop up duty…i agree with the above comments…give a young guy a shot..at least there is a chance of some upside and the yanks play some lopsided games, so you could break a kid in and if he shows promise, you can expand his role. You can’t expand this guys role…i guess some spot starts….but sheesh
3.33 ERA, really? I think he has photos of Girardi…..
Why not? He doesn’t walk many and is a ground ball machine.
Yeah he was solid last year when he kept the ball on the ground. For $900K why not?
they can pay this piece of crap,but they cant pay JETER,i hope he does leave
What a profoundly ignorant statement.
ha ha ha stupid people shouldnt own computers right jake
Is that why you’re having to use your moms in her basement?
BAM.
im sorry azz…… whole, who asked for your opinion,if i need your opinion ill give it to you
Is that why you’re having to use your moms in her basement?
BAM.
Don’t feed the trolls.
It’s 1AM out here on the East Coast. I’m just trying to keep myself entertained before I fall asleep.
they can pay this piece of crap,but they cant pay JETER,i hope he does leave
100 million dollars is not the point,the point is they can pay mitre who has done nothing but stink up the place since he has been here,but they cant pay jeter who has been nothing but the best YANKEE ever
The two are completely separate situations. You can’t reasonably compare a franchise shortstop with a guy who could likely be the 25th player on the roster and will likely fill nothing more than a long reliever role. One is completely independent of the other.
Now the Yankees can forgo their hunt for Cliff Lee.
Why would you resign this bum Mitre
Why would you resign this bum Mitre
Really? Mitre? Really? There’s almost two dozen others I’d like to see in NY before this bum.
in response to the Yankees resigning Sergio Mitre HAHAHAHAHAHAHA do they miss Farnsworth or what?
“The Yankees have re-signed Sergio Mitre to a one-year, $900K deal”
and the conspiracy theory that a salary cap is ….
He was a depth signing, people here are making it like hes going to be our #2 starter. Calm down…
Mitre must have stolen the compromising pictures of Girardi from Cody Ransom.
Yes well there’s our big signing. Would have loved to have signed Cliff Lee but would much rather have Mitre.
Yeah because FA is already over right?
Sorry that a depth signing like Mitre is making your world fall apart.
Are you kidding me? Lighten up for crying out loud. Breaking news Baseball is just a ****ing sport! I don’t know why people come on here and bash other people who just give their opinions get a life. Maybe if they were being a holes I would understand but really? I have no problem at all with the Yankees signing Mitre for a million bucks. Yankee haters really need to pull their thongs out of their you know whats. Its called joking around.
OMG lets freak out over a 7th starter!!!!!
Wow, major freakout over an arb-eligible guy getting tendered a contract with essentially the same salary he had last year. Lock your doors and bar the windows.
The bigger issue here–bigger than the money–is that the Yankees intend to give Mitre a 40-man roster spot as they head into the Rule 5 draft. It must mean they have little regard for the pool of talent available there and don’t intend to take anyone.
Furthermore, this committment to Mitre really isn’t a big deal. Remember that every March, arb-eligible players such as Mitre who have signed one year contracts can be released with either 30 days(1/6 of that season’s salary) or 45 days(1/4 of that season’s salary) owed to them being the only committment. That translates to either $150,000 or $225,000 if the Yankees decide to release Mitre(and he clears waivers and is released) next spring.
So, no big deal, everyone. 😉
Actually if you peep Lohud, they can make this signing, resign Jeter and Pettitte, sign Lee, and still have 1-2 roster spots open, plus Reegie Corona is disposable…The Yankees currently only have 33 on the 40 man roster.
Hmmm, not a fan of Mitre but he has been good on rare occasions. But when you see Mitre pop into a game it means one of three things:
1. A pitcher is injured
2. A pitcher couldn’t go more than 3+ innings
3. We are losing so badly it doesn’t matter
So congrats on signing more “depth”, but I wouldn’t lose sleep over losing Mitre.
2 and 3 are related.
But you can add: we are winning by so much that Sergio Mitre throwing with his left hand wouldn’t ruin it.
True, I suppose the moral of the story is…I never really want to see Mitre in games haha.
With a team payroll of more then $100 million dollars and Mitre making less then $1 million. Tells me IF he were to even win 1 game for the Yankees, they will consider it a perfectly fine spending of money. Sabathia earned $24 million and won 21 games. No one is complaining about that contract….I know it seems ridicilous, but this is the Yankees and they do not have the same fiscial responisbility that the Royals or Twins need to have.
As a Rays fan all I can say is Thank You. Now watch him stack a career year against the Rays. The struggles of a minor league franchise playing in the majors.
Yeh, but the Rays will have Gazillion draft picks with all the players they lost!
This is not a big deal at all but the only question I have is “why a major lge deal as opposed to a minor one?. If he’s signing back with the Yankees as a “depth” acquisition then chances are he really didn’t have a lot of offers out there. It would be difficult for me to believe that there isn’t anyone in the Rule 5 draft or unprotected in our own system that wouldn’t be more useful long or short term over Mitre. Guys like Mitre are readily available around spring training time. I’m convinced that Mitre has some dirt on Girardi.
Mitre isn’t worth a roster spot put it like that.
Mitre isn’t worth a roster spot put it like that.