The Official World Champion New York Yankees Offseason Thread

[flintgrey]

Solid Red Sox poster.... lol

Saw Jason Bay declined the BoSox first offer. Wonder if he pulls a Damon...

 

[incredibleev]

Originally Posted by DSK aka iLLoQuent

What the +*+#? How you went from 6000 to 6051?

The Yuku magician liked that post so much he gave you a +50 credit...

peep the dates bro

 

[dsk aka illoquent]

Originally Posted by IncredibleEv

Originally Posted by DSK aka iLLoQuent

What the +*+#? How you went from 6000 to 6051?

The Yuku magician liked that post so much he gave you a +50 credit...

peep the dates bro

Wow...

I'm outta here...

 

[proshares]

If they get rid of IPK, I'm no longer a fan.

Let's see how many take me seriously.

 

[アミーゴ]

Lohud really thought he comes back...

 

[los yankees]

Originally Posted by IncredibleEv

and now for something completely awesome

 

[bkmac]

That NY poster is getting printed out asap.

Glad to see this thread is getting into the swing of things.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news...t_id=7688984&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

NEW YORK -- The final eligible Yankee, Andy Pettitte, officially filed for free agency on Thursday, in a formality that could have a ripple effect on the team's offseason plans.

Pettitte, the winner of all three postseason series-clinching games for the Yankees, has not yet decided whether he wants to retire or return to baseball for at least one more season. Should he return, he will almost certainly do so with the Yankees, his employer for 12 of his 15 Major League seasons.



The team is eagerly awaiting his decision. With only two sure things, CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, in their rotation heading into next season, the Yankees will mold their offseason plans around Pettitte. If he returns, they may decide to seek only a middle-of-the-rotation starter in free agency. If he retires, they may more aggressively pursue the best available free-agent starter, John Lackey.

If they do re-sign Pettitte, though, the Yankees know they will be receiving one of the game's more consistent performers. At age 37, Pettitte went 14-8 with a 4.16 ERA, missing just one start due to shoulder fatigue. With his postseason performances, including a win in the decisive World Series Game 6, Pettitte now has more playoff victories and more series-clinching victories than any pitcher in Major League history.

Pettitte also has won five World Series titles, eight pennants and is coming off a season in which he played significant roles in both the Yankees' regular-season and postseason successes. If he has a desire to retire on top of his game, as Mike Mussina did after the 2008 season, now would be the time to do it.

Pettitte nearly retired after each of the past two seasons, both times opting otherwise. Last year, he signed an incentive-laden deal worth a base of only $5.5 million. Cashing in on most of the health-based incentives, Pettitte nearly doubled the value of that contract.

This year, Pettitte faces a similar dilemma. If he wants to return, the Yankees will almost certainly figure out a way to make it happen. If not, his career will end on this most recent high note.

"I'm not sure," Pettitte said during the champagne celebration following his World Series victory. "I have to go home and talk to my family. I have to talk to the Yankees and find out where they're at, and then I can probably start trying to figure out what I want to do."

Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


Andy doesn't know if he wants to come back for another season, or to just retire. If he does come back, he is obviously looking to resign with the Yankees,and only the Yankees.

 

[big j 33]

In light of the Knicks not signing AI and continuing to dump all over our collective hearts, here's some pictures of Jeter and his girlfriend Minka Kellytogether...

and just randoms of her..

 

[venom lyrix]

nice work Derek

 

[redd spyder]

isnt that girl on the tv show friday night lights?

 

[kingfoamnyc]

White *&^%#$% is wack

 

[アミーゴ]

Shes so hot

 

[los yankees]

Updated: November 21, 2009, 4:30 PM ET

[h2]Cuban defector Chapman fires agent[/h2]

Comment Email Print By Jorge Arangure Jr.
ESPN.com
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Cuban pitching phenom Aroldis Chapman has fired the representative who helped him gain free agency, his former agency confirmed Saturday.

Edwin Mejia, of Athletes Premier International, had represented Chapman soon after he defected from the Cuban national team in July.

Mejia had started negotiations with several major league teams, but Chapman switched to veteran agents Randy and Alan Hendricks, Randy confirmed to ESPN The Magazine on Saturday.

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Christophe Elise/Icon SMIAroldis Chapman, playing in February for the Cuban national team, had been taken for a round of interviews with agent Edwin Mejia just last week.

The brothers represent such stars as Kendry Morales and Andy Pettitte.

It's unclear when Chapman made the switch, first reported by the Florida Spanish newspaper El Nuevo Herald on Friday.

"Athletes Premier International is greatly surprised and deeply disappointed that Aroldis Chapman has decided to change agents," the agency said in a statement. "The agency has put forth a lot of time and effort towards helping him achieve his goal of becoming a major league pitcher and he gave us no indication that he was unhappy with our advice or the way he was treated. We will have more to say about this matter at a later date, but in the meantime we wish Aroldis luck in his future endeavors."

Rodney Fernandez, a Miami-based agent born in Cuba who works for the Hendricks brothers, told ESPN The Magazine in a phone interview that Chapman contacted him several days ago.

"I don't know how he got my number," Fernandez said. "It's not like I'm famous or something. We followed every legal step. Maybe it's because I'm Cuban is why he contacted me. I didn't do anything specifically but just answered his call. He simply asked me for help and we are providing it."

The timing of Chapman's decision is curious considering he and Mejia were linked as recently as this week. When asked by ESPN The Magazine on Monday what Chapman's time frame was for making a decision on signing, Mejia replied in an e-mail, "We hope to have him preparing for spring training with his new club as soon as it's possible."

Also last week, Mejia took Chapman on a round of interviews with Sports Illustrated, The Associated Press and ESPN Deportes.

Chapman's original decision to be represented by Mejia caught many by surprise at the time because Mejia was a relative unknown who had never previously represented a major league player. But the link was a junior college player from Cuba whom Mejia advised and who had been a childhood friend of Chapman's.

Chapman and Mejia linked up in Rotterdam, Netherlands, soon after Chapman had defected there during a tournament. Mejia and Chapman then drove from the Netherlands to Barcelona, where Chapman lived and trained for several weeks.

While in Barcelona, Chapman and Mejia gave an exclusive interview to ESPN in late July, when Mejia acknowledged the possibility that Chapman might one day choose a more high-profile agent.

"Well, he has that right," Mejia said then. "He knows that. We told him that. I mean he can, he can change. If we put his interest first and if we do everything possible to keep him protected, well-served and happy, that's all we can do. Legally you can't force him to stay with me or where any agent can't force a player, you just can't, it's illegal. … I expect him to be with Athletes Premier for a long time."

Soon after, Chapman and Mejia moved to Andorra, a small country on the border of France and Spain, where Chapman established residency in September, a necessary step to becoming a free agent.

Less than a week after establishing residency, Major League Baseball awarded the Cuban free-agency status. In October, Mejia took Chapman to New York to begin the process of negotiations with several teams, including the Yankees, Red Sox and Mets. Chapman and Mejia went to a playoff game at Yankee Stadium together and visited with Boston officials at Fenway Park.

It was expected that Chapman soon would begin receiving offers.

During their time in Barcelona, Mejia said several agents had called and contacted Chapman in order to lure him as a client. But Chapman, in the interview with ESPN, insisted he was happy with Mejia.

"Well, I did not know about him," Chapman said in July. "Since he came recommended from a friend, who was almost like a brother to me, I trusted him and I made up my mind. [Mejia] has taught me a great deal about life, from a personal and athletic standpoint. And right now I feel very happy, very grateful for the trust we have in each other. My family is far away over in Cuba, so right now he is my family and we have very good communication. We get along very well."

Jorge Arangure Jr. is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. Reach him at [email protected] or find him on Twitter at twitter.com/jorgearangure.


I wonder if we get him if we would manage to kill this kids velocity like we did to Joba.

 

[hnydlr]

Wow, It´s been almost 2 years since my last post. Shout-out to all my old NT yankee fans who still remember me.Yo Velez !!! Where you at kid !?!?!?!

We finally brought the throphy back home.

It would be sad to see Matsui or Damon go, they can both still swing the bat, but thats about it.
Ive never really been a Matt Holliday fan, and dont really think the Yanks will or should go after him. Dont reallyknow whats the status on Nady but always liked him. Hopefully we can get another A or B-type SP. Both Joba and Hughes are still not ready and IPK just fell offthe map.

My dream would be for the Yanks to get Doc Hallady, to me the best pitcher in baseball at the moment, but eventhough the Jays are willing to trade him theres no way they will trade him to another AL East team unless there is a 3rd team in the mix.

But for now, ill relax and enjoy this championship, gotta thank B-Money for making the good moves and signings, and of course the Boss.

Go Yanks !

 

[dsk aka illoquent]

Welcome home my dude.

On some random *%$ day, I was wondering if we'd see you again on here...

Gotta update that sig + avy though.

EDIT: I almost forgot about "When Cano gets to .300, the bandwagon will NOT be accepting any more passengers"

 

[hnydlr]

Welcome home my dude.

On some random *%$ day, I was wondering if we'd see you again on here...

Gotta update that sig + avy though.

EDIT: I almost forgot about "When Cano gets to .300, the bandwagon will NOT be accepting any more passengers"

yea man, I still have that cano sig saved in yuku.
I gotta change that avy, dont want Kate getting upset

I was going thru some bad times in life and even though I loved NT the last thing I was thinking was about posting and stuff. I always knew Id be back though,when the Yanks won the WS all i thought was about all of my fellow NTers from the Yankee threads.

 

[アミーゴ]

Welcome home!

The Jays said they were open to trade Doc to any team, but we would prolly hafta give up Joba and/or Phil with AJax involved as well.

 

[briannnnn]

Didn't you have that Shelly Duncan avy a long time ago?

Welcome back.

 

[kingfoamnyc]

This thread sucks, Bigtime. Team Yankees should be ashamed of themselves

 

[アミーゴ]

Not much going on right now KingFoam...

When the December GM meetings happen, thats when all the signings and trades usually occur.

SInce the thread sucks, what would you like the Yankees to do?

 

[kingfoamnyc]

^ on page 1 theirs a thread about roy halladay saying he would waive his no trade clause to come to the yanks. He previously turned down trades to the twinsand rangers. How about we discuss what WE individually would give toronto for him and where the line is drawn

 

[stringer bell 32]

not to be a nit picker or anything but

World Champion New York Yankees?

 

[proshares]

Hnydlr is back? I thought he got banned and was back on another name

And get outta here Stringer

 

[stringer bell 32]

Originally Posted by Proshares

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[proshares]

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