Which is what the Yanks offered. Betances's agent wanted 5 mil. Yanks President Levine rips Betances's agent for going to arbitration.
I agree with the Yankees on this. 3 mil is a huge jump from what he was making. Now he can get into ST and get his form right for 2017.
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This was year one of arbitration eligibility?? He has 2 more years right? If so I would pay him 3 mil this year, then give him long term deal next year. If not I agree.
And If he is a whiny baby and wants to try FA we can always trade him for more pieces.
He's privately concerned over his workload per Sherman
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Seriously. You won. Just shut up.
But no. Randy Levine has to go out and open his big, stupid fucking mouth. He's a joke.
Now he may want to leave us because of Levine's idiocy. Sohard to root for the Yanks sometimes.
Must be a thing that happens nowadays.
Though he would have been fired long ago.
He's a fucking stain.
Though he would have been fired long ago.
He's a fucking stain.
He's remained this long. That means he's in until he pulls a Swindal.
Hal needs to put a gag order on this stupid fuck just like he did with his dumbass brother.
The business of sports can lead to some hard situations, but completely avoidable situations like this really make fans cringe.
Betances is not only a home-grown prospect, he's a hometown kid from BK / Manhattan. What in the fucking fuck.
It was over. But now it's not. With Jeter and Mo, the club just said some generic "it's just business" b.s, and then shut up. They didn't call a press conference to disparage the player, mispronouncing their name over and over. Really makes you feel like an important part of the team.
Though he would have been fired long ago.
He's a fucking stain.
+1
But as others have said above, Levine publicly rubbing his nose in it was just a dick move, and bad PR when others players look at how the Yanks treat their guys.
Really?
I am not so sure that he will get over it. This is what he said yesterday, "You look at it a little differently now. I think (free agency) will be a little easier when the time comes." - Dellin Betances
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If Steinbrenner fell for that then he wasn't as sharp as I thought. The city wasn't turning down that plan, if the Yankees bolted it would be catastrophic for local government.
“They take me in a room, and they trash me for about an hour and a half,” Betances said. “I thought that was unfair for me. I feel like I’ve done a lot for this organization, especially in these last three years. I’ve taken the ball time after time. Whenever they needed me, I was there for them.”
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“Is it selfish of me just to say now, ‘Hey, guys, I just want to come in for the eighth inning with no runners on, all the time’?” he said.
...In Betances’ arbitration hearing, Murray compared Betances to Jonathan Papelbon, who agreed to a one-year, $6.25 million deal after making the All-Star team in his first three full seasons with Boston. The pitchers had similar earned run averages, as well as comparable marks for the advanced statistic fielding-independent pitching, and Betances had far more strikeouts.
The difference was not in performance but in usage — Papelbon was used in the ninth inning, so he had 113 saves by the time he went to arbitration. Betances has 22.
Apparently, though, Levine felt the need to make his case not just to arbitrators but to the public.