Finally, a championship rotation to go with a deep lineup and great bullpen. Kudos to Hal for breaking the bank. Oh, and fuck the Astros. Yankees are World Series favorites - right where they belong.
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Gerrit Cole has an opt-out clause after the fifth year of his deal with the New York Yankees, a source tells ESPN.
You knew there would be an opt-out.....it's good for the Yankees that it's after 5 years and not 3 years. Cole will be 34 then, if he opts out we got his best years already.
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Gerrit Cole has an opt-out clause after the fifth year of his deal with the New York Yankees, a source tells ESPN.
You knew there would be an opt-out.....it's good for the Yankees that it's after 5 years and not 3 years. Cole will be 34 then, if he opts out we got his best years already.
Yep, I have no issue with it. It will be when he's 34, that's fair. And it's still soooo long from now.
Knowing the empire is back. Rosenthal said Cole was the Dodgers top priority all offseason and they cleared lots of salary for him and we just straight bullied them and the Angels into submission.
I'll say it again, when the NY Yankees go all in, no single team can touch them.
Why? Strasburg is getting $35M/yr, Cole is getting $36M/yr. The difference is Cole's has 2 more years on it than Stras, but Cole is 2 years younger than Stras. Everyone knew Cole was going to make more than Stras, I'm glad it was only $1M more per year, and I think mathematically the contracts make perfect sense in relation to each other, regardless of when they were signed.
You can count on several Yankee fans not liking the deal as being too much money or that it is 9 years if he doesn't opt out. There will be at least one "Cole will be 38 in 2028 and this deal will kill their cap, I just cannot get behind it." Or "I hate this deal. Now how do we resign Austin Romine? Too many other holes that could be filled."
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Matt Blake would be fired within 15 minutes of the first hit off of Cole in spring training.
And the first Cole loss would see a Daily News backpage headline calling all his "baseball people" down to Tampa to find out why Im getting bad advice and what has to be done about this Astro pussy
Now, there are some interesting things to discuss.
1. What happens with Happ? Yes, nobody wants to see him starting games in the post season but as a fifth starter he makes a ton of sense to keep. However, because of the money I can see him being moved. German is dealing with the suspension. We are all excited about Garcia but I assume there is no rush to get him to the majors. And we also have Montgomery.
2. Andujar ... He was always a great trading chip for a SP but now that Didi was a casualty it makes sense to keep him. I would love a platoon of Gio and Andujar at 3B. Here is the problem, we cannot really afford to have 2 guys that are strictly 3B so can Andujar play 1B? I hope so. Worst case is that I am sure Gio could play 1B but do we really want his defense taken away from 3B?
3. Who is playing CF? I really like what Tauchman brought to the team last year. However, I am not sure he will be as effective starting every game. I heard they were talking with Gardner. I get it. We need to save money now and he will be cheap but it is truly time to move on. He was a great guy to root for but enough is enough. They have had great success the last couple of years or so with acquiring cheap options in the OF who have exceeded those expectations. I'd rather see Maybin in CF than to re-sign Gardner.
Most of the rest of the league has been spending Yankees money shared via luxury tax and revenue sharing on free agents for several years now...nice to see the Yanks give the rest of the league the finger with a big time free agent again, like the old days
324!!
This was the guy to do it for. If it doesn't work out it's not anyones fault. But it's awesome to have him on our side now. Giddy up
I guess we can re-sign Dellin if he's willing to accept an expired Popeye's coupon and a half used MetroCard.
SEVY
TANAKA
PAXTON
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimmmmmmyyyyyyy!!!!!!!! - ( New Window )
Sevy
Paxton
Tanaka
Finally, a championship rotation to go with a deep lineup and great bullpen. Kudos to Hal for breaking the bank. Oh, and fuck the Astros. Yankees are World Series favorites - right where they belong.
Can’t believe some people thought teams lik the angels would outbid us when word came out we were all in, what a joke, lmao
Tanaka as your fourth starter is insane..
Tanaka as your fourth starter is insane..
Also, very excited to see Matt Blake's impact on the rotation, earning rave reviews already. Expecting career years from sevy and paxton
Can’t believe some people thought teams lik the angels would outbid us when word came out we were all in, what a joke, lmao
Unbelievable. It’s been a long time since we were in our rightful position as the dominant team. This could be the start of a multi year run.
Hell yes
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Gerrit Cole has an opt-out clause after the fifth year of his deal with the New York Yankees, a source tells ESPN.
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Gerrit Cole has an opt-out clause after the fifth year of his deal with the New York Yankees, a source tells ESPN.
You knew there would be an opt-out.....it's good for the Yankees that it's after 5 years and not 3 years. Cole will be 34 then, if he opts out we got his best years already.
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Jeff Passan
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Gerrit Cole has an opt-out clause after the fifth year of his deal with the New York Yankees, a source tells ESPN.
You knew there would be an opt-out.....it's good for the Yankees that it's after 5 years and not 3 years. Cole will be 34 then, if he opts out we got his best years already.
Yep, I have no issue with it. It will be when he's 34, that's fair. And it's still soooo long from now.
Asked him the same yesterday. He's all in
I'll say it again, when the NY Yankees go all in, no single team can touch them.
Same. If he opts out, we say thank you for you service and the rings. Now you can go home.
But let's worry about that in five years because we just got the best pitcher in baseball.
NOW SHAVE MFER!
Why? Strasburg is getting $35M/yr, Cole is getting $36M/yr. The difference is Cole's has 2 more years on it than Stras, but Cole is 2 years younger than Stras. Everyone knew Cole was going to make more than Stras, I'm glad it was only $1M more per year, and I think mathematically the contracts make perfect sense in relation to each other, regardless of when they were signed.
SEVY
TANAKA
PAXTON
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Need to find out what's going to happen with German.
German
Loisiaga
Devi Garcia
Montgomery
Do any of these guys project to a potential #1 ace.
What a staff now. If Sevy returns to 2018 1st half form...wow
Now get another high contact low K hitter to balance out the line up. And we are ready for war.
BBI - the one place in the world where no one is ever happy, even when good things happen.
That's a great picture at a time like this.
Thanks
And the first Cole loss would see a Daily News backpage headline calling all his "baseball people" down to Tampa to find out why Im getting bad advice and what has to be done about this Astro pussy
1. What happens with Happ? Yes, nobody wants to see him starting games in the post season but as a fifth starter he makes a ton of sense to keep. However, because of the money I can see him being moved. German is dealing with the suspension. We are all excited about Garcia but I assume there is no rush to get him to the majors. And we also have Montgomery.
2. Andujar ... He was always a great trading chip for a SP but now that Didi was a casualty it makes sense to keep him. I would love a platoon of Gio and Andujar at 3B. Here is the problem, we cannot really afford to have 2 guys that are strictly 3B so can Andujar play 1B? I hope so. Worst case is that I am sure Gio could play 1B but do we really want his defense taken away from 3B?
3. Who is playing CF? I really like what Tauchman brought to the team last year. However, I am not sure he will be as effective starting every game. I heard they were talking with Gardner. I get it. We need to save money now and he will be cheap but it is truly time to move on. He was a great guy to root for but enough is enough. They have had great success the last couple of years or so with acquiring cheap options in the OF who have exceeded those expectations. I'd rather see Maybin in CF than to re-sign Gardner.
Way to go Stienbrenners. They wont be called penny pinchers anymore.
Get ready for the chooches to say "yankees buy championships"
Waiting for those clowns
Get ready for the chooches to say "yankees buy championships"
Waiting for those clowns
Yup, 1 big FA= bought championship.
We're the only team that's not allowed to sign FAs
For real