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Post by Gerard on Dec 3, 2010 19:50:38 GMT -5
 DEC. 6-9, 2010 Winter Meetings, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. |
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Post by Gerard on Dec 3, 2010 20:45:24 GMT -5
Derek Jeter Rumors: Friday
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [December 3, 2010 at 10:19am CST]
Not only are the Yankees close to signing Mariano Rivera to a two-year deal, negotiations with Derek Jeter seemed to take a step forward yesterday. The Yankees increased their offer to Jeter and agent Casey Close lowered his asking price. Here are the latest updates on Jeter and the Yankees:
"Significant progress" has been made between Jeter and the club over the last two days, tweets Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated.
The Yankees are still waiting to hear Jeter's response to their most recent proposal, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney (on Twitter).
The Yankees are hesitant to add a guaranteed fourth year, though they are willing to offer Jeter more than $15MM per season, according to Andrew Marchand of ESPNNewYork.com. If the Yankees do add a fourth year, it would likely be an option triggered by performance.
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Post by Gerard on Dec 3, 2010 22:58:34 GMT -5
Yankees Close To Agreement With Derek Jeter
By Mark Polishuk [December 3 at 9:54pm CST]
Derek Jeter and the Yankees could have a contract finalized by Saturday, according to Roger Rubin and Bill Madden of the New York Daily News. The reported deal would pay Jeter "in the neighborhood of $19MM annually" over three years, and there could be a fourth year that vests if Jeter meets certain "reachable parameters."
The $19MM annual salary roughly matches the average salary earned by the Yankee captain over the span of the 10-year, $189MM pact he signed with New York before the 2001 season, if a mild step down from the $21MM he earned in 2010. $19MM also happens to be about the midpoint between each side's demands --- Jeter was reportedly looking for $23MM per season and the Bronx Bombers only offered a three-year, $45MM contract.
If Jeter signs by the weekend and Mariano Rivera's contract is soon finalized, the Yankees will reach their goal of having both franchise icons back in the fold before the start of the winter meetings on Monday.
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Post by Gerard on Dec 5, 2010 12:06:30 GMT -5
It still looks like two-horse race for Cliff Lee, who has been visited in person twice by the Rangers and once by the Yankees, writes Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe. "It appears the Rangers will draw the line at five years for the 32-year-old lefthander," Cafardo says. "But the Yankees could put it over the top with a sixth year."
An AL exec explains to Joel Sherman of the New York Post why the Yanks are the favorites: "There is no Plan B that is acceptable [when it comes to upgrading a rotation that needs to be upgraded]. They have looked around and know it is worthwhile to spend what they must to fix what is broken."
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports isn't necessarily buying that there are only two clubs seriously in on Lee.
Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News breaks down the kind of offer the Rangers could make to keep Lee in Texas.
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Post by Gerard on Dec 5, 2010 13:21:46 GMT -5
Adrian Gonzalez deal might not get done. 45 minutes left.
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Post by Gerard on Dec 5, 2010 17:02:56 GMT -5
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Post by Gerard on Dec 5, 2010 19:30:59 GMT -5
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Post by nipples on Dec 6, 2010 0:23:10 GMT -5
Is Jason even werth $126 million? The pressures of this contract will lead him to compensate for his performance with drugs like many other ballplayers (A-ROID).
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