Life is good for free-agent pitcher Cliff Lee, These Days.
Yankees management has come courting, they and his wife Their Arkansas at home. So has the Rangers management. The Nationals, Phillies, Red Sox and Cubs have shown interest Also in the 33-year-old hurler.
His agent, Darek Braunecker, has set his sights is seven years and $ 161 Million - the money starting pitcher CC Sabathia is pulling from the Yanklees.
How does Lee NOT to end up in New York? Lee and his wife are friends with the Sabathias, WHO were poised Thurs Aid Their relocation to the Big Apple DURING the summer. Alas, the Rangers, Not the Yankees, swung the deal with Seattle for Lee.
Money is no object to the Yankees. That team Needs to find a real no. 1 pitcher, no offense Thurs Sabathia. The club Might have to eat much of what's left is AJ Burnett's $ 82.5 Million Deal Thurs clear him out, But That's Life.
Expensive Mistakes Some do not deter the Yankees. It's always Onward and Upward for FinancialServices That juggernaut.
"A lot of people say they're Trying to win, But we demonstrate it," said Yankees GM Brian Cashman, According to ESPN.com. "Our best selling point Is that everyone in the world knows we do everything we possibly Thurs CAN reload every year and make every effort to get there, Within Reason."
Ian O'Connor Offered ESPN.com has this reminder: "Sure, Texas has new leadership and new revenue streams and new, exciting players. Who knows, the Rangers Might Become the Yankees of the AL West. They Might keep the Angels down, repel whatever Money Ball sequel is Staged in Oakland, and make regular stops in the ALCS and World Series. But that's an unknown. Marquee free agents prefer Thurs deal in the Known. "
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