Yankees Rumors

[BahstonSawksCack]

I agree, but at the same time we need new threads about important info like FA's and the off season, otherwise it may seem as though we are inactive as well...

Exactly thank you

[Melky]

Exactly thank you

He said important. No one cares about a media driven story like omg Burnett and Posada don't get along!

[BloodHawk]

Exactly thank you

He said important. No one cares about a media driven story like omg Burnett and Posada don't get along!

I have to go with Melky here...News not ESPN/Hollywood Inquirer stuff...Jorge and AJ's problem was blown out of proportion...well out of proportion....thread should be about major acquisitions, major trades, major injures....the most important of the crop...you (BSC) do a very god job of finding news, but not all of them deserve a thread....otherwise we turn into the dodgers forum with thread about how we feel after everygame and who should get axed or praised.......

[FoRuM7200]

New York Mets reliever Billy Wagner will invoke his no-trade clause rather than accept a deal to the Boston Red Sox, according to multiple media reports.

ESPN

See I had a feeling Wagner was gona stay with the Mets

[BryanV21]

I don't think any of us are concerned about the Red Sox, but I thought perhaps you all would be interested in this latest bit of news. It comes courtesy of SI.com and Jon Heyman...

Billy Wagner plans to stay with the Mets, SI.com has confirmed. The deadline for a trade to the Red Sox isn't until Tuesday afternoon, but Wagner intends not to waive his no-trade clause, according to a Major League source. By early Tuesday morning, at least one of the teams had been made aware of Wagner's intentions.
Foxsports.com, which first reported the story, suggested the hangup was over Boston's refusal to accede to Wagner's request to agree now to decline arbitration for 2010. The Red Sox were believed willing to accept Wagner's request that they decline his $8-million option for 2010, but that's it. Wagner apparently doesn't want to be offered arbitration, either, since he wants to go somewhere to close games next year, and when ranked free-agent players decline arbitration the signing team must surrender draft choices, which can diminish that player's value.
In an interview with SI.com on Sunday, Wagner, who's still not a year removed from Tommy John surgery, also expressed concern about his health, and particularly his ability to pitch on back-to-back days. Though the Red Sox are known for treating pitchers gently, Wagner seemed to feel it would be easier for the Mets to be delicate since they are not in the race.
Wagner has said that he would most like to close games, something that won't happen with either team, so he intends to sign somewhere other than these two teams next season. Wagner said on Sunday that he believed he'd remain a Met rather than go to the Red Sox by Tuesday's afternoon deadline, citing "inside intuition.'' He knew it was up to him, so he would indeed have the inside scoop.
Both teams appeared likely to agree to the components of a trade, as both were motivated to move Wagner to Boston, sources say. But Wagner has a full no-trade clause and can veto any trade.
Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon made public comments suggesting he didn't believe the team needed to add the accomplished Wagner, who responded by acting surprised and slightly put off by Papelbon's remarks. "I don't have anything to say about somebody like that,'' Wagner said. "When he walks in my shoes, then I'll say something. Let him be 38 and have Tommy John surgery and come back.''
The Red Sox are the only option for Wagner, as they won a claim on Friday. They appear to want him, while the Mets likely wouldn't mind unloading the $2.7 million remaining on Wagner's contract for this year. But in the end, only Wagner's wishes appear to matter.

[BloodHawk]

^^Wagner, to me has the stufff, he still can reach back and hit mid to high 90's with great movement and change speeds...why not put in a claim on Wagner for our side?

[BelieveTheDream]

FoxSports - Even though the Yankees want to re-sign Johnny Damon, they could also be in the hunt for either Matt Holliday or Jason Bay.

The Yankees have commitments of $164.9 million to 10 players in 2010.

via realgm

[FoRuM7200]

^^Wagner, to me has the stufff, he still can reach back and hit mid to high 90's with great movement and change speeds...why not put in a claim on Wagner for our side?

One of the reasons he didnt want to go to Boston is that he wanted to close next year and they were not going to allow him to do that next year either in Boston or make it easy for him to sign else where.

We are in a similar spot, but if we said hey we want you for the stretch run we will decline your option and wont offer arbitration then he prob would agree but then you would have to see if he was worth the money or payer for just a month or two of Wagner

[BelieveTheDream]

BOSTON JUST TRADED FOR BILLY WAGNER!!!! via ESPN....shit if hes anything back to what he was thats a good trade

[BryanV21]

Now he's a Red Sox player....fuck him.

[FoRuM7200]

I hope he pulls a Gange

[DBurchHero]

Thats why I dont trust shit until its official

[ShadyOne]

This doesn't worry me at all. Not because he doesn't have stuff, either. Put him in the AL East, in the pressure-cooker that is the NY/Boston rivalry, and watch how fast he crumbles...

Although, maybe it is a blessing in disguise, knowing how irritable Papelbon is. Might get him off his game a bit...

[DBurchHero]

Remember when Smoltz was gonna dominate?

[DBurchHero]

Where The Captain stands
AUGUST
25

Derek Jeter on the Yankee career lists:
Games
1. Mantle 2,401
2. Gehrig 2,164
3. Berra 1,116
4. Jeter 2,103

At-Bats
1. Jeter 8,525
2. Mantle 8,102

Runs
1. Ruth 1,959
2. Gehrig 1,888
3. Mantle 1,677
4. Jeter 1,553

Hits
1. Gehrig 2,721
2. Jeter 2,701

Doubles
1. Gehrig 534
2. Williams 449
3. Mattingly 442
4. Jeter 433

Triples
17. Cree, Rizzuto 62
19. Conroy 59
20. Jeter, Randolph 58

Home Runs
7. Nettles 250
8. Posada 236
9. Rodriguez 230
10. Jeter, Mattingly 222

Walks
5. Randolph 1,005
6. White 934
7. Jeter 861

Strikeouts
1. Mantle 1,710
2. Jeter 1,441

Stolen bases
1. Henderson 326
2. Jeter 296

Batting average
1. Ruth .349
2. Gehrig .340
3. Combs .325
4. DiMaggio .325
5. Jeter .317