Running Baseball Hot Stove Thread

No, OOP, the smart thing is not to move on. The smart thing is to keep the fan base -- you know, the 3.5-4 million people who come to the ballpark every year, the millions more who buy Jeter jerseys -- happy and spending money so you can afford to give an New York icon a golden parachute.
I realize small market teams can not do this. The Yankees can.

 

No mention of the Tigers? They have a shit load of money to spend if Illitch decides to use it on baseball and not the Pistons.

 

You think being short-sighted is smart? Winning will keep the fan base. So, signing Jeter makes a few morons happy now. Those same morons will be screaming if the team isn't winning in two years.

But I will give you credit. That last sentence shows progress. You just aren't taking it far enough. If the Yankees are going to insist on having a limit somewhere near the current payroll, then this is every bit as stupid as if a small market did it. They are hurting their team for the sake of kissing the asses of an aging player and fans who don't know any better.

 

I doubted Jeter when he was hitting .190 into late May and he ended up near .300 which was unbelievable given that start. He had a bad year this year but its one out of 16. I'm thinking, against my Bosox leanings, that Jeter comes back strong and hits .310 next year. As for his range though, I'm thinking he's more Ripken than Vizquel at 36.

 

Read that they may go after Victor Martinez pretty hard.

They've also been mentioned in the Carl Crawford race, but not sure how serious that would be.

 

He ended up at .270. That is not close to .300.

He is 36. I certainly wouldn't want to bet on him rebounding to a level that he would be worth $20 million for even one season, much less four.

 

Until when? What if he wants 5/100M, or an identical deal to ARod - then what?

 

And they are going to hire J.P. Ricciardi, the smartest man in the history of baseball!!! (Just ask him!!) You just know Adam Dunn will be trying to figure out a way to get to the Mets.

Bonne chance Metropolitans!

http://nymag.com/daily/sports/2010/11/the_mets_hire_jp_ricciardi.html

 

Jeter at at upwards of $20 million/season is a no-brainer considering the revenue he generates for the club. The contract will more than pay for itself. The tough part will be transitioning him out of shortstop ... stay tuned.

 

Transition him to where?

 

Well, that's kind of the problem and I'm glad it's not mine.

 

Maybe he could switch places with ARod...