Betemit signs one-year deal
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jan 18, 2008 
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The Yankees signed Wilson Betemit to a one-year deal today, avoiding arbitration. That leaves Brian Bruney, Robinson Cano and Chien-Ming Wang.
Today is the day the teams and agents exchange salary numbers. Hearings starts on Feb. 1. The Yankees will likely have everybody signed by then.
UPDATE: Betemit received $1.165 million, a nice raise from the $405,000 he made last season.
How much did he get?
Thanks for the update. Hope Wilson has a good year. We need good infield support this year.
Yay! Betemit!
Ideas from last thread:
*Interleague Play record
*Number of Walkoff wins
*Number of how many times bullpen makes fun of ARod on a homerun doing the arm thingy
*Number of strippers ARod is caught with.
He got $1,165,000
who throws out the 1st pitch opening day?
(super bowl mvp osi umenyiora!)
Eli Manning.
GMEN!!
Favre will go back to his usually self and throw 4 INTs. Book it!
“who throws out the 1st pitch opening day?”
Guiseppe Franco
Pavano! With his left arm.
mel, then he falls down the dugout stairs and re-injures his buttock, putting him on the double DL (invented for him)
I wonder if giving Betemit that much money will make him hard to trade
I posted this on the last thread but thought i should post it here too:
freerice.com
I know this is random but this is a cool website where they give you a word and 4 choices for what it means, and everytime you get it right you donate 20 grains to help end world hunger. It’s free (hence the name) and really addicting.
kd
Cashman said he was the good enough to be starting 3rd baseman in October. WHy would they want to trade him?
I think Betemit’s production per at bat combined with his age and relative inexperience give him a higher upside than many give him credit for. He could be a super-sub or better IMO. Glad he’s signed.
Jaewon, I find http://www.freerice.com a very cool site (and yes, a tad addicting). It’s great to visit with the kids. OK, back to our originally scheduled programming…
i stink at big words. too bad they don’t have a numbers version…
G-MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ground game churns out the yardage, eats up the clock and keeps the ball out of farve’s hands.
G-Men win 24-17!
pat,
because he’s good and cheap, and not totally necessary. he might fetch an arm or something we need midseason. he’s a movable piece
could see them moving giambi at the all-star break.
“I wonder if giving Betemit that much money will make him hard to trade”
1.1 mil is pocket change. If the Yankees need to trade him money will not be the deciding factor. With that said, I don’t think they’ll trade him until they get a long look at him first.
*after* the all star break
“who throws out the 1st pitch opening day?â€
Toonces the Driving Cat
here’s a unique idea for some1 to throw out the 1st pitch opening day:
George Steinbrenner
Sorry, but, the Giants don’t have a chance when the Packers have these kinds of backers.
http://www.nbc5.com/family/15075679/detail.html
he must’ve run out of duct tape for the cheesehead!
I’d bet Gossage will throw out the first pitch this year.
Have George P. Mitchell throw the 1st pitch to Bud “Goofus” Selig. Tell them unless the pitch is a perfect strike and is caught, there’ll both be ejected from the Stadium forthwith.
Toonces! He was the best. For the young folk, do an online search. He was on SNL years ago.
Actually Scooter the Squirrel should throw out the first pitch. I hear he’s a lefty as well.
espn just said Aaron Ross will be playing… good news.
Glad Betemit signed. Lots of people avoided arbitration by coming to terms today. How are Wang and Cano doing?
Thanks for the Freerice.com link. It is indeed addictive — and fun!
chris, Ross going out after that injury last week was inspiring!
GO G-MEN!
i meant going out and playing after the injury, and making a BIG tackle!
pat -
Gossage throwing out the first pitch would be a great idea!
Duncan & Betemit might make a productive 1B platoon. not sure if that’s what they’re planning; i guess it depends upon whether Duncan can hit righties.
i assume that Giambi won’t play in the field. Unless he’s the DH, he breaks down with almost Pavano-like predictability. So unless they are planning to play Matsui (or Damon) at 1B, I don’t see where Giambi fits.
Having George throw out the first pitch is risky, but I kind of like it!
Tons of critical has been (often rightly) sent his way. But talk about someone who put his money where his mouth is with respect to caring about the fans and giving the NYY the best chance to win…
I really liked Betemit last year, he shores up some help with the infield and it gives our bench a boost. Betemit and Molina were two guys I definitely wanted to see back for the 08 campaign.