Comments on: Yankees celebrate first victory

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:00:15 +0000

Pete, we all know that the arbitration for Wang has been quite rude though an ugly win for Yankees. To save USD600,000, Randy Levine, Brian Cashman, and another senior guy run to the hearing to assert that team’s most contribution pitcher is not worth for extra 0.6M. Sarcastically to know they are on behalf of Yankees, with team’s annual payroll more than 200M. I would buy it if Brian is in Marlins. Without CMW, Yankees could hardly go into playoff for the past two years. To think of how much has been spent in vain by Cashman on those stupid deals in the past few years, and if he is foresighted to have reached deals with Posada and Rivera, Yankees could save more handsome amount, so that they don’t have to spend four and half hours to “attack” CMW. Wang’s playoff record in 2007 was even challenged there, which made me think of Posada’s batting number 0.133, comparing with his regular season of 0.338. Posada, however, got annual payroll of 13.1M. CMW has been so low-profile that Levine and Cashman think it’s piece of cake to defeat him, reluctant to offer the compromise amount of extra 0.3M. CMW’s (46W18L) performance was even better than Dontrelle Willis (46W27L)in 2006. But Shallow-pocket Marlins were willing to offer 4.35M to avoid arbitration. This was the number two years ago. What’s annoying was Levine’s bold argument meaning that Yankees would spare no effort to go for arbitration when players’ request goes beyond the market”. In a word,this is ugly and discrimination per se.

By: Eugene from Michigan

Eugene from Michigan — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:22:35 +0000

This is bs. You can’t compare Dontrelle’s arbitration hearing to Wang’s. Revenues and salaries have all increased since that hearing. Wang deserved 4.6, and should feel insulted.

By: Thurman

Thurman — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:03:27 +0000

I wish my boss would offer me $4 million in arbitration. Even if it were a 40 year contract.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:50:47 +0000

Why in the world would you put out a press release like that?

Gloating that you “won” $600,000 when you have given away $40 mil. to Pavano? Tacky, stupid, and quite disgusting if you ask me.

By: jk

jk — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:46:09 +0000

The Yankees probably paid Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld more than the 600k they saved.

By: The Mighty C's

The Mighty C's — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:52:06 +0000

Wang needs to pull a hamstring around the end of march and then come back to have another 19win season. Everybody will be happy.

By: yankeeman

yankeeman — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:44:03 +0000

If I was Wang,I will go out get drunk!

By: whozat

whozat — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:37:26 +0000

“CMW, if he continues on this path, will get his chance as a FA to set a different market”

I don’t really think so…I mean, won’t Beckett hit the FA market a year or so earlier at a similar age, with (probably) similar/superior credentials?

By: Doreen

Doreen — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:28:55 +0000

Even though CMW did not prevail, it’s obvious the Yankees think very highly of him. It’s business. And setting the market for arbitration is important. If everything goes as planned, the Yankees will have several pitchers approaching the same point almost simultaneously. You have to think ahead.

CMW, if he continues on this path, will get his chance as a FA to set a different market. Think about it – Zito set an impossible market for FA pitchers. Caution is definitely warranted.

By: george

george — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:28:11 +0000

Randy Levine – you could put him in the dictionary next to “smarmy”.

i bet he’s the executive responsible for the huge sports bar obstruction that apparently will ruin the new Stadium’s bleachers.

Levine