I would not close the book on CC so soon. Just because he is taking his time to make a major life changing decision does not mean that he does not want to be in NY. I don’t know about you, but when I have a big decision to make I like to know what ALL my options are first before pulling the trigger. I think that is pretty rational…my 2 cents.

We did the relocation thing for a year and loved being there but knew we had to get back home too. There’s no right or wrong, just personal preference

The first question I thought of is can SF pay two $100M + contracts and still afford 23 other players capable of fielding a winning product? Lincecum is cheap for a few years but CC is looking for more than a few years. I don’t know enough about the rest of their team/farm to know if they can or if playing for a team who can do that is even a priority for CC.

Their payroll was $76M last year and they are currently at $60M for their top 9 paid players for 2009. Adding CC would put them at $80M with 15 more players still to pay.

A few years ago, we relocated to Chicago area for my husband’s job. It was a short assignment (2 years), but we really fell in the love with the area. My husband was offered a job to stay there. However, none of our family was close by, none of our family was in a position to travel out to see us, and my husband’s dad had Parkinson’s. It was really a no-decision decision. We had to come back to the east coast.

You can tell CC the schools in Westchester are great, the neighborhoods are beautiful, and all that stuff that matters. But if what he’s focusing on is being able to be close to the grandparents while his kids are young, that’s his decision-making trump card.

If no other team makes an offer, I think he’ll choose NY over Milwaukee. Those extra millions will help with flying the grandparents out here for visits (if they like to fly).

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If the difference is 5 mil a year on the contract, he’ll be in NYY uniform. For every million a season that it gets closedr, the harder the decision will be. If it gets closer than 5 mil a year, I’d bet on Yanks to jump it to 150 mil on the contract.

I’m with you both on the personal aspect of the decision CC has to make. There are areas of a player’s life we know nothing about.

A few years ago, we relocated to Chicago area for my husband’s job. It was a short assignment (2 years), but we really fell in the love with the area. My husband was offered a job to stay there. However, none of our family was close by, none of our family was in a position to travel out to see us, and my husband’s dad had Parkinson’s. It was really a no-decision decision. We had to come back to the east coast.

You can tell CC the schools in Westchester are great, the neighborhoods are beautiful, and all that stuff that matters. But if what he’s focusing on is being able to be close to the grandparents while his kids are young, that’s his decision-making trump card.

If no other team makes an offer, I think he’ll choose NY over Milwaukee. Those extra millions will help with flying the grandparents out here for visits (if they like to fly).

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I don’t know what happened to Abreu this past year whether it was u or even eye issues. I’d only be guessing, but, he didn’t always look comfortable in his at bats or in the field. I do know that that bad crash into the walls in 1997 has affected him as far as crashing into walls. A badly seperated shoulder will do that sometimes. Bernie Williams was never a wall crasher, either, after he wrecked his shoulders.

Agreed on your Abreu overview, I could careless about crashing into walls, but there were some balls he let drop that he could have caught.

That’s the problem for CC, no one else can really afford him with the economic factors. He should be lucky he even got such a generous offer in these difficult times.

That’s why I’ll have a problem if the Yankees bump up their offer. If $20-$40M should be more than enough to entice a player. If not, then he really wants to play near his home and you can’t begrudge a guy for that. After having lived in a place for the last 10 years or so that was not of his choosing, I say he reserves the right to choose.

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That’s why I’m not that concerned that he nor Teixeira or the others haven’t made a choice. This will affect a lot of people for a long time. For years, I gave up the right to live where I wanted and chose job over home because it was my choice….and not an easy decision to make. I took every new extention contract down to the last second, because it affected me and so many others. The job and money differences between my situation and Sabathia’s is nothing. It’s the personal choice and family comfort that matters.