Andy pitches through pain and his first 1/2 last season was very good. A 4.5 ERA in the AL East isn’t something to sneeze at.

Not to mention if the offense showed up some days and weren’t white knuckling the bats, Andy would have won more games with his stuff.

I like Sheets stuff, but if we sign him instead of Andy and he hits the DL and needs elbow surgery (a big possibility) you will all be ripping Cashman for signing him.

Alex Rodriguez $28,000,000
(*)Jason Giambi $23,428,571
Derek Jeter $21,600,000
(*)Bobby Abreu $16,000,000
(*)Andy Pettitte $16,000,000
Mariano Rivera $15,000,000
Jorge Posada $13,100,000
Johnny Damon $13,000,000
Hideki Matsui $13,000,000
(*)Mike Mussina $11,071,029
(*)Carl Pavano $11,000,000
(*)Kyle Farnsworth $5,916,666
Chien-Ming Wang $4,000,000
(*)LaTroy Hawkins $3,750,000
Robinson Cano $3,000,000
Jose Molina $1,875,000
(*)Morgan Ensberg $1,750,000
Andrew Brackman $1,184,788
(*)Wilson Betemit $1,165,000
Brian Bruney $725,000
(*)Billy Traber $500,000
Melky Cabrera $461,200
Phil Hughes $406,350
Shelley Duncan $398,300
(*)Sean Henn $397,448
Ian Kennedy $394,275
(*)Jeffrey Karstens $393,300
Jon Albaladejo $393,225
(*)Ross Ohlendorf $391,425
Joba Chamberlain $390,000
Humberto Sanchez $390,000

Total$209,081,577

2008 Payroll NYY
Player Salary
Alex Rodriguez $28,000,000
Jason Giambi $23,428,571
Derek Jeter $21,600,000
Bobby Abreu $16,000,000
Andy Pettitte $16,000,000
Mariano Rivera $15,000,000
Jorge Posada $13,100,000
Johnny Damon $13,000,000
Hideki Matsui $13,000,000
Mike Mussina $11,071,029
Carl Pavano $11,000,000
Kyle Farnsworth $5,916,666
Chien-Ming Wang $4,000,000
LaTroy Hawkins $3,750,000
Robinson Cano $3,000,000
Jose Molina $1,875,000
Morgan Ensberg $1,750,000
Andrew Brackman $1,184,788
Wilson Betemit $1,165,000
Brian Bruney $725,000
Billy Traber $500,000
Melky Cabrera $461,200
Phil Hughes $406,350
Shelley Duncan $398,300
Sean Henn $397,448
Ian Kennedy $394,275
Jeffrey Karstens $393,300
Jon Albaladejo $393,225
Ross Ohlendorf $391,425
Joba Chamberlain $390,000
Humberto Sanchez $390,000

Total $209,081,577

Good point as the fantasy GM, i would pull the trigger on Tex because of the overall package he presents..Manny as consolation if Texs sign somewhere else.

ANSKY:

I respect your view, but thi line-up needs some thunder, and insurance for Hideki and Jorge…if we don’t sign a proven bat, and they don’t stay healthy..IMO we will be in trouble..

They must be feeling confident in Hughes, Aceves, Kennedy and McAllister.

Hughes AFL and Kennedy’s dominance in Puerto Rico could be fatoring in here.

To save that 10 million on Pettitte is a huge deal because it completely neutralizes the 10 million assumed in the Cameron deal.

Most of what we write as bloggers is speculation anyway isn’t it.

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Yes as we speculated on Burnett. Speculation to reality is what we all dream about though isn’t it?
Alot of what we are doing is planning here as fantasy GM’s. The difference on Sheets is that there has been no offers that have substantiated the fact that he would be willing to accept 13 per for 2yrs. We know approximately about where Burnett and Lowe are on their offers. Nothing yet on Sheets.

Manny may eventually have to settle on about the annual amount he was going to get in Boston, and he may have to settle for less. Of course, he may get a little more and he may get 3 -5 years. The questions are whether a team should or would offer a raise or ‘extension’ on those last two years of his Boston contract. I hope not. Certainly I hope not by this NY team.

It would be great to have him decide between taking a huge pay cut for his actions and pouting into ‘retirement’ rather than not admit the consequences of his actions.

Back when John Lester threw his no-hitter I was happy for him but not for the Sox. I don’t root for the Sox, but in this case I side with the Sox rather than Manny on who was wrong on their battle. If he gets short changed on his next contract and its a little moral victory for the Sox, well that’s good for them and bad for Manny. And when all is said and done, IMO, they can go back to their proper place behind NY in the standings for all I care.

Seriously, I agree that there is a 3 yr plan, but you can’t start completely over after 3 yrs. Tex, Ajax, Montero and all of the young pitchers will be our building blocks around the longer term plan.

Did I say sign Tex yet