[新聞] Winter meetings over, New York Yankees, Mets, not done

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Winter meetings over, New York Yankees, Mets, not done yet

by Dan Graziano/The Star-Ledger
Thursday December 11, 2008, 8:48 PM


本文很長，僅擷取有關洋基部分。

雖然冬季會議結束，但洋基和梅子的補強並不打算就此停住，現金人跟梅子GM兩人肩並肩
搭飛機開始四處啪啪走。

洋基對派派提出，我們仍然留有一席之地給你，但這位置並不是永遠都為你停留>.<
目前洋基提出1y/10M，相較08年的16M砍了6M，目前派派還未能接受。如果派派不接受，洋基
還有其他人選，像是Ben Sheets or Randy Wolf（這隻@@）.

同樣的如上篇，洋基認為目前他們在競逐A.J. Burnett是處於領先位置，很有信心就此
吃下A.J.

理想上，洋基打算排出CC Sabathia、Burnett、Pettitte、Chien-Ming Wang and
Joba Chamberlain的輪值。如果不能買到A.J.那就會去抓Derek Lowe來補。
如果無法順利留下Pettitte，則會去尋找Sheets or Wolf 或是直接給Phil Hughes補上
第五號的位置。

至於打線方面，洋基高層認為目前打線在power上面有不足，真正有全壘打威脅性的只有
阿肉，這也是為什麼洋基一直沒完全退出競逐鐵爺的原因。
如果所有補強投手計畫都失敗，洋基會馬上毫不猶豫跳進鐵爺競賽的大火坑，而且洋基沒
有完全排除網羅MANNY的可能。（MANNY哭哭，為什麼我都是小菜）

以下原文

LAS VEGAS -- Baseball's winter meetings wrapped up Thursday, but the Yankees
and Mets kept on working. The time spent on the planes that took Yankees GM
Brian Cashman and Mets GM Omar Minaya out of town was about the only
inactivity either man had all week.

Thursday's activity for Cashman started early, as he left in the morning
before the start of the Rule 5 draft so he could pay a visit to Andy Pettitte
and resolve that situation. The Yankees want Pettitte to know they have a
spot for him, but that the spot won't be there forever.

They've offered him $10 million for one year -- a pay cut of $6 million from
his 2008 salary -- and so far he hasn't accepted it. If he doesn't accept it
now, the Yankees are prepared to move on and offer that final rotation spot
to someone else, such as Ben Sheets or Randy Wolf.

The Yankees believed last night they were the front-runners to sign
free-agent right-hander A.J. Burnett, to whom they'd offered a five-year
contract worth between $80 million and $85 million. The Braves were battling
hard for Burnett and were sending signals yesterday they would up their offer
to five years and about $80 million, but Yankee decision-makers expressed
confidence Burnett would choose their offer.

Ideally, the Yankees would sign Burnett and Pettitte to go with CC Sabathia,
Chien-Ming Wang and Joba Chamberlain in their rotation. But if they can't get
Burnett, they'd turn their attention to Derek Lowe, and if they can't get
Pettitte to take their offer, they'll turn their attention to Sheets or Wolf
or maybe even give the spot to Phil Hughes again.

There are some in the Yankees organization who believe the team's lineup is
short on power, that the only real home run threat is Alex Rodriguez. That's
why the Yankees can't be completely ruled out of the Mark Teixeira race. They
would jump in on Teixeira if all of their pitching plans fell apart. It's
also why they can't be ruled out of a pursuit of Manny Ramirez, whom they
could bring in on a shorter-term deal even if they did get Burnett.

After a snag developed Thursday morning, by evening the Yankees' efforts to
acquire center fielder Mike Cameron from the Milwaukee Brewers were back on.

The deal stalled when the Yankees asked the Brewers for some money to help
pay Cameron's $10 million salary. The Brewers were, understandably, perturbed
since that request came within 48 hours after the Yankees signed their best
pitcher for $161 million. But the sides were talking again later in the day,
negotiating the amount of money and the names of the other players to be
involved in the deal.

As for the Mets, they remain hopeful of re-signing lefty Oliver Perez, though
they believe that could take a while because his agent, Scott Boras, has been
busy working on bigger deals for Lowe and Teixeira.

If they can't get Perez, their free-agent fallback options include Wolf and
Jon Garland. The Cubs are also still trying to unload Jason Marquis, and
while the Mets passed on a deal that would have brought them Marquis for
Aaron Heilman (who has since been dealt to the Mariners), a Marquis deal
could get resurrected in some form.

Minaya is already getting calls from other teams, including the Detroit
Tigers, asking him if he's interested in "flipping" right-handed reliever
Sean Green, who came over Wednesday night in the deal that brought in J.J.
Putz and sent Heilman to Seattle. The Mets like Green for their bullpen, but
they're willing to listen.

As for Putz, whose agent suggested Wednesday as news of the deal broke that
his client wouldn't like to be a setup man, the Mets say they're not worried
about that being a problem.

"There will be a time that we sit down with J.J. and explain to him how we
plan to use him," Minaya said. "But we've spoken with him, and he's all about
competing and trying to win a championship."

Minaya also admitted interest in free-agent outfielder Raul Ibanez, who's
also drawing interest from the Angels, Cubs and Phillies.

"He's a quality guy and a good player," Minaya said. "He drives in 100 runs a
year. But before I start moving my dollars on offense, I've got to move more
of my dollars on our pitching."

The Yankees lost four players in the major-league phase of the Rule 5 draft
-- infielder Reggie Corona (picked by Seattle), lefty Zach Kroenke (Florida),
right-hander Jason Jones (Minnesota) and right-hander Ivan Nova (San Diego).
The teams that picked those players each owe the Yankees $50,000 and must
keep the drafted player on their major-league rosters for the entire 2009
season or offer him back to the Yankees for $25,000.

The Mets drafted two relievers in the major-league phase -- hard-throwing
right-hander Rocky Cherry from Baltimore and sidearming right-hander Darren
O'Day from the Angels. Both will have a chance to compete for spots in the
big-league bullpen come spring training. If they don't stay on the roster all
year, the Mets must offer them back for half-price.

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※ 編輯: Flylikewind     來自: 122.117.198.151      (12/12 13:47)
※ 編輯: Flylikewind     來自: 122.117.198.151      (12/12 13:47)
推 AYLiu:所以現在是 Burnett/Lowe  派/Sheets  各則一囉
推 siliver:硍,洋基高層真的抓狂了,火力全開 XD
推 kelvin0430:原來高層也知道我們火力不足...科科
推 danceking:上面的我都不相信可以1年10M簽到(五年約內)
推 weian:他們知道球隊 short on power 是好事，我要 Teixiera!!!!!
推 siliver:真的都簽下去破220M不是問題,真可怕......
推 pikachu123:同志們,為了帝國的榮耀.Nothing is impossible!!!
推 AYLiu:簽下鐵爺 Nady就可以當成交易籌碼了
推 chrischangqq:給我鐵爺!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
推 wx190:沒進季後賽真的怒了，要麻不玩不麻全梭。
推 armyguy:為甚麼我一直覺得找一個一直有傷病史的AJ不如要一個年年都
推 PoisonM:後勁超強啊 越來越熱血了 XD
→ armyguy:能吃200局的LOWE比較划算................
推 chrischangqq:因為AJ是美東殺手 :)
推 raxxar82:Cashman：兩個怎麼夠? 我要二十個!
推 pikachu123:Lowe年紀大了看看KB巴,也不是沒風險
推 AYLiu:看一下AJ對美東的成績吧
推 chungmin:公仔隊看來有成型的希望啊 XD
推 siliver:看了成績有沒有順便看一下傷痛史啊??
推 meier0112:CC 23M AJB 17M 派10M  鐵爺20M+ ..230M不是夢
推 Sechslee:Cashman：兩個怎麼夠? 我要二十個!
推 devilsky:$MAN火力全開了嗎
推 Melson:這才是NYY啊~~~ XD
推 armyguy:就因為AJ在美東的實力而簽5年約會不會太魯莽了一點
推 smart0326:新球場第一年果然要開個燦爛的煙火秀 科科科
※ 編輯: Flylikewind     來自: 122.117.198.151      (12/12 14:18)
推 guato:鐵爺只要不是紅襪拿到就好 XD ，偷偷去簽蛋 !!!!
※ 編輯: Flylikewind     來自: 122.117.198.151      (12/12 14:19)
推 bigsun0709:鐵爺+Manny 這樣大砲的威脅就夠了
推 rexsky:Derek Lowe 會來嗎?? 他之前可是紅襪的....
推 sunshiny527:大門都來了...
推 wht810090:金手指萬歲!!!這真的是準備要拼WS的陣容了......
推 albertekins:咩尼+鐵爺就超猛 = = 再補個sheets跟派 顆顆
推 kauw:簽AJ可以一年少掉幾敗 同時送給襪子幾敗 你說讚不讚?
推 chrischangqq:說真的 看到咩尼 鐵爺 阿肉..投手看到都會驚驚
→ chrischangqq:不過一切都是在幻想 0.0
推 kksmart:這種陣容投手都投不下去了吧XD
推 forever23:馬林魚隊:我的payroll只是人家尾數零頭...
推 nedekwn:如果Manny真的來要打哪個位置 DH?　外野似乎滿了- -
推 momorabbit:DH也有松井 Damon 還有輪休的野手們 沒必要吧~"~
推 Godzilla28:別忘boston對lowe+tex也很有興趣 他們都補到的話....
推 Aldousphyx:Proven AL East pitcher　很對洋基味口
推 l357:DH都可以排輪值了  (CC:不是說好要留一天給我的?)
推 MRCool:proven DL pitcher rather than proven AL East pitcher
→ MRCool:sheets+andy就好了 砸80M買炸彈
→ heacoun:麻煩DL不要再排輪值了...
推 kenro:總覺得AJ進DL風險太大 給的有點太高也太長
推 hsh1018:Wang/AJB/CC/Sheets/張伯倫都有傷病史 來個六人輪值吧
→ newgunden:洋基老闆是放空賺大錢是嗎?真敢花
推 ssnlin:真的是為了帝國的榮耀啊~
推 findme:Cashman首部曲：開戰時刻
推 gerkk:明年就可以省掉松井了,今年就多花個幾百萬當慶祝吧
推 appshjkli:明年Damon跟Matsui都約滿;我看都不會留
推 crazyman7011:這就是所謂的預借現金嗎  先花了再說XDDD
推 lovemost:Lowe比較貴...一年要貴300W...
→ OoyaoO:期待A-Jax至少可以在2011接上CF 我們農場還有哪些位置要上?
推 GDBS:2011才能接的話 2010怎麼辦? Swisher撐整季?
推 appshjkli:農場只有投手啦;除了A-Jax之外最棒的野手在A
→ appshjkli:根本沒野手能抓
推 OoyaoO:A-Jax最好的期待應該是2010接上吧 可是現在這樣可能要2011
→ OoyaoO:農場那三隻捕手希望能在Posada退休前（假設他能繼續守C）
→ OoyaoO:養成至少一個C一個1B  這樣1B 2B 3B C 又可跑幾年了
→ OoyaoO:如果Hal真的去灑Teixeira的話1B就不用養了XD
推 jackoop:新球場是可以多賺這麼多就對了......太過癮了吧?