[新聞] Igawa Fills Spot, but May Not Complete Yanks’ Staff

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  The Yankees will have five starting pitchers once they sign Kei Igawa, the
left-hander from Japan whose negotiating rights they won Tuesday. But two of
those starters have serious health questions, which is why the Yankees may
not be done shopping.


 “I’m always looking around,” General Manager Brian Cashman said. “I don’t
 have to do anything, but if something makes sense, I will look at it.”

  As a policy, Cashman does not publicly identify his choices on the free-agent
 market. But the Yankees’ first choice seems to be the least expensive and
most familiar: Andy Pettitte.

  The problem is that Pettitte, 34, has not decided whether he wants to keep
pitching. The same is true of Roger Clemens, 44, another former Yankee turned
Houston Astro who is undecided about his future.

  Besides Pettitte and Clemens, the only free-agent starters who interest the
Yankees are Ted Lilly and Gil Meche. But the Yankees are skeptical of their
true market value and have made a lukewarm pursuit.

  The going rate for a fourth or fifth starter is at least $8 million a year.
That is what it took this week for the Los Angeles Dodgers to sign Randy Wolf
and for the Philadelphia Phillies to sign Adam Eaton. Both pitchers were
injured for much of last season.

  The market for free agents is soaring at a time when the Yankees are trying
to pare payroll to make up for years of heavy spending. That is why Pettitte
has particular appeal. If he decides to play, he will most likely not want a
long-term deal.

  But Pettitte left the Yankees after the 2003 season largely so he could
play at home in Houston. Presumably, family concerns are still a factor. Yet
the Yankees privately remain hopeful that Pettitte will come back to be
reunited with Manager Joe Torre and the organization he helped lead to four
titles.

  The Yankees have $26 million committed to Randy Johnson and Carl Pavano for
next season. Johnson is coming off back surgery, and Pavano’s many injuries
have kept him out of action since June 2005. That uncertainty creates a need
for depth.

  But while the Yankees like Lilly and Meche, they are unlikely to pay
premium prices. Meche, a veteran of the Seattle Mariners, visited the Toronto
Blue Jays on Tuesday. He took in a Maple Leafs hockey game with General
Manager J. P. Ricciardi, who remains interested in retaining Lilly. The Yankees
 have no plans to bring Meche to town.

  Signing Lilly or Meche — neither of whom has ever exceeded 15 victories or
200 innings — would cost the Yankees more than it would other teams.

  Because of the luxury tax on their payroll, the Yankees would effectively
pay $56 million to sign a pitcher to a four-year, $40 million contract.
(The tax forces the Yankees to pay $1.40 for every dollar on their payroll.)
Internally, the Yankees have determined that no pitcher on the market is
worth that much.

  In that light, Igawa is more appealing for the Yankees, even if he is no
better than a No. 5 starter. The $26 million the Yankees bid to negotiate is
not subject to luxury taxes. With no other teams competing, the Yankees are
hopeful of signing Igawa to a four-year deal for $18 million, at most.

  If he does not sign, Igawa will return to the Hansin Tigers and the Yankees
will not pay the $26 million. If he does sign, he will join Johnson, Pavano,
Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina in the rotation.

  Scott Proctor is the wild card in the Yankees’ plans. Proctor led American
League pitchers in appearances last season, with 83, but he said he heard a
clicking noise in his elbow down the stretch and underwent a magnetic
resonance imaging exam after the season to see if he needed surgery.

  The M.R.I. came back clear, but Cashman asked Proctor if he would prefer to
pitch as a starter in spring training. Proctor, who pitched 102 1/3 innings
last season, said he had no preference, and Cashman decided to prepare him as
a starter, for now.

  “It’s just a matter of what the team needs,” Proctor said yesterday in a
telephone interview. “Torre and Cashman are paid to make those decisions,
and I’m going to do whatever they tell me. If it’s a starter, that means
200 innings. If it’s a reliever, that means taking the ball as many times as
they want me to.”

  Cashman said Proctor still projected as a starter because the Yankees had
not signed Igawa. Asked if that would change if Igawa signs, Cashman said he
had not thought about it.

  Cashman has other goals besides refining the rotation. The Yankees are
pursuing another left-handed reliever and could bring back Ron Villone or
sign the free agent Scott Schoeneweis.

  They are also exploring options for first base, including Shea Hillenbrand
and Eduardo Perez and must add to their bench with a catcher, an infielder and
 an outfielder.
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大意
紐約客平均都不看好阿宅..只是因為今年的FA市場真的被打亂了..

同時洋基要找一個能在RJ以及痛痛人都不確定的情形下..能投球的投手

那兩位中間等級的投手都要1000萬一年..太貴了..表示他們能力不符合這個身價..

洋基因為要附豪華稅的關係..

所以表示平均每份合約下付出的1元..洋基總共就要附1.4元..所以這筆生意不合...

然後井川大概是4年1800萬至多..能何降低豪華稅的需求.但是他可能不會比5號好一點
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                                                     慘...有那麼糟糕嗎??

然後可能會簽下一名左手的救援投手..有可能回簽天天V或者是 Scott Schoeneweis

然後就是一壘手的老梗了...

對了..中間有提到天天P..說他的手肘有怪聲音(ㄜ...我的媽媽咪阿)..

不過MRI檢查結果是沒事..所以還是有可能排他上先發..他也期待對球隊有所貢獻..


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