baseballprospectus.com - 12/3/2008
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Teams had until Monday to decide whether to offer their free agents arbitration. As I’ve written before, I consider this to be something of a bright-line test of competence for an organization, as the risks and rewards are clear, and in almost all cases favor making the offer. Article XX, ...
hardballtimes.com - 12/2/2008
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hardballtimes.com —
Holden Caulfiled --er, I mean Joel Sherman of
the New York Post has some sharp words for
Andy Pettitte: If Pettitte signs elsewhere, regardless of the dollar figure, he should be viewed as a world-class phony forever around here. There should be no more pardons. He should receive no invites to ...
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Who calls a guy a “phony” anymore?
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Odds and Ends: Griffey, Springer, Hoffman
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Hoffman may meet with the Mets soon. Also, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon spoke of "addition by subtraction" yesterday.
East Windup Chronicle disputes a Richard Griffin column.
The Phillies are still willing to sign Type A free agents who were offered arbitration, such as Raul Ibanez or Juan Cruz.
Evan Grant's latest Rangers mailbag, always a good read.
Joe Sheehan discusses various poor arbitration decisions by teams.
Pirates pitcher ...
Sheehan: Yanks’ arb decisions a big mistake
River Avenue Blues —
Joe Sheehan dissents. I quote at length:
The choice for the club is pretty simple. If the player is valuable enough to warrant a one-year contract, offer him arbitration. You will get draft-pick compensation if he signs elsewhere, and if he does not, you will have a good player signed to a one-year deal…
The Yankees made a mistake by not offering arbitration to either [Bobby Abreu or Andy Pettitte], the biggest mistakes any team made in this round of decisions. For a team with the Yankees’ revenues, especially as they move into an ATM with foul ...
Risk vs. Reward
Viva El Birdos —
WARNING: Lots of numbers forthcoming!!!!!!!
I want to thank both Joe Sheehan (subscription required) and Derrick Goold for providing primers for today’s discussion, which is not all that different, BTW, from the discussions of the last couple of days. (Meet the new boss – same as the old boss!) There’s been lots of discussion the last few days about the Cards’ decision to not offer arbitration to either Looper or Springer, but I wanted to put all this into a financial context.
First of all, I’m going to use as my basis Nate Silver’s study a few ...
Move Over, Brian Cashman
The Futility Infielder —
... My duties on the BP annuals have overtaken my attempts to remake the Yanks, but today I take the reins from Cashman and put forth my blueprint for the 2009 club. For the purposes of this exercise, I'll assume there's no turning back the clock. Colleague Joe Sheehan rightly upbraided Cashman for failing to offer Bobby Abreu and Andy Pettitte arbitration, and those decisions are in the books; I won't cheat by hitting the magic "undo" button. We move on. ...
Will the Yankees Regret Not Offering Arbitration to Pettitte?
Driveline Mechanics —
... The deep-pocketed organization has been panned by Baseball Prospectus' Joe Sheehan, among others, for declining to offer Pettitte and Bobby Abreu arbitration. Sheehan summed up his frustration with the situation: ...
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The Yankees offer … nobody
yankees.lhblogs.com 12/1/2008 — That’s right, nobody. So forget those draft picks.
More to come …
UPDATE, 5:27 p.m.: It came down to economics. The Yankees did not want to risk going to arbitration with any of their players given the salaries they made last ...
Yankees decline to offer arbitration to all free agents
nj.com 12/1/2008 — The Yankees announced they are not offering arbitration to any of their free agents. It means they will not get draft-pick compensation when they sign elsewhere. A recent rule change means that the Yankees are still allowed to re-sign any...
Dodgers complicating Yanks’ arbitration decision
riveraveblues.com 11/28/2008 — Before this week, we all assumed that Andy Pettitte would come back to New York or retire. Last week’s news that Andy and Joe Torre were talking L.A. upset that balance.
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Why Sign Andy Pettitte?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 12/15/2008 — We look at why the Yankees should not re-sign Andy Pettitte.
Sherman: If Pettitte Signs Elsewhere Consider Him a Phony
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/2/2008 — From Joel Sherman : If Pettitte signs elsewhere, regardless of the dollar figure, he should be viewed as a world-class phony forever around here. There should be no more pardons. He should receive no invites to future Old-Timers Games, hear no cheers when the dynastic teams reassemble. In ...
Could Yanks Make Same Mistake Again?
nybaseballdigest.com 11/26/2008 — I remember in December of 2003, how many believed it would be “unfathomable” for Andy Pettitte to leave the Yankees for the Houston Astros. This was a time when the Yankees waved their “magic wallet” and players were theirs. ...
Where the New York Yankees Stand in '09 Draft
bleacherreport.com 12/1/2008 —
With all the attention paid to who will or who will not receive arbitration offers today, let us stop for a minute and take a look at what the 2009 draft will look like for the Yankees if it happened today.
The Yankees have not yet ...
