sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 12 days ago
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CHICAGO -- The world champion Yankees have top free-agent pitcher John Lackey on their free-agent shopping list, sources said. The Yankees aren't expected to be as aggressive this winter on the free market as last offseason and they haven't firmed up all their plans as yet, but one league source ...
bats.blogs.nytimes.com - 12 days ago
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bats.blogs.nytimes.com —
Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said he would
not be influenced by the strong World Series performances
of the pending free agents Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon.
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Yanks' Cashman Won't Be Swayed
nypost.com - 12 days ago
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nypost.com —
CHICAGO -- The Yankees are strategizing ways to
retain all three of their major free agents --
Johnny Damon, Andy Pettitte and Hideki Matsui -- sources told The Post. Damon and Pettitte are the priorities. But when asked if that meant Matsui had p...
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Yankees plotting to keep Damon, Pettitte, Matsui
metsmerizedonline.com - 12 days ago
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metsmerizedonline.com —
According to an article by Jerry Crasnick of
ESPN.com , a recent survey polled 20 MLB executives
(general managers, assistant GMs, etc.) on a number of topics, including where they believe free agent pitcher John Lackey will sign. They also revealed their thoughts on the possible length ...
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MLB Execs Think Lackey Is Coming To New York
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Heyman: Yankees Like Lackey
The Yankee Universe —
From Jon Heyman:
The world champion Yankees have top free-agent pitcher John Lackey on their free-agent shopping list, sources said. The Yankees aren’t expected to be as aggressive this winter on the free market as last offseason and they haven’t firmed up all their plans as yet, but one league source said of Lackey, “He’s definitely on their radar.”
Word is that the Yankees probably will be willing to repeat A.J. Burnett’s $82.5 million, five-year contract for Lackey. Although, one person close to Lackey ...
Hot Stove 2009: What About John Lackey?
Zell's Pinstripe Blog —
... Via Sports Illustrated:
The world champion Yankees have top free-agent pitcher John Lackey on their free-agent shopping list, sources said. The Yankees aren’t expected to be as aggressive this winter on the free market as last offseason and they haven’t firmed up all their plans as yet, but one league source said of Lackey, “He’s definitely on their radar.”
While I believe John Lackey would rather go home to Texas (as mentioned in the article), there is a part of me that ...
The Morning After: November 10, 2009
Sparty and Friends —
... great column about the dumbest column of the year.
In case you weren’t aware, the Yanks had the highest payroll this season. Though Trey disagrees with me, there is no way there will ever be a salary cap in baseball unless there is huuuuuuuge TV deal for revenue sharing, like the NFL. You have to have a floor for players to agree, and the owners want to make money if they are still forced to pay high contracts.
Speaking of the Yankees salary – what’s another $100 million contract? Do it Cashman! Do it!
How obscure is ...
The Yankees and John Lackey -- a little more speculation
Pinstripe Alley —
IF the New York Yankees pursue an expensive free agent who did not just help them win a World Series -- and at this point that appears to be a big IF -- the early speculation is that their target will be Angels' starting pitcher John Lackey.
From Jon Heyman of SI.com
The world champion Yankees have top free-agent pitcher John Lackey on their free-agent shopping list, sources said. The Yankees aren't expected to be as aggressive this winter on the free market as last offseason and they haven't firmed up all their plans as ...
Wacky over Lackey?
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
Wow, that's a lame posting title, ain't it? Of course, when there's a GM's meeting, albeit brief and scaled-down at an airport hotel, there's a few dribs and drabs worth noting. Here's one, as I alluded to yesterday.
Yankees looking at Lackey
Word is that the Yankees probably will be willing to repeat A.J. Burnett's $82.5 million, five-year contract for Lackey. Although, one person close to Lackey -- whose offer to stay with the Angels this spring was for less than $40 million over three years on top of this year's $10 million salary -- indicated the longtime Angels right-hander sees himself in a higher echelon than ...
The Yankees would pay Lackey A.J. Burnett money
Circling The Bases —
[image] That's $82.5 million over five years, but according to SI's Jon Heyman , Lackey "sees himself in a higher echelon than Burnett." I think he's right to see himself that way. He's not as erratic as Burnett, and as Heyman notes in the article, the Yankees admire his toughness. Given the massive increase in revenue the Yankees realized after the new park opened, and given that the World Champions had to rely on a three man rotation in order to win the World Series -- with one of those men being the 37 year-old Andy Pettitte -- you have to figure that the Yankees have leaked out that $82.5 million figure as a starting point for Lackey, not a ceiling.
Update on Yankees free agents: Damon, Matsui & Pettitte
lenNY's Yankees —
... Yesterday, my busy newspaper-making Monday, was day 1 of the General Managers Meetings in Chicago. The big name thrown around the Yankees radar was John Lackey – just as ...
Gene Autry Should Be In The Hall of Fame: Wednesday Halolinks
Halos Heaven —
Mayor Jack Dutton, at center, accepting the new California Angels pennant from club owner, Gene Autry, at right and club president, Robert Reynolds, at left.
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The Yankees and John Lackey -- a little more speculation
pinstripealley.com 12 days ago — IF the New York Yankees pursue an expensive free agent who did not just help them win a World Series -- and at this point that appears to be a big IF -- the early speculation is that their target will be Angels ' starting pitcher John Lackey .
From Jon Heyman of SI.com
The world champion ...
Hot Stove 2009: What About John Lackey?
zellspinstripeblog.com 12 days ago — Via Sports Illustrated :
The world champion Yankees have top free-agent pitcher John Lackey on their free-agent shopping list, sources said. The Yankees aren’t expected to be as aggressive this winter on the free market as last offseason and they haven’t firmed up all their plans ...
Lackey To Yankees?
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 16 days ago — "The free agency period officially opened for business Thursday and Angels right-hander John Lackey was among the 79 players to file. ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney writes in today's blog that if the Yankees want Lackey, the best free-agent pitcher available, then they will get him, "because ...
Yankees looking at free agent Lackey
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 12 days ago — CHICAGO -- The world champion Yankees have top free-agent pitcher John Lackey on their free-agent shopping list, sources said. The Yankees aren't expected to be as aggressive this winter on the free market as last offseason and they haven't firmed up ...
Update on Yankees free agents: Damon, Matsui & Pettitte
lennysyankees.com 12 days ago — Yesterday, my busy newspaper-making Monday, was day 1 of the General Managers Meetings in Chicago. The big name thrown around the Yankees radar was John Lackey – just as Tim Dierkes expected . However, the Yankees have some housekeeping to do first. The contracts of Johnny Damon , Hideki ...
The case against Lackey came two years ago
riveraveblues.com 9 days ago — Following the 2007 season, the Yankees needed pitching. They’d just been eliminated from the playoffs because their ace, Chien-Ming Wang , failed twice to hold down the Cleveland Indians. While Wang was still one of the league’s better ...
If the Mets want Lackey, all they have to do is ask the Yankees....
athbaseball.com 9 days ago — David Lennon of Newsday reported via twitter today that the Mets have spoken to John Lackey 's agent.
I sure hope this isn't one of those stunts where they "put the word out" that they are interested in Lackey so that the fans think that they are genuinely trying to improve the team, when in ...
The Yankees would pay Lackey A.J. Burnett money
bases.nbcsports.com 12 days ago — That's $82.5 million over five years, but according to SI's Jon Heyman, Lackey "sees himself in a higher echelon than Burnett." I think he's right to see himself that way. He's not as erratic as Burnett, and as Heyman notes...
Nostalgia vs. Common Sense
nybaseballdigest.com 12 days ago — One of the biggest surprises to me during the GM meetings is the belief the Yankees will attempt to keep Johnny Damon, Andy Pettitte, and Hideki Matsui versus focusing on Matt Holliday, Jason Bay, and John Lackey. To me that’s the wrong move because it is predicated on nostalgia of the ...
Do we want John Lackey?
feedproxy.google.com 8 days ago — Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald :
A major-league source said that the Red Sox met with free agent starter John Lackey’s agent at the GM meetings this week in Chicago. The Red Sox expressed preliminary interest in the right-handed starter, who is arguably the top free agent starter ...
