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yankees.lhblogs.com - 12/2/2008
No talks with Abreu
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Brian Cashman said today the Yankees are “engaged” with Bobby Abreu and Andy Pettitte. That’s news to Abreu’s people. “We haven’t heard from them once since the end of the season,” said Chris Leible, one of Abreu’s agents. “I’ll be ...
yankees.lhblogs.com - 12/1/2008
The Yankees offer … nobody
— yankees.lhblogs.com — 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 ... (more) The Yankees offer … nobody

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fannation.com - 12/1/2008
No arbitration for Pettitte, Abreu
— fannation.com — The Yankees will not offer arbitration to free agents Andy Pettitte and Bobby Abreu, SI.com has learned.... The Yankees did not want to chance taking either player to arbitration since both players made $16 million in 2008 and stood to make even more ... (more) No arbitration for Pettitte, Abreu

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Baseball Writers Use Economic Recession As Straw Man
walkoffwalk.com - 12/2/2008
Baseball Writers Use Economic Recession As Straw Man
— walkoffwalk.com — Hey, did you hear? We're totally in a recession! It might even be a global recession, so... don't get too excited, Toronto people. FOX Sports reporter and erstwhile pixie Ken Rosenthal must know we're in a recession because he's linking the tough ... (more) Baseball Writers Use Economic Recession As Straw Man

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New York Yankees Fan Blog:  No arbitration, little bargaining power

River Avenue Blues:  The Risk Analysis of the Abreu arbitration decision

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No arbitration, little bargaining power
New York Yankees Fan Blog — ... competing for the fourth spot and Swisher able to play the OF when needed. That's not terrible, but that starting three brings with them just 51 homers and 213 RBIs of production from last season. That's not going to cut it if they want to compete for the division. One would think Brian Cashman knows this, which could mean three things: 1) the Yankees are going to bring Abreu back anyway (which seems unlikely given that his camp has heard very little from the Yankees, and Abreu is miffed about it ); 2) the team is going to swing a trade or sign another outfielder; or of ...

The Risk Analysis of the Abreu arbitration decision
River Avenue Blues — ... But now without Abreu around — and it seems like he is definitely not coming back — the Yanks have options. They can take a good, long look at Manny Ramirez; they can explore Adam Dunn or Pat Burrell. They can spend on pitching and hope that their offense is good enough if their starters can be outstanding. No matter what, they aren’t locked in to an outlandish obligation to Bobby Abreu. ...

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lohud.com 12/2/2008 — The Yankees remain interested in retaining Bobby Abreu and Andy Pettitte according to general manager Brian Cashman. But the free agents were given a little nudge out the door yesterday when the team declined to offer them salary arbitration. ...
Winter meetings over, New York Yankees, Mets, not done yet
nj.com 12/12/2008 — 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...
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riveraveblues.com 11/12/2008 — We keep coming back to Bobby Abreu. He’s that free agent with which no one knows know what to do. On Sunday night, in our open thread, a mini-discussion broke out about Bobby Abreu’s declining walk rate. Some saw it as a sign that Bobby ...
Yankees Decline To Offer Arb To Pettitte, Abreu
mlbtraderumors.com 12/1/2008 — According to SI.com's Jon Heyman , the Yankees declined to offer arbitration to Andy Pettitte and Bobby Abreu .  The Abreu decision comes as a surprise; until recently most believed the Yankees were willing to risk a one-year deal with him to ...
Yankees Rumors: Burnett, Sabathia, Pettitte
mlbtraderumors.com 12/4/2008 — The latest on the Yankees front... Ken Davidoff says the Yankees and Blue Jays were willing to give A.J. Burnett a fifth year vesting option.  The Braves seem likely to sign Burnett if they will guarantee that fifth year as has been reported ...
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nypost.com 10/31/2008 — Bobby Abreu took the first step toward possibly leaving The Bronx yesterday when the Yankees' right fielder and third-place hitter filed for free agency. The Yankees have discussed internally about retaining the left-handed hitter who will be 35...
No arbitration for Pettitte, Abreu (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 12/1/2008
The New York Yankees declined salary arbitration with all eight of their former players who became free agents, a group that includes pitcher Andy Pettitte and right fielder Bobby Abreu. Both made $16 million last season, so the move was not a ...
Yanks decline arbitration to Abreu, others — Blogging the Bombers - NY Daily News Blogs 12/2/2008
The Yankees decided not to offer arbitration to any of their eight free agents, which didn’t come as much of a surprise in seven of those cases. But in the case of Bobby Abreu, it makes very little sense. Unless the economy is going to ...
Bet on Yanks to go all in on pitching — Major League Baseball News 12/2/2008
The Yankees' odds of garnering a response from CC Sabathia may increase at the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, but they will also look beyond who GM Brian Cashman called the No. 1 free-agent pitcher to shore up the starting rotation for 2009.
Yankees' Brilliant Cashman — Bleacher Report - MLB 12/3/2008
Yankees' GM Brian Cashman made another very solid move yesterday by NOT offering Bobby Abreu salary arbitration. I'm sure there are some Yankee fans who look at Abreu's production (20 HR, 100 RBI, .296 BA) and think that signing Abreu for another ...
New York Yankees: Bye Bye Bobby — Bleacher Report - MLB 12/2/2008
The New York Yankees officially said good-bye to right-fielder Bobby Abreu today by declining to offer him arbitration. An arbitration contract is a way for a team to say that they would like to keep a player around for another year, possibly ...