nypost.com - 2/13/2008
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TAMPA - Chien-Ming Wang's desire to sign a multi-year deal with the Yankees isn't going to be fulfilled. Nor does it look like the ace right-hander and the club are going to avoid an arbitration hearing tomorrow in St. Petersburg. Wang, who is...
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No Deal For Wang
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Chien-Ming Wang spoke publically on the topic of a long-term contract yesterday. He said:
I want to. They told me it's not the time because for pitchers it's hard to stay healthy.
The immediate matter is Wang's arbitration hearing, set for today. Wang will be present as the Yankees try to convince an arbitrator that he is worth $4MM instead of $4.6MM. Common sense says this doesn't help the chances of a multiyear deal.
According to Kat O'Brien of Newsday, Wang was disappointed to see ...
Wang won't get long-term deal; Joba's role still uncertain
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
It's gotta bother Chien-Ming Wang (we're going to try and start bolding people's names again this season) that the Yanks valued Robby Cano enough to give him a four-year deal, but as George A. King, III writes today (we can't get enough of the sudden name change) they're dealing with Wang only in arbitration. Kat O'Brien explains that ...
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newsday.com 2/13/2008 — TAMPA, Fla. - Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland reiterated
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First base Duncan's only concern —
Major League Baseball News 2/13/2008
Yankees first baseman Shelley Duncan, who endured an offseason of multiple blood clots in his right armpit and landed in the hospital for about a week, was ultimately put him on a regimen of blood thinners and let his body do the rest. And it did. ...
