Yankees likely to offer Jorge Posada $40 million

Links (12)

Yanks will offer Posada three years, $40M
Published 10/23/2007 at MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
... from hitting the open market, but it doesn't look like anything will happen before the team has completed its interview process for the open manager's job. Yankees sources said the organization hasn't begun substantive talks with Sam and Seth Levinson, the agents who represent Posada, but the team is said to be planning an offer of three years and about $40 million. Source: New York Daily News Related: ...

Yankees likely to offer Jorge Posada $40 million
Published 10/23/2007 by Jim Jacobs at Yankees baseball blog
... Posada just completed a five-year, $51 million contract that included a $12 million option for 2007 that kicked in based on playing time behind the plate the previous season. Posada, who turned 36 in August, hit .338 with 20 homers and 90 RBI this past season, the best all-around season of his career. Continue ...

Buzz: The Cost of Jorge Posada
Published 10/23/2007 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... In the Daily News, citing ‘Yankees sources,’ Mark Feinsand writes that the Yankees will soon offer C Jorge Posada a three-year, $40 million deal. ...

Girardi takes the lead... or does he?
Published 10/23/2007 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . Mark Feinsand was able to dig up the fact that the team is preparing to offer a three-year, $40 million deal to Jorge Posada . Three years is one more than we would've liked to see, but if that's what it takes to get him in the fold for the next couple of seasons, it's worth the hit the club will take in 2010. Scott Boras is saying ...

Yanks To Offer 3/40 To Posada?
Published 10/23/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News has sources indicating that the Yankees plan to offer Jorge Posada a three-year, $40MM contract.  However, the manager vacancy will be filled first. ...

Sources: Yankees to Offer Posada 3 Year/$40 Million Dollar Deal
Published 10/23/2007 by Patrick at YanksBlog.com
Mark Feinsand quotes Yankees sources as saying that they plan to make a 3 year/$40 million dollar offer for Jorge Posada. I can get behind that offer. It's a fair amount of money, but Posada should be a Yankee for life and if you take a look at the list of available catchers, you'll see that there is no one that is half the offensive force that Jorge is. Via ...

Glavine, Johan, etc.
Published 10/23/2007 by joe at Mets Today - The Hot Stove Edition
... Word on the street … or at least, from the Daily News … is that the Yankees will offer Jorge Posada something in the neighborhood of 3 years / $40M. ...

Yankees Prepared to Keep Jorge Posada
Published 10/23/2007 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... But while Posada may not garner many headlines, he does have the attention of the Yankees' front office. According to the New York Daily News, although the two sides have yet to begin serious talks, the team is prepared to make a very generous offer, starting negotiations at $40 million for three years. ...

Late Tuesday Roundup
Published 10/24/2007 by JMM at MY BASEBALL BIAS
... According to the NY Daily News, the Yankees might be prepared to offer free agent catcher Jorge Posada a contract for 3 years and $40M. A Yankee official told the News, ” “I believe that we’re going to be very competitive”. Posada recently turned 36 in August and is coming off a career year in ‘06 where he batted .338 with 20 homers and 90 RBI. ...

Friday Links (26 Oct 07)
Published 10/26/2007 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... Yankees likely to offer Jorge Posada $40 million (New York Daily News). Some folks have mentioned Posada as a possible target for the Padres. I’m pretty happy with ...

Yankees To Meet With A-Rod?
Published 10/27/2007 by Tony Gicas at Bronx Liaison
... "The Yankees plan to do what they can to keep Posada from hitting the open market." Mark Feinsand stated that a source believes the Yankees will offer Jorge about $4o million. ...

First, it’s Girardi. Who’s next?
Published 10/31/2007 by Brent Nycz at The Bronx Block
... (if he comes back) and Mike Mussina. Good luck, Eiland, you’ve done a great job so far. Girardi also brings two of his own from the Marlins (on his coaching staff in 2006) with him: Mike Harkey and Bobby Meacham. Now that the coaching staff is mostly set, the Yankees can now focus on resigning Posada and Rivera, though the Yankees are already doing that with Rivera in terms of a 3 years, $40 million deal, the same deal the Yankees were reportedly giving Posada.