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No it's not,Boras thinks he's worth $15 million a year while the Sox think he's worth a mere $8 million a year.

James makes sense,how many games do you watch where the pitcher balks and it's never called,and he does it several times a game..

Curt Schilling going the extra mile and learning Japanese,as is pitching coach John Farrell,Francona isn't though... ] For me, I can pat a guy on the back after eight good innings in any language,� he said. �That won�t be difficult

="Frayed Knot"]Can't you just see him down there, peering through the fence at a field in his home country as all his buddies are playing while saying; 'my daddy says I'm not allowed to play' Yep I bet he will be,Jose should just enjoy the time off, I read Wright was going to the DR with Jose to hang out.....guys have fun..

I think if it came to firing Boras then Boras would make the deal, his ego probably would demand it.

Edgy DC wrote: Omar has nobody to blame but himself if he went in without a workable alternaitve plan. If he doesn't sign with Boston, that makes a potential World Series opponent weaker, and I'm fine wit' that. They could burn the Yankees a second time if he doesn't sign by signing Roger Clemens. All vert true,I need to look on the bright side..

If they did this just to stop the yankees form winning the bidding rights then I am fucking mad as hell,Omar could right be wrapping things up with Boras...still I don't think Boston are acting in bad faith.

From the Post ] December 9, 2006 -- With Andy Pettitte joining fellow ground-ball specialist Chien-Ming Wang, the Yankees have shown an interest in slick-fielding first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. Even though Mientkiewicz is a left-handed hitter and the Yankees are seeking a right-handed bat at first, he isn't an automatic out against lefties (.274 last year). Hideki Matsui and Jason Giambi handle left-handers well, and Mientkiewicz is considered a defensive upgrade at first over right-handed hitting Shea Hillenbrand, who has talked with the Yankees. "He catches the ball, that's a lock," a scout said of 32-year-old Mientkiewicz, who batted .283 with four homers and 43 RBIs for the Royals last season. Mientkiewicz, however, was limited to 91 games due to a back problem that resulted in postseason surgery to correct a chipped piece of bone pressing against a nerve, but he has completely recovered and will be ready for spring training.

smg58 wrote: Is Pettite still worth what Schmidt (and presumably Zito) will get per year? The Astros didn't think so,they offered $14 million,and alredy the talk of Clemens to the Bronx has started.

francesa..."this is a bad day for the yankee hater and a great day for the yankee fan".....

$16 million for 07 with a player option for the same money for 08.....

Cue a wrong has been righted articles......

can't find another image of Doug Saunders....but reed doesn't look like him. UMDB Reed pic... I think the guy is wrong.

If Colletti did file a grievance I wonder if MLB would halt all negotiations until they finished an investigation which might take a while,maybe even passed the deadline...

Did't Paul DePodesta sign Drew?

sharpie wrote: Barry Bonds re-ups with the Jints, 1 year/$16 million. Watching ESPN last night it was kinda weird watching Steve Phillips chasing after Bonds in a hotel lobby with a mic looking for a quote....maybe weird is the wrong word but you go from running the Mets to chasing a player for a quote.

I imagine if Selig tried to void a contract he'd have the players union filing all sorts of lawsuits.

Nymr83 wrote: all the Japanese teams are owned by corporations right? couldn't whoever owns the Seibu Lions, if they wanted to give him a kickback, just "hire" him to make a commercial or billboard advertsing their product? Interesting article.... ] Talk of Misconduct Is Swirling Around Red Sox By MURRAY CHASS Published: December 8, 2006 The Boston Red Sox might think of the Yankees as the Evil Empire, but other people in baseball now seem to view the Red Sox as a team that feels it can operate outside the rules. Schedule/Results Individual Stats | Team Roster | History Discuss the Mets According to executives of several clubs, the Red Sox were a hot topic of private conversation at the general managers� meeting last month and at the winter meetings this week. Several officials who work for Major League Baseball said there appeared to be good reason for the talk. Many of those interviewed did not want to be quoted by name because of what they viewed as the sensitivity of talking critically about another team�s conduct. � Exhibit A for the disgruntled is Boston�s signing of J. D. Drew, who walked away from the final three years of his contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, a move that his agent, Scott Boras, said was aboveboard and precipitated by the marketplace. The signing of Drew could lead to an investigation by the commissioner�s office into possible tampering by the Red Sox; one baseball official said the commissioner�s office would vigorously investigate the matter if it received a complaint, but added that no complaint has been forthcoming. One general manager said that many people at the general managers� meeting, after hearing that Drew would sign with Boston, urged the Dodgers to file a tampering charge. �We haven�t reached a decision yet,� Ned Colletti, the Dodgers� general manager, said by telephone yesterday before leaving the winter meetings in Orlando, Fla. Others described Colletti as angry about the Drew development and said that relations between Colletti and Theo Epstein, Boston�s general manager, had become strained to the point where Colletti wasn�t returning Epstein�s telephone calls. Epstein denied tampering with Drew, whom he tried unsuccessfully to sign two years ago and then signed earlier this week to a five-year, $70 million contract. �That�s not true,� Epstein said by telephone yesterday. �There�s nothing to that.� Epstein said he had no conversations with Boras before Drew became a free agent. That occurred when Drew opted out of his Dodgers contract Nov. 10. Skeptics suspect that the Red Sox let Drew know that if he exercised his right to leave the Dodgers, he could get a more lucrative contract from them. An executive of one club said the Dodgers� owner, Frank McCourt, was certain tampering had occurred. McCourt�s office said he was traveling yesterday and was not available to comment. Two years ago, Drew signed a five-year, $55 million contract with the Dodgers with a clause that allowed him to terminate the deal after two years. At various times last season, Drew displayed what appeared to be positive feelings about playing in Los Angeles, and uniformed members of the Dodgers told people in the front office that Drew had told them he intended to stay with the team. Six days before the end of the season, Drew told Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register that he was happy in Los Angeles and had not thought about the opt-out clause. He said he did not plan to use it. �At some point,� he remarked, �you make those commitments and you stick to them.� Even closer to the opt-out deadline, several days before it, Drew told Rich Donnelly, the Dodgers� third-base coach, how much he was looking forward to the 2007 season and talked about what the Dodgers needed to do for the season, saying he couldn�t wait for it to arrive, according to a baseball executive. A few days later he left the Dodgers, walking away from a guaranteed $33 million. Drew is a talented but fragile player who has been on the disabled list seven times in his eight-year career and has never played as many as 110 games two years in a row. �I don�t think he�s the kind of player who would walk away from $33 million without some idea of what was out there,� a baseball official said. Boras said Drew walked away from the contract because he had told him what the market was for a player of his caliber. �I did my due diligence,� Boras said in a telephone interview. �There were a number of teams that need a 3, 4 or 5 hitter, and J. D. was the only center fielder. I went to the Dodgers a week before the opt-out date and had lunch with Colletti. I had not yet met with J. D. I said if you want to talk about it, we are prepared to talk because J. D. has enjoyed his time in L. A.� The Dodgers, though, were not prepared to extend the current deal, so Drew decided to become a free agent, Boras said. �This is nothing other than a standard, customary free-agency evaluation for me,� Boras said. �I thought it was a very easy decision.� Boras said he had no discussion about Drew with the Red Sox before Nov. 10. �We adhere to the rules,� he added. But others remain skeptical. Club executives and baseball officials are also watching the Red Sox negotiations with Boras for Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Japanese pitcher, for whom Boston bid $51.1 million just for the right to talk to him. They have observed as Larry Lucchino, the Red Sox chief executive, recently went to Japan to meet with Matsuzaka�s team, the Seibu Lions, for the stated purpose of establishing a working agreement between the teams. They have read with interest Boras�s view that there is no rule barring the Lions from sharing part of the posting fee with the player, thus making it easier for the Red Sox to sign him for less of their own money. �No one can enter into an agreement that would circumvent the posting process,� said Lou Melendez, major league baseball�s vice president for international operations. �What I read would seem to be a way of getting around the posting process. The commissioner�s office would investigate. If you speak to the Japanese commissioner�s office, which we have, any kind of arrangement, this or any other, would not be allowed.� The commissioner�s office wouldn�t allow it for another reason: it would be a way for the Red Sox to try to avoid paying the luxury tax, since giving Matsuzaka a smaller contract would diminish the overall Boston payroll. � Several executives of other teams have also cited the four-year-old Kevin Millar case, in which the Red Sox signed Millar after the Florida Marlins sold him to a Japanese team. Contrary to accepted practice, the Red Sox then won the right to have Millar play for them, with Millar helping their cause by saying he had changed his mind about playing in Japan. The next year, he helped Boston win the World Series. That ended the famous Red Sox curse, but now the team seems to be the subject of resentment.

So how do the people that think McGwire should not be in the HOF feel about the Mets giving Mota a two year contract?..I mean Omar gave a cheat a contract..it doesn't bother me one bit...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Atlanta Braves swapped a starting pitcher for bullpen help Thursday, sending oft-injured lefty Horacio Ramirez to the Seattle Mariners for reliever Rafael Soriano.

I don't think many here would have minded if Bannister was the #5 starter next season as long as Omar had gotten a legit # 1 guy.I dopn't recall anyone here hating on Bannister,if he wins 10 to 12 games next season for KC and the guy we got pitches brilliantly outta the pen for the Mets then it's a good deal for all concerned....

If I'm to believe scout.com then I want him back....

scout.com on Flores.... ] Flores is a complete catching prospect. He can hit for average, hit for good power, and plays the catcher's position defensively as well as most, but the problem now is he'll need to do that at the big league level. He projects to be a Ramon Hernandez type of catcher someday, the question now however is, can he do it next year with the Washington Nationals? He's got some serious upside to him and he's definitely an interesting risk for the Nationals. Flores is cocky enough to possibly stick in the big leagues. In some ways, he compares to the Marlins' Hanley Ramirez [mentally] in that he might flourish in the Majors because of the mere challenge. Ramirez seemed uninterested in the minor leagues and didn't give it his all until the big leagues and it's not out of the question that the same thing could happen for Flores. Flores certainly has big league talent. ... The jump from high-A to Double-A is huge, let alone a leap from the Florida State League to the big leagues. The chances are better than average he won't be ready for the big leagues in 2007 and the Mets could see him back in the organization sometime next season.

J.T. Snow retires,will join the Giants and work in various roles,including radio braodcaster.

smg58 wrote: $11M per year for a guy with a career 4.65 ERA. $10M per year for Ted Lilly and his 4.60 career ERA. And these are the "bargains"? The life of mediocre pitchers,seeing some of the other deals makes me wish I was a washed up baseball player..