Lol Yankees Trying to buy a WS

The New York Yankees' initial bid for CC Sabathia reportedly is in a different stratosphere than the Brewers' first offer, and Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin said he doesn't really understand the logic behind it.

According to media reports, the Yankees offered Sabathia approximately $140 million over six years. The Brewers, in contrast, have reportedly offered Sabathia $100 million over five seasons.

"It sounds like they're overbidding," Melvin told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "If the speculation is true that we've offered CC $100 million, why would you offer $140 million? Why wouldn't you offer $110 million?"

Are the Brewers willing to compete with the Yankees' reported record offer?

"I don't want to respond to that," Melvin told the Journal Sentinel. "It's up to the player to go where the money is."

Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner confirmed Friday night at the team's spring training complex in Tampa, Fla., that an offer was made to Sabathia, and that proposals will be forthcoming for pitchers A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe.

"[The Yankees] have been pretty adamant about bidding on everybody. That doesn't mean that's what the market is. That's just one team's offer. Until all the bids are on the table, I don't know what the market is," Melvin told the newspaper.

Melvin told the Journal Sentinel that he will check with Sabathia's camp by the middle of this week to see if the Brewers still have a chance to retain their ace, who was acquired at the trading deadline from the Cleveland Indians and helped Milwaukee win the NL wild card.

"I'll ask them where we're at [in the bidding], if we have a chance or should we move on," Melvin told the newspaper. "I need to know. We don't want this to drag on.

"They won't tell me what the other offers are. They'll just say, 'We've got an extra year [from another bidder] or more money.' They'll let you know if the other offers are substantially more or a little more.

"We're not going to negotiate until we know where we stand," Melvin told the newspaper.

The New York Mets' Johan Santana has the highest contract ever given to a pitcher, the six-year, $137.5 million deal he signed after his trade from the Minnesota Twins last offseason.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3706123

If it wasn't pathetic enough that they had a 200 million dollar payroll and couldn't make the playoffs then I don't even know what the fu*k to tell you Yankee fans

dont they do that every year tho

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they're doing what they have to they missed Johan they aren't going to make the same mistake twice. If the yankees offered $110 million people would say they're delaying the inevitable.

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word .

I was waiting for ya bi*chass to come in here wit that sh*t..we have the money and wud much rather spend it than trade away prospects...so every year teams will have to worry about us takin players from them...Giambi is off the books now

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So what else is new. The sad part about it is that they always tryna buy a WS and they haven't been able to do it in a while

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Desparation

^Pretty much

funny didnt the celtics basically buy a championship?

its not deperation...its called improving your team with the best player available

thank you... i really dont like the way this franchise
presents themselves....
what message do you send to other franchises when all they
can do is watch players just go to ny...

they make it bad for teams that have money after years
of giving away players and freeing up cap room..
send the wrong message ill tell you
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Prolly High Listening To: Yung Joc - Dope Boy Magic

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...bunch of frauds

Stros 30+ years and counting....

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If a dude tried to sell some drugs to a group of people at an already high price(60 bucks hint hint), and some kid comes outta nowhere buyin it for a 100. Who looks like the desparate crackhead....

makes no sense...what makes you think sabathia would take a contract less than say 6/120, which wouldnt be that far from what the yanks were offering

fukkk u come from wit this analogy...sh*t is stupid and mad vague.... @ some drug....fukk outta here...I fukks wit Hank...WE WANT ALL THE PITCHING....fukk yall!!!

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all this would do is replace Giambis 20M per year that just walked. hes getting the same money Johan is. they just traded for Swisher instead of signing Tex. learn more about baseball before you make dumb comments keep trying though...

u sound mad, erase the hate

cocaines a hell of a drug


who knows what the fuck this niggas talkin about?

lmao dude i cnat believe ppl give u hate cuz u make sense^^

on another note

BX FANS sound like the player hate club on teams that can juss throw money like chump change ala knicks. ala yanks. ala jets this year?


HATE HATE HATE HATE

Celtics, Patriots and Red Sox.

It's incredible how Boston fans forget.

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