iYankees (Free subscription) | yesterday
From PA: 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 honest with you, Bobby isn’t happy about it.” And that’s the end of Bobby’s tenure in [...]
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Scenario 1: The market for corner outfielders isn’t strong, and while Bobby Abreu wants a three-year, $45-million deal, no club, for a variety of reasons, would dole that out right now. The Yankees offer arbitration, and Abreu accepts. All of a sudden, the Yanks will have to pay a 35-year-old corner outfielder in the declining [...]
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
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 honest with you, Bobby isn’t happy about it.” It seems pretty evident that once the Yankees traded [...]
SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Yankees decided to decline offering arbitration to 8 players yesterday including Andy Pettitte and Bobby Abreu who were Type A free agents and if they signed elsewhere would have resulted in the Yankees receiving draft pick compensation. Here is what GM Brian Cashman had to say about the matter: “The determination we made today was to make sure we control what amount we’d be spending,...
Was Watching (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via the AP: The 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 surprise. By declining arbitration, the Yankees forfeited draft-pick compensation if they sign with other [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
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 have a chance at the two draft picks. Abreu is certainly more attractive to potential suitors now. Both players are Type A free agents....
New York Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's still a chance the Yankees will re-sign Andy Pettitte and Bobby Abreu, but the Bombers are unwilling to let someone else determine the price. The Yankees opted not to offer arbitration to any of their free agents yesterday, the two big...
Yankees baseball blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brian Cashman will be conducting plenty of business in Las Vegas at next week's winter meetings, but when it came to offering arbitration to Bobbu Abreu and Andy Pettitte, the Yankees' general manager wasn't interested in rolling the dice. The...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, the Yankees have decided not to offer salary arbitration to free-agent LHP Andy Pettitte, nor free-agent OF Bobby Abreu. …i still believe the Yankees will end up signing pettitte, but for less than the $16 million he was likely to get in arbitration…either that, or he’ll return to the Astros, or [...]
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Ken Davidoff / Newsday : BASEBALL: Arbitration: Abreu, Ollie? — The Yankees intend to offer arbitration to their own free agent, Bobby Abreu, by tonight's midnight deadline, and the Mets likely will do the same with their own free agent, Oliver Perez. — The rest of the local teams' free agents …
Yankees baseball blog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
The Yankee offseason - and the future of the club's player development - could be affected by Monday's arbitration deadline, a little bit of baseball bookkeeping that could influenceBobby Abreu and Andy Pettitte. Pettitte likely would earn around the $16...
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Yankees remain hopeful that they'll be spending big dollars on CC Sabathia and other pitchers this offseason. But even baseball's richest team is feeling the effects of this bad economy, and that reality displayed itself yesterday in the decision not to offer arbitration to Bobby Abreu.
Hot Stove News Tracker (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
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 than that in arbitration. Both players can still re-sign with the Yankees though only Pettitte appears to have a good chance to do so.
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Yankees do not offer arbitration to any of their big name free agents, including Bobby Abreu. I have to agree with YFSF here: I am surprised, and not in the pleasant way, that the Yanks are following this tack,...
New York Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 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 surprise. By...
