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 [...]
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here’s Brian Cashman on why the Yankee did not offer arbitration to any of their free agents: “The determination we made today was to make sure that we control what amount we’d be spending at least in the event that we’re fortunate enough to bring those players back. We did not want to put ourselves in [...]
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 teams. Brian Cashman didn’t rule...
Was Watching (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Via Pete Caldera: With the baseball winter meetings opening a week from today, the $140 million question continues to grip the game. Could the CC Sabathia decision drag beyond the annual [Winter Meetings] off-season summit? “That question is really for the Sabathia family,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Sunday. Or, in other words, Cashman is saying [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
NEW YORK (Kyodo) New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Monday outfielder Hideki Matsui will not be ready to play for Japan at next year's World Baseball Classic. Matsui, 34, was placed on the disabled list with an injured left knee from June 27 to Aug. 18 and underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair ligament damage in the knee in September. Read the full story
iYankees (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just a few quick notes on the day: 1. Ken Davidoff understands not offering Bobby Abreu arbitration, especially when Bobby could have made more than $16 million through the arbitration process. Davidoff also states that this will be the first time, since 2005 when Brian Cashman “took over” as a “real GM,” that the Yankees [...]
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...
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,...
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 [...]
Yanksfan vs Soxfan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rather than risk overpaying on one-year deals for decent-if-not-great players, the Yanks have chosen to take the safe route. Brian Cashman and company have decided not to offer arbitration to Andy Pettitte and Bobby Abreu (and Pudge Rodriguez). As Pete Abe, who was one of the first to break the...
Walkoff Walk (Free subscription) | yesterday
... with that player until May. Now? They can still make offers all off-season. Besides, Yankees G.M. Brian Cashman isn't citing the economy as a reason for not pursuing Abreu or Andy Pettitte. Here's Cashman's statement regarding the Yankees attitude towards Abreu and Pettitte, via Peter Abraham : "The determination we made today was to make sure that we control what amount we'd...
MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Yankees' odds of garnering a response from CC Sabathia may increase at the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, but they will also look beyond who GM Brian Cashman called the No. 1 free-agent pitcher to shore up the starting rotation for 2009.
New York Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to any of their free agents yesterday, the two big ones being Pettitte and Abreu. According to GM Brian Cashman, there were two main reasons. The first was that the Yankees can still re-sign them at some point. The other was that each player earned $16 million this past season, and if the Yankees had offered arbitration that was accepted, the team likely would have been forced by...
MSNBC.com: Baseball (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Yankees forfeited draft-pick compensation if they sign with other teams. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman didn’t rule out re-signing the pair. “The determination that we made today was to make sure we control what amount we’d be spending,” Cashman said Monday in a recorded audio statement. “We did not want to put ourselves in a position of having that determined by a third...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK -- The declined salary arbitration with all eight of their former players who became free agents, a group that includes pitcher and right fielder . 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 teams. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman didn't rule out re-signing...
