Yanks interested in Scherzer now?

Yanks interested in Scherzer now? Or more posturing?

http://www.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20141118&content_id=101808800&oid=36019

 

Was that a Scherzer article or a Lester article? Lol!

 

And if a frog had wings it wouldn't break its ass every time it jumped. I'll believe it when I see it.

 

Now that's some funny ma-fa shit right there. Great find.

 

Scherzer was mentioned 8 times excluding the title to Lester's 7.... Lester was more discussed near the end....

Either way, both will require contracts too long with NTC, & too much moolah...

 

Awesome!

 

Whoever they take P L E A S E no opt out clauses.

 

...if you want top FAs, you're going to have to overpay/overextend, period.

...NTC clauses are seldom a problem either.


...I don't have a problem with giving Lester/Scherzer 5/6 years because the first 4/5 years are likely to be so productive that the last year or two won't really matter. By that time they will likely have been replaced by other FAs or trades or prospects



...over paying/over extending for top FAs is pretty much what free agency is all about.

 

...I don't have a problem with opt out clauses...they can actually work out well for both sides.

 

Not in the cases of A-Rod & CC. The Yankees got royally screwed on those opt out clauses.

 

...no, actually the Yanx "screwed" themselves in both cases...no one made them resign either of them.

...Stanton's recent contract is perfect example of what I'm talking about...the contract is heavily back end loaded and Marlins technically only gave him a 6 year/$107 Mil contract ($17.5 Mil per year average)...and if Stanton does in fact opt out after 6 years, the Marlins will have had Stanton for his most productive years...and some other team can then worry about paying him big bucks.

 

Yes in the case of Stanton the Marlins could be hoping that he opts out after the 2020 season because with the 1st 6 years averaging as you said $17.5M. the last 7 average $29.4M per.

 

^^^^^100% spot on.

 

Didn't the Sux win the WS the year ARod opted out? He played the Yanx well....even ended up keeping Boras' cut didn't he?

 

yup, he essentially fired Boras...and after the Yanx vowed not to resign him if he opted out, he ended up dealing with...


...wait for it.....



............................................Hank Steinbreener.

 

I agree COMPLETELY!

I second the A-Rod and CC examples...

 

...who/what are you "seconding"?...both rick and I are quoted...???

 

Did you reference A-Rod or CC???

 

...uhhh, no...but you did also quote me, so I was not sure.

...do you have an example of a case when the Yanx offered an opt out that hurt them by losing a player?