Russell Martin

Russell Martin, Brian Cashman just spoke to the media. Surprisingly, the signature of Russell Martin was not the main topic of conversation. This boy from Arkansas who can not hack the Big Apple. No, not Burnett. The other.

Cashman remarks included a large number of spin expected. Spin designed, it seems, to disabuse the other teams out there that the concept is panicked and is now ready to grossly overpay for a starting pitcher.

I can not stress Plan B is patience. It’s not like we’re in a rush to do something … We have a great team … It would be a rare situation for me to include Montero in a case … I do not think we have a lot of holes…

With respect to plug these holes, Cashman said: “It should not happen in winter, suggesting that the Yankees would wait until the trade deadline next year. He also spoke of his current rotation, saying that New Ivan “has taken the next step” and that he loves his team as he is, even if it can stand some improvement. Who are all smart things to say to him, even if all his statements could be truer by adding the phrase “but we really, really want to add a top flight pitcher.”

As to Lee himself, Cashman echoed what many had already suspected. If the delay in the response of Lee Camp occurred on weekends, he knew he could get into trouble. That the Yankees did what they could do to make him sign. There is no grudge with Lee and did not make sense that the agent Lee was someone around jerks. It was a negotiation like any other. All in the game, yo. [Cashman did not say “all in the game, yo.”]

So now the air is cleared from the Yankees’ side of things. It will not stop half a dozen columnists writing about how this was a death blow for the Bombers, both competitive in terms of language and the Yankee brand we continue to hear about it. But hey, we need something to spend the rest of the week, right?

Cliff Lee Wife

Cliff Lee Wife, What role did Cliff Lee wife Kristen Lee play in his signing with the Phillies instead of the Yankees? Some say that the appearance Cliff Lee woman of history was essential to have the pitcher pick Philly over New York.

The world of baseball all about Cliff Lee signed with the Philadelphia Phillies. When the offseason began, it appeared that it was a matter of time before Cliff Lee signed a contract incredibly huge with the New York Yankees. But Lee has decided to return to his former team and many wonder why he signed with the Phillies?

There is a possible reason: the wife of Cliff Lee. According to Lee a Cliff Lee wife Kristen are not like New York and hoped that their return to the city of brotherly love.

Kristen Lee was apparently upset the fans of New York were treated when Lee and the Texas Rangers visited the Yankees earlier this year.

Cliff Lee Phillies

Cliff Lee Phillies, Lethal lefty Cliff Lee, darling 2009 playoffs Phillies and victim of the dressing payroll team will be back in form with red stripes.

Pending confirmation Phils web customary news Welcome back, Lee will join the team for five years at 100 million U.S. dollars.

This is at least one year and 30 million less than what the Yankees had dangled in front of the left star.

Maybe dangle is the right word to use. What’s danging today could be the foam unsightly but a fateful charge, Yankee Stadium loog.

Anyone trying to understand how Lee was disinterested in lowering these huge coins of the Bronz Bombers may not be aware of the view ladies. Specifically, Lee’s wife Kristen, who was booed by Yankees, fans at least one juice-up during the ALCS October A member of the Texas Rangers at the time, Lee has downplayed the incident, chalking to alcohol too.

Even The New York Post reported that the activation Kristen Lee in a human spittoon would not affect maneuver Lee free agent when he came to sign with the Yankees.

Let me shank and run: Not really.

Unless we hear differently from Lee or his wife can never prove the assertion that the incident has led the Yankees to spit “conquest next payday south-west by the New Jersey Turnpike.

Joe Blanton

Joe Blanton, (AP) – It turns out that the Phillies have enough money for both Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay – Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels and, also.

A year after Phillies him traded, Lee chose to join and form a foursome fearsome that is the envy of all baseball.

The free agent pitcher missed an extra 50 million and New York Yankees reached a preliminary agreement on a $ 100 million, a five-year contract with the Phillies on Monday night, a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.

The agreement is subject to the 32-year-old left-hander passing a medical examination, the person who requested anonymity because the agreement was not final.

The Yankees and Texas Rangers was considered the front-runners, but the Phillies wound up with the agent most coveted status of the season, reaching an agreement that gives them a rotation that is most dominant most likely in the major leagues.

Lee, the 2008 AL CY Young Award winner, joins Halladay twice winner of the Cy Young Award, who won the NL honor last month.

After Lee helped the Phillies reach the 2009 World Champion Series, he was sent to Seattle in a four-team, nine-player trade last December 16 that Halladay in Philadelphia. Halladay signed a new contract that added $ 60 million over three seasons, the same average wage Lee will get.

Seattle traded Lee to Texas in July, and Lee acute Rangers in the World Series for the first time.

The Phillies have considered trading pitcher Joe Blanton and / or outfielder Raul Ibanez to make space pay, a person familiar with the deliberations in Philadelphia. Said. This person spoke on condition of anonymity because negotiations were ongoing.

Lee and his family had a good time during his stint with the Phillies, who acquired from Cleveland in July 2009.

“At first I could not believe it. I thought we were working on an extension with the Phillies, “said Lee the day after the operation.” I thought I would spend the rest of my career there. … I felt they I wanted to keep for a long period. In my mind it would happen. ”

After advancing to the World Series in consecutive years, the Phillies were upset by eventual champion San Francisco Giants in the playoffs this year’s NL championship. Earlier this month, outfielder Jayson Werth left Philadelphia for a contract of 126 million and seven years with the Washington Nationals.

The Yankees and Texas have received phone calls Monday night, saying they were out of the race, two distinct persons familiar with the negotiations said the team, also on condition of anonymity.

New York began with a $ 138 million, offering six years for Lee, the person familiar with the Yankees’ negotiations said. Outfielder Carl Crawford after decided to seven years and 142 million against the Red Sox, New York immediately increased its offer to Lee $ 150 million over seven seasons, the person said.

Lee’s wife felt insulted by fans at Yankee Stadium who were rude to her and family members of the Rangers during the ALCS. It is unclear whether this played a role in the decision.

A draft of the fourth round in 2000, Lee is 102-61 with a 3.85 ERA in nine seasons in the majors. He excelled in the playoffs, going 7-2 with a 2.13 ERA for Philadelphia and Texas over the past two years, including 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA against the Yankees.

Lee won 18 games in Cleveland in 2005, then was injured in training camp in 2007 and was demoted to the minors. He returned to the big leagues, was 5-8 with an ERA of 6.29 and was left off roster series in Cleveland. He rebounded to go 22-3 with an ERA of 2.54 in 2008 and was voted AL CY Young Award.

He was 14-13 for the Indians and the Phillies in 2009 and 12-9 to the Seattle Mariners and Rangers this year.

With the departure of Lee, the Rangers could move closer Neftali Feliz from the bullpen to the rotation and may attempt to acquire 2009 AL CY Young Award winner Zack Greinke in a trade from Kansas City.

This was a rare case where the Yankees could not for the financial world a player they wanted. After losing to Texas in the AL championship series, they are looking to add pitching to a rotation that includes CC Sabathia, Phil Hughes and AJ Burnett. New York is waiting to find Andy Pettitte whether he will not retire; the Yankees also promising Ivan Nova, a hard start right-hander who turns 24 next month.

New York also held talks with Crawford before its agreement with the Red Sox, but never made an offer.

AP Sports Writer Rob Maaddi contributed to this report.

Copyright © 2010 the Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies, Everyone was amazed at the Washington Nationals win Jayson Werth on the open market of the unimaginable amount of $ 126 million. The right fielder has spent four seasons in Philadelphia and was strong throughout the city renowned for its hard-hitting antics with the bat.

Now with the Nationals, it seems that the Phillies will be painful for the support. The short side has come to the signing Werth on a long term contract. The misfortune of having to lose a key player Jayson Werth made many think there will be a hole in the position Phillies right fielder, and he will not be supplemented by a star other Werth ball size for very long.

Director General of the Phillies Ruben Amaro Jr. was available Sunday to comment on the case and he was surprised by it. He said, “We felt that we offered him a big contract so that we had the chance to bring him back. But clearly, at the end of the day he was trying to get the best contract he could and I think he did. ”

Werth has Phillies talked to, saying he had given them enough time to consider an offer but they were unable to reach the top mark of his interest. This was one of the reasons behind Scott Boras was hired.

Amaro expressed that he feels no pressure to sign a new player to the vacant so soon.

He said, “We could have our bat right on our club right now. I said a few times already, but we could have our right fielder in our organization. We still have to evaluate this issue and see if that’s the route we want to go. Frankly, I’m going to go there and find someone I think is worth making a move based on what we feel about Ben Francisco and possibly Dom Brown. We have not yet made a final decision on which our right fielder will be. But, obviously, when there’s a guy in the mix, we must define how we want go “.

The Phillies will probably not be able to have the same force as they did on the side of right field. Werth has left a gaping hole in the side and I’ll let you guess how the Phillies have hit back in the coming season.

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