Mariano Rivera is Holding Up the Yankees

If the New York Yankees are a bank, then Mariano Rivera is a bank robber and Brian Cashman is a frightened hostage.
The Yankees have had a whopping 3 year, $45M offer on the table for about a week now.  And still, Rivera is not backing down from his demands of a 4 year contract.  This has to [...]

Josh Anderson Traded for Oscar Villarreal

There was a minor trade today, but it’s worth mentioning.  The Houston Astros traded outfielder Josh Anderson to the Atlanta Braves for relief pitcher Oscar Villareal.
It seems like a harmless trade on the surface, but I really don’t understand Atlanta’s take on this.  What value does Josh Anderson – seemingly a AAAA player – add [...]

The Schilling Self-Fleece

A little bit of old news here, but it is unique so I thought I’d bring up.  Curt Schilling, who is his own agent, agreed to a one year deal with the Boston Red Sox earlier this month that will guarantee him $8M and will include incentives that could net the big righty another $6M.
Look, [...]

The Mets Catching Situation

The New York Mets are moving on from Paul LoDuca.  And wherever they’re going, they’ll be warm now that they’ll be wearing a huge fleece given to them by Yorvit Torrealba after he signed a 3 year deal worth $14.4M.
Before we continue, let me take a second to compliment Omar Minaya on realizing that Paul LoDuca had [...]

The A-Rod Signing: Who Got Fleeced?

As we all know by now, free agent third baseman Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have agreed to the outline of a contract that will pay the AL MVP at least $275M over the next decade.  
A-Rod and super agent Scott Boras, of course, famously opted out of the slugger’s previous quarter of a billion dollar [...]