According to the Daily News, in a Yankees' universe that is focused on CC Sabathia, the Bombers are preparing to make an offer to another free agent pitcher from Milwaukee in the next 72 hours.
According to a source, the Yankees will offer Ben Sheets a multiyear deal - most likely for two years in the $26 million range - before the winter meetings conclude on Thursday.
Sheets, a 30-year-old righthander who was one of the heroes of Team USA in the 2000 Olympics, declined arbitration this weekend, so he'll cost the team that signs him a first-round pick in next year's draft.
Sheets earned $11 million last year, going 13-9 with a 3.09 ERA in the final season of his four-year, $38.5 million contract.
He is 86-83 with a 3.73 ERA in eight seasons, all with the Brewers, but has only made 30-plus starts in four of those seasons due to injuries.
The Yankees are getting desperate for starting pitching. I think Sabathia is waiting for a offer from the Dodgers and he don't want to play on the east coast. It might look like a Yankees' mash unit, instead of a pitching rotation, if the Yankees sign Burnett and Sheets.
My heart is pumping purple piss for them......
Original Story:
http://www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2008/12/...
According to a source, the Yankees will offer Ben Sheets a multiyear deal - most likely for two years in the $26 million range - before the winter meetings conclude on Thursday.
Sheets, a 30-year-old righthander who was one of the heroes of Team USA in the 2000 Olympics, declined arbitration this weekend, so he'll cost the team that signs him a first-round pick in next year's draft.
Sheets earned $11 million last year, going 13-9 with a 3.09 ERA in the final season of his four-year, $38.5 million contract.
He is 86-83 with a 3.73 ERA in eight seasons, all with the Brewers, but has only made 30-plus starts in four of those seasons due to injuries.
The Yankees are getting desperate for starting pitching. I think Sabathia is waiting for a offer from the Dodgers and he don't want to play on the east coast. It might look like a Yankees' mash unit, instead of a pitching rotation, if the Yankees sign Burnett and Sheets.
My heart is pumping purple piss for them......
Original Story:
http://www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2008/12/...
