Yankees Release Ellsbury

[notin]

It will go to an arbiter. Listen, he sought outside medical treatment and then rehabbed away from the team. He was not given permission for either. When you are on a big contract like this one, you jump when they tell you to jump. These contracts are typically iron clad in terms of your responsibilities, but usually arbiters side with the employee over the employer. This is the Yanks' attempt to get out from under the financial obligation. I do not think they will be successful, but it is at least a reasonable argument.

 

It might not be reasonable, depending on the language of the CBA and what, if anything, Ellsbury did. He might have actually complied to the letter of the CBA.

 

What probably hurts the Yankees the most here is the timing. They’re suddenly upset about his rehab on his release date? How long ago did they learn? If you knew some story about him going AWOL and rehabbing off site away from the team, how long ago did you learn that? It’s a very safe bet the Yankees knew anything long before you did. So why wasn’t this brought up then?

 

It almost feels like a case of “we’re cutting him anyway. Let’s see what salary we can recoup.”

Edited November 23, 2019 by notin

[Monster24]

What exactly is the injury that prevented him from playing?

[jacksonianmarch]

What exactly is the injury that prevented him from playing?

 

Pick a joint and he had an issue with it

[Tedballgame]

Yankees being cheap. Pathetic. This won't make them popular with other players. No class. Pay the man!

[moonslav59]

Pick a joint and he had an issue with it

 

How about the marihoochie joint?

[kenmeister]

We keep hearing things like, "If we trade JD, nobody will want to play for the Sox anymore."

 

Why does anyone ever want to play for the Skankees?

 

To be fair, Ellsbury didn't actually "play" for the Yankees. Just collected paychecks

[a700hitter]

What exactly is the injury that prevented him from playing?

No one knows. They stopped giving injury updates on him a long time ago, because they ran out of things to say. It became obvious to me, that the Yankees had moved on from him and were just looking for a way to sever the relationship.

Edited November 24, 2019 by a700hitter

[harmony]

It might not be reasonable, depending on the language of the CBA and what, if anything, Ellsbury did. He might have actually complied to the letter of the CBA.

 

What probably hurts the Yankees the most here is the timing. They’re suddenly upset about his rehab on his release date? How long ago did they learn? If you knew some story about him going AWOL and rehabbing off site away from the team, how long ago did you learn that? It’s a very safe bet the Yankees knew anything long before you did. So why wasn’t this brought up then?

 

It almost feels like a case of “we’re cutting him anyway. Let’s see what salary we can recoup.”

In light of the Yankees' reported attempt to recoup, could the insurer cite the same reasons in an attempt to recoup its payments to the Yankees?

 

It's probably all in the details of the insurance policy, the Ellsbury contract and the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

[jacksonianmarch]

Well, here is the deal with the insurance. The player needs to miss the entire campaign for most policies, a considerable amount for others. Ellsbury says he will be playing in 2020, so hanging onto him for insurance reasons wasn't gonna happen. So the insurance issue is out the window if he is cleared to play

[jad]

Neither the union (nor the league office) is ever going to allow teams to use the tactic of acquiring players for inflated salaries, then refusing to pay those (guaranteed) salaries if the player doesn't produce accordingly.

[Tedballgame]

Do the Yankees think Scott Boras is going to stand for this? Or do they think he will steer future players to them if they pull this crap? They are just trying to cheap out because Ellsbury was a Fosbury Flop and they have egg on their face. Cheapskates. They can always raise ticket prices to pay for it.

[TylerD]

Pick a joint and he had an issue with it

 

It’s a shame. Some guys just get hurt easy and everywhere. Stops some of the greats from being great. Hate seeing injuries get the best of players.

[OH FOY]

1 year 1 million dollars, would you resign him. I would.

[a700hitter]

1 year 1 million dollars, would you resign him. I would.

Yes, If Bradley has been traded.

[moonslav59]

1 year 1 million dollars, would you resign him. I would.

 

Why?

 

A minor league deal is all he's worth, and even that might be too much with the circus he will being to town with him.

 

Just say "NO!"

[jacksonianmarch]

Do the Yankees think Scott Boras is going to stand for this? Or do they think he will steer future players to them if they pull this crap? They are just trying to cheap out because Ellsbury was a Fosbury Flop and they have egg on their face. Cheapskates. They can always raise ticket prices to pay for it.

 

Wash the troll, rinse the troll, repeat

[harmony]

Do the Yankees think Scott Boras is going to stand for this? Or do they think he will steer future players to them if they pull this crap? They are just trying to cheap out because Ellsbury was a Fosbury Flop and they have egg on their face. Cheapskates. They can always raise ticket prices to pay for it.

No need to disparage Oregon native Dick Fosbury:

 

https://jamesclear.com/dick-fosbury

[Tedballgame]

Wash the troll, rinse the troll, repeat

Exactly what you are.

[Tedballgame]

Yankees will pay. They didn't want him the last two years. They would not have played him even if he was healthy. They didn't care where he rehabbed. What a bunch of liars.

[jacksonianmarch]

Yankees will pay. They didn't want him the last two years. They would not have played him even if he was healthy. They didn't care where he rehabbed. What a bunch of liars.

 

 

[Tedballgame]

We finally get to see a picture of you Jax. Nice hair.

[Slasher9]

i said it pages ago...this is a bush league move. george is turning over in his grave. at least when he was alive and bought championships he paid his players. yankees have become a laughing stock organization. their owners are a joke. whats next? a bus for away games a la Major Leagues? yankees have become a joke.

[harmony]

i said it pages ago...this is a bush league move. george is turning over in his grave. at least when he was alive and bought championships he paid his players. yankees have become a laughing stock organization. their owners are a joke. whats next? a bus for away games a la Major Leagues? yankees have become a joke.

A joke that finished 19 games ahead of the Red Sox, who fired their top executive in-season.

 

Humor is in the funny bone of the beholder (and IMHO neither franchise is a "joke").

[notin]

i said it pages ago...this is a bush league move. george is turning over in his grave. at least when he was alive and bought championships he paid his players. yankees have become a laughing stock organization. their owners are a joke. whats next? a bus for away games a la Major Leagues? yankees have become a joke.

 

 

Eh.

 

He might have paid them, but he also canceled their dental insurance once...

[mvp 78]

A joke that finished 19 games ahead of the Red Sox, who fired their top executive in-season.

 

Humor is in the funny bone of the beholder (and IMHO neither franchise is a "joke").

 

Clearly some people weren’t born with a funny bone.

[Slasher9]

A joke that finished 19 games ahead of the Red Sox, who fired their top executive in-season.

 

Humor is in the funny bone of the beholder (and IMHO neither franchise is a "joke").

 

i think the joke is too "low brow" for you to understand. you can trust me on this one....the yankees organization trying to re-neg on a contract makes them a joke.

[mvp 78]

Maybe he should give some back for being such a wimp. I hated this signing and am just glad there is only one more year on the books

 

Hated?

[harmony]

The doctor reportedly speaks out:

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/doctor-center-yankees-jacoby-ellsbury-154519923.html

[moonslav59]

Slow time of year, when all we have to talk about is Jacoby Ellsbury! Edited November 25, 2019 by moonslav59

[notin]

Hated?

 

Big deal. He hated the Ellsbury signing.

 

I hated the Sandoval signing from the moment it became a rumor, but I never once said the Sox should stop paying him. and unlike Ellsbury, I don't think Sandoval was rehabbing or doinganything physical at all, approved or not...