Might as well credit the source Gom...
Lol, you even took the line about teammates and managers. This thread made me laugh.
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2009/08/19/one-of-the-best-bargains-in-baseball/
EDIT: And what did you want Cashman to do? Offer him arbitration? Considering you read the article, you'll know that wasn't an option. The market didn't go as Abreu and his agent thought it would, and, at the last minute, the Angels got lucky. It would be great to have Abreu, especially considering the money he is making, but the Yankees weren't going to get him for that price and Cashman hardly dropped the ball on this one.