26 to 6

I got your last email regarding the deal we were discussing, but I don't have the OF depth to include that last player you asked for.

They've got some pretty ridiculous demands...

I think he'll pitch the 6th inning in New York if we paid him enough. To me when I read that the Yanks were on his no-trade list I just thought that gave him leverage in salary negotiations in upcoming years as he is still under team control. I don't think the Yanks would have even made an offer beyond the preliminary discussions if they felt that Soria had no desire to pitch here based on his no-trade clause. But hey, I could be wrong. It doesn't look like either team is active on the Soria front right now, so I'm not expecting us to strike a deal in the least, although I haven't put it outside the realm of possibility.

Take your dollars, get some doughnuts, and eat them fatty! Idk why you think you're better than everyone, but you just make yourself look like an *******. Which I'm sure isn't too far off anyway.

As far as I'm concerned, I want no part of Haren in a Yankee uniform. If he's struggling in the NL West for the non-contending Diamondbacks, how can we expect him to succeed in the AL East? I don't think it's worth it to give up what they would want in return for such a questionable pitcher.

The cut was only in base salary, if he had won the World Series he would have been getting a raise. And again, I have to respectfully disagree when you say he was possibly the most successful manager in Yankee history. Top 5 for sure, but he doesn't even crack the top 3 IMO. Besides, he was being paid that kind of money to win, which the Yankees hadn't done at that point in 7 years.

In all fairness I think Casey is miles ahead of Torre. Joe McCarthy too for that matter. Lets not forget Miller Huggins either. And Billy Martin deserves a medal for having to put up with the wrath of George in the Boss's heyday. I wonder how those two are getting along upstairs right about now. There was no sign of him in that video tribute, but honestly I don't blame one side or the other. Both Torre and the Yankees were at fault in some ways. Tim McCarver seems to ignore the fact that the Yankees had offered Torre a deal prior to his leaving that would pay him $5M base salary, plus another million for every round of the playoffs they advanced, which would have payed him $8M if they had won the World Series, and kicked in an automatic $8M option for 2009. No matter how they finished he would still have been the highest paid manager, but he felt insulted at the fact that the money wasn't guaranteed and decided to take less to go 3.000 miles away to manage the Dodgers. I look forward to the day where Torre and the Yanks reconcile and we can see his number 6 hanging out in monument park, but until then I see it as a mutual seperation and can't hold one side more responsible than the other, although I see each side for both parties. LOL I know right, definitely not what I was expecting;

I agree with you. I just wanted to put this on record for the next time an argument arises over the Yankees spending habits and how they contribute to the luxury tax more than anyone, just so we can say we're not alone. If I were a Red Sox fan though I would be livid if they let this prohibit them from going out and improving their team not only down the stretch, but in future seasons as well; especially considering their league leading attendance prices.

That they exceeded the luxury tax limit. That's all

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2010/07/update_sox_are.html Just sayin....

I haven't chimed in here on talksox about this yet, but it's obviously a sad week for all Yankee fans. Tonight for the All Star game the Yankee players and coaches wore their customary black armband, but when the second half gets underway they will also be wearing patches in memory of both the Boss and Sheppard. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4791912102_89f63b67ba_b.jpg The Sheppard one, which I like a lot, will be worn on the left sleeve, above the black armband. The GMS patch will be worn over the heart; above the interlocking NY on the home uniforms, and above the word "York" on the road uniforms. Not a fan of the Steinbrenner patch though.

I agree with most of your post, Jacko. Except the "on the block" part. I don't think Montero is "on the block," or being actively shopped. I think all along the Yanks have shown a reluctance to deal him as he has that once in a generation type potential, but they were open to the idea in this instance because of all the factors that you mentioned with the catching depth (and the fact that they are all better defensively), on top of the fact that an ace pitcher would be coming back the other way. When someone is on the trading block, it usually indicated that the team is actively looking to move that player, which I don't think is the case here. I wouldn't expect the Yanks to trade Montero for an Oswalt, Dunn, Lilly, Berkman, etc. So if the one thing you've drawn from this "experience" is that Montero is on the block, I would take another look at the situation if I were you. I think the Yanks would be dumb to explore another trade for him without getting a top 2% player at a given position in return. I actually like the way it worked out, being that we get to keep Montero and possibly/likely sign Lee in the offseason. But like I said, I don't think Montero is "on the block," and I hope to see him hitting bombs in the Bronx for years to come.

SHOCKED. Good job by Daniels to swoop in and get this done for Texas. On the bright side, it keeps him away from Tampa, and we get to keep Montero. We're still probably the favorites to land Lee in the offseason anyway. On another high note, with this thing being essentially done (not the first time we've heard that today), we probably won't have to face him tonight anyway. Joel Sherman has it as the Rangers getting Lee and Mark Lowe for Justin Smoak and 3 other prospects (didn't name who they were). I'm not too disappointed we didn't get him (yet), I'm just shocked at how this has all played out over the course of the day.

Beat me to it. I just don't see how it's possible for them right now.

Wow dude, you don't know when to stop, do you? It was close, very close, according to MULTIPLE news outlets (not just the NY Post, they were just the ones who broke the story this morning). So hop off...

The team in hot pursuit of Lee seems to be the Rangers, who are in no position to add payroll. So this makes no sense to me.

I really don't mind that this deal isn't going through, so long as he doesn't end up in Tampa. I have no problem sticking it out the rest of the year with our current rotation, keeping Montero, and just losing draft picks for Lee in the offseason. If this team that's gotten involved is Tampa, however, then the Yankees need to step up their offer because I don't want to face that rotation in a potential ALCS.