a700hitter

I like that.

You are right that a lot of things can still happen to lower Bay's FMV. If the Yankees acquire Holliday, they will not need Bay. If the Yankees win the WS, they will not have a lot of pressure to poach our guy. On the other hand if the Yankees get edged out by Toronto or Tampa, they will drive a tractor trailer full of money to Bay's house. Bay could get a little dinged up and finish hitting .265. There's not a lot of .265 hitters making more than $10 million/year. He does have to consider taking guaranteed money now as opposed to waiting, but that would not be a home town discount. That would just be an exercise of business judgment. If the Yankees decide to blow away the market for Bay, I'd be fine with signing Damon to play LF for a couble of years. He still is a good offensive producer, but not with the power of Bay. You wouldn't lose anything in the field. Bay's arm is better, but he is not carrying a gun either. Damon might go for as little as $5- 6 million/year. The $ saved could be spent upgrading another position. Bay is a very very nice player, but he is no cornerstone superstar.

I agree. IMO that type of offer will not get the deal done.

The whole division sucks, so they'll probably stay in the race until the end just to torture their fans.

Does anyone even care? The entire USA team could walk through Time Square and no one would recognize them.

The stupid first baseman Murphy opened the door to a 3 run first by trying to throw Jeter out at 3rd on a bunt rather than take the out at first. That was the difference between a 1 run inning and a 3 run inning. They gave away the game in the first inning.

Where does Morgan get that from?

Now, go swimming with your toaster.

The Sox next four series are against Baltimore, Seattle, Oakland, and KC. Only the oriole series is away. The other three series are at home. The Yanks play Seattle, Toronto, Minnesota, and the Angels.

The Mets are like the Bad news Bears. What was Manuel thinking about letting KRod throw a strike to Jeter with Mo on deck. The Mets are under-manned and they are run by idiots in the FO and in the dugout.

The Mets being the Mets again. What an embarrassment!

There was no home town discount involved. Other financial considerations were at work. There's only a discount when a player has a bigger offer from another team at the same time. That was not the case with Youkilis, Lester or Pedroia. In fact the home team is taking a financial risk, because they might have been able to go year by year before they were FA eligible and negate the injury and other risks.

It's unbelievable that the mets have no one better than a .171 hitter for this situation.

Torre would go for the 5 out save here. Will Girardi?

The Mets lineup makes the Braves look like the '27 Yankees.

Maybe he went to NY because they made the biggest offer.

It's all about money.

Mets suck!

He is getting that lubricant injected, not a cortisone shot.

The Mets are usually terrible against Wang.