Cashman came to winter meetings without the authority to make offers

[grandsalami]

RT: @DanBarbarisi: Source: Yankee GM Cashman came to winter meetings without the authority to make offers http://on.wsj.com/YF1bXI via @WSJ

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[rrzubnyy]

Not true...He just offered Youkilis a 1 year deal worth $12 million.

[DerekJeterDan]

The Yankees will be just fine. People need to stop overreacting.

[TrueYankee]

Not true...He just offered Youkilis a 1 year deal worth $12 million.

Uhm....wait...

On Thursday, people within the Yankees organization confirmed that this was in fact true: Cashman arrived in Nashville unable to make offers to players, and without that power, targets like Jeff Keppinger and Eric Chavez took deals elsewhere.

The Yankee general manager went back to ownership and made his case, and Cashman was allowed to move forward with offers – the Yankees made a one-year, $12 million offer to third baseman Kevin Youkilis Thursday morning.

WOW

[NYY09]

The Yankees will be just fine. People need to stop overreacting.

Depends on your definition of fine. Personally I think u may have ur head in the sand...

[TrueYankee]

This is ridiculous. What exactly are the Steinbrenners trying to accomplish here? Yankees made revenue of $850M last season. Lol

[Yankee Clipper]

Yikes.

[NYY09]

Uhm....wait...



WOW

Thats like going to a strip joint with a pocket full of lint. SMH on the FO right now.

[infernoscurse]

or it can be a ploy to force fans to whine more pushing the yankees to spend more so their free ganets can use them as leverage as they used to do in the past. yeah but lets go with always believe everything you read

[Yank-Knick-Up]

This is ridiculous. What exactly are the Steinbrenners trying to accomplish here? Yankees made revenue of $850M last season. Lol

They're worried not having money in their own pockets.

[infernoscurse]

who cares about revenue, they have to limit spending to reach 189 and top talent isnt going to take 1 year deals, so we have to wait

[DerekJeterDan]

who cares about revenue, they have to limit spending to reach 189 and top talent isnt going to take 1 year deals, so we have to wait

Which is exactly what it seems like Cashman is doing.
Waiting out the market.

[TrueYankee]

or it can be a ploy to force fans to whine more pushing the yankees to spend more so their free ganets can use them as leverage as they used to do in the past. yeah but lets go with always believe everything you read

Well, is it coincidence he has not made 1 offer at the winter meetings to any player until this morning?

[TrueYankee]

who cares about revenue, they have to limit spending to reach 189 and top talent isnt going to take 1 year deals, so we have to wait

I understand that, but to not be able to match offers like $3M for 1 year or $12M for 3 years like Chavez and Keppinger is ridiculous. Obviously, there is truth to the article.

[J-Loco]

This is ridiculous. What exactly are the Steinbrenners trying to accomplish here? Yankees made revenue of $850M last season. Lol

They are attempting to maximize profits before they sell the team. Anyone that thinks this team is not going to be sold within the next 5 years is fooling themselves.