FGM13 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Of course the Yankees sign the biggest pitcher in free agency. McCann, Ellsbury, Beltran and now Tanaka.Sigh. GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Yes, but then again, remember the Yankees pay what out of their ass in situations like these because they can't develop in their farm system. At all. What a fantastic business model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Tanaka signs with Yankees, 7 year $155 million deal. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 That contract is pretty horrible for the Yankees. On its face, it's 7 years and $175 million (including the posting fee). However, if he's any good, he opts out after four years and bends the Yankees over for $35 million a year afterwards. If he's terrible, the Yankees are still paying him for seven years.But the thing this brings to light is that baseball's rules are BS and the union should be complaining about it. This signing only happened because A-Roid was suspended, keeping the Yankees out of the luxury tax. That is total crap. Teams should not benefit from their players getting suspended, either financially or in skirting the luxury tax. The teams should be forced to pay the player's full salary to a charity, or at very least, still have the would-be salary counted against the luxury tax. There's a colossal conflict of interest here. If teams can essentially unload crappy contracts by them getting drug suspensions, it opens itself up to bad things happening. If I were the White Sox, I would be following Adam Dunn around, injecting HGH and Meth into each one of his coffee cups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanB06 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 *TheOldRoman said it better* Sodboy13 said: As you watch more basketball, you will learn to appreciate the difference between "defense" and "couldn't find the rim with a pair of bloodhounds and a Garmin." meet the new page, not the same as the old page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Of course the Yankees sign the biggest pitcher in free agency. McCann, Ellsbury, Beltran and now Tanaka.Sigh.This is EXACTLY what I said when I saw the news, right down to the sigh at the end. But I did add one of these for good measure. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I can't find it now, but I read somewhere that 3 million of A-Rod's 2014 salary counts against the luxury tax because he's only withheld pay on gamedays. The other days in the season HE STILL GETS PAID.How crazy is that? And how crazy is it that those 20 odd days still equals 3 million??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I can't find it now, but I read somewhere that 3 million of A-Rod's 2014 salary counts against the luxury tax because he's only withheld pay on gamedays. The other days in the season HE STILL GETS PAID.How crazy is that? And how crazy is it that those 20 odd days still equals 3 million???Is he allowed to practice with the team? If not, I'm not sure how he could argue for a paycheck. if he is allowed, but they just tell him to stay away, then I guess he'd get paid (and probably file a grievance too, since they'd presumably be denying him access to facilities.) "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Guy who's never played in MLB is now the 5th highest paid pitcher in the sport. #YankeesI'm actually sort of glad he didn't go to the Cubs. I'm never a big fan of bidding wars over unproven talent, I'd rather just underpay a massive glut of unproven talent and play them on a last place team for an entire season until all the fans have killed themselves. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I can't find it now, but I read somewhere that 3 million of A-Rod's 2014 salary counts against the luxury tax because he's only withheld pay on gamedays. The other days in the season HE STILL GETS PAID.How crazy is that? And how crazy is it that those 20 odd days still equals 3 million???Is he allowed to practice with the team? If not, I'm not sure how he could argue for a paycheck. if he is allowed, but they just tell him to stay away, then I guess he'd get paid (and probably file a grievance too, since they'd presumably be denying him access to facilities.)There was a weird specification that says this is a "162 game" suspension, not a "full season" suspension. Since a full season is 183 days, there's still three weeks worth of days where ARod receives his daily salary. And, given that ARod has spoken about wanting to attend spring training, he is fully allowed to practice with the team during that time, although Yankee coaches hold every right themselves to be dicks about it and refuse to give him anything to practice with, i.e., not hitting groundballs or B.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Quite frankly, I'm just glad the Angels decided to keep their wallets in their pocket this time. It's not that I think Tanaka's going to be a bust or anything, but it's about time the Halos decided not to spend money for the sake of "making a splash".(I say this well aware that they may overpay for Matt Garza now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Tanaka did pretty well for the Indians years ago..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutorhunky Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Red Sox sign Sizemore to a one year deal. Not sure what's more depressing: That the Reds were considering signing Grady Sizemore, or that they failed to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycan38 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Brewers sign Matt Garza, 4yrs $52 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 $13 mil per year? Too much. GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 From the Ducks-Kings game in Anaheim.https://mobile.twitter.com/LAKings/status/426588999961288705 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 From the Ducks-Kings game in Anaheim.https://mobile.twitter.com/LAKings/status/426588999961288705I always feel weird about those chants at Ducks games, because everybody in the building is also a LA Lakers/Clippers/Dodgers/Angels fan. | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomDreamer Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 $13 mil per year? Too much.It's a new era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soarindude Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Rays fans that were in favor of keeping Price are going to be pissed now. Yankees were one of the teams that the Rays would have never traded him too regardless of money. The teams that didn't get Tanaka are going to be looking at Price even more.My opinion on Price is neutral. I love the guy, he's an amazing player, but if we get a great deal for him, take it. Whether or not we win a world series with him as our ace, he's leaving next year regardless. I prefer getting two/three top prospects and an average player long-term than holding onto one of the best for one more year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Rays fans that were in favor of keeping Price are going to be pissed now. Yankees were one of the teams that the Rays would have never traded him too regardless of money. The teams that didn't get Tanaka are going to be looking at Price even more.My opinion on Price is neutral. I love the guy, he's an amazing player, but if we get a great deal for him, take it. Whether or not we win a world series with him as our ace, he's leaving next year regardless. I prefer getting two/three top prospects and an average player long-term than holding onto one of the best for one more year.He's technically under team control for 2 more seasons, 2014 and 15. https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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