Teixeira a Yankee (8/$180 M)

[Shilzzz]

yeah, i just don't like the thing about the draft picks the most. if you aren't going to have a salary cap, then teams like the yankees can spend crazy money on a guy like sabbathia. the point of the picks was to compensate for the lack of a cap, right? well if the yankees just keep buying players, then even that compensation goes away. that's my only problem with this. because, no matter what, if there is no salary cap, toronto and milwaukee are not ever going to spend anywhere near new york.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

yeah, i just don't like the thing about the draft picks the most. if you aren't going to have a salary cap, then teams like the yankees can spend crazy money on a guy like sabbathia. the point of the picks was to compensate for the lack of a cap, right? well if the yankees just keep buying players, then even that compensation goes away. that's my only problem with this. because, no matter what, if there is no salary cap, toronto and milwaukee are not ever going to spend anywhere near new york.

 

Technically, I think there is a limit, and the Yankees have reached it, of 3 type A free agents.

[BigbadB]

yeah, i just don't like the thing about the draft picks the most. if you aren't going to have a salary cap, then teams like the yankees can spend crazy money on a guy like sabbathia. the point of the picks was to compensate for the lack of a cap, right? well if the yankees just keep buying players, then even that compensation goes away. that's my only problem with this. because, no matter what, if there is no salary cap, toronto and milwaukee are not ever going to spend anywhere near new york.

 

Technically, I think there is a limit, and the Yankees have reached it, of 3 type A free agents.

 

I can never remember this particular rule, so maybe someone else can chime in that actually does know it. But, I don't think there is a written rule of just 3. What if you lose 5 type "A" free agents? Maybe it's +3 type "A" free agents beyond however many you lose?

 

Pettitte and Abreu are probably both type "A" free agents. Not sure where the others fall.

[Guest]

yeah, i just don't like the thing about the draft picks the most. if you aren't going to have a salary cap, then teams like the yankees can spend crazy money on a guy like sabbathia. the point of the picks was to compensate for the lack of a cap, right? well if the yankees just keep buying players, then even that compensation goes away. that's my only problem with this. because, no matter what, if there is no salary cap, toronto and milwaukee are not ever going to spend anywhere near new york.

 

Technically, I think there is a limit, and the Yankees have reached it, of 3 type A free agents.

 

I can never remember this particular rule, so maybe someone else can chime in that actually does know it. But, I don't think there is a written rule of just 3. What if you lose 5 type "A" free agents? Maybe it's +3 type "A" free agents beyond however many you lose?

My reading of the rule in question (Article XX(B)(5) of the CBA, page 74) makes me think that the limit would be either the global A+B FA cap or the number of A+B free agents the team in question loses, whichever is greater. The three-player global cap is for years when there are up to 62 combined type A and B free agents. This year that number seems to be around 70, so there's a good chance the league-wide cap is four A+B free agents. Since I don't think the Yankees lost five top free agents this offseason it looks to me as if they may have one more signing to go before they hit the cap.

[Guest]

yeah, i just don't like the thing about the draft picks the most. if you aren't going to have a salary cap, then teams like the yankees can spend crazy money on a guy like sabbathia. the point of the picks was to compensate for the lack of a cap, right? well if the yankees just keep buying players, then even that compensation goes away. that's my only problem with this. because, no matter what, if there is no salary cap, toronto and milwaukee are not ever going to spend anywhere near new york.

 

Technically, I think there is a limit, and the Yankees have reached it, of 3 type A free agents.

 

I can never remember this particular rule, so maybe someone else can chime in that actually does know it. But, I don't think there is a written rule of just 3. What if you lose 5 type "A" free agents? Maybe it's +3 type "A" free agents beyond however many you lose?

My reading of the rule in question (Article XX(B)(5) of the CBA, page 74) makes me think that the limit would be either the global A+B FA cap or the number of A+B free agents the team in question loses, whichever is greater. The three-player global cap is for years when there are up to 62 combined type A and B free agents. This year that number seems to be around 70, so there's a good chance the league-wide cap is four A+B free agents. Since I don't think the Yankees lost five top free agents this offseason it looks to me as if they may have one more signing to go before they hit the cap.

We need more BK around here!

[wekse]

yeah, i just don't like the thing about the draft picks the most. if you aren't going to have a salary cap, then teams like the yankees can spend crazy money on a guy like sabbathia. the point of the picks was to compensate for the lack of a cap, right? well if the yankees just keep buying players, then even that compensation goes away. that's my only problem with this. because, no matter what, if there is no salary cap, toronto and milwaukee are not ever going to spend anywhere near new york.

 

Technically, I think there is a limit, and the Yankees have reached it, of 3 type A free agents.

 

I can never remember this particular rule, so maybe someone else can chime in that actually does know it. But, I don't think there is a written rule of just 3. What if you lose 5 type "A" free agents? Maybe it's +3 type "A" free agents beyond however many you lose?

My reading of the rule in question (Article XX(B)(5) of the CBA, page 74) makes me think that the limit would be either the global A+B FA cap or the number of A+B free agents the team in question loses, whichever is greater. The three-player global cap is for years when there are up to 62 combined type A and B free agents. This year that number seems to be around 70, so there's a good chance the league-wide cap is four A+B free agents. Since I don't think the Yankees lost five top free agents this offseason it looks to me as if they may have one more signing to go before they hit the cap.

We need more BK around here!

 

truuuuuue dat.

[TruffleShuffle]

yeah, i just don't like the thing about the draft picks the most. if you aren't going to have a salary cap, then teams like the yankees can spend crazy money on a guy like sabbathia. the point of the picks was to compensate for the lack of a cap, right? well if the yankees just keep buying players, then even that compensation goes away. that's my only problem with this. because, no matter what, if there is no salary cap, toronto and milwaukee are not ever going to spend anywhere near new york.

 

Technically, I think there is a limit, and the Yankees have reached it, of 3 type A free agents.

 

I can never remember this particular rule, so maybe someone else can chime in that actually does know it. But, I don't think there is a written rule of just 3. What if you lose 5 type "A" free agents? Maybe it's +3 type "A" free agents beyond however many you lose?

My reading of the rule in question (Article XX(B)(5) of the CBA, page 74) makes me think that the limit would be either the global A+B FA cap or the number of A+B free agents the team in question loses, whichever is greater. The three-player global cap is for years when there are up to 62 combined type A and B free agents. This year that number seems to be around 70, so there's a good chance the league-wide cap is four A+B free agents. Since I don't think the Yankees lost five top free agents this offseason it looks to me as if they may have one more signing to go before they hit the cap.

We need more BK around here!

 

truuuuuue dat.

 

YES. can we take a collection to get BK help with whatever he's so busy with (job/child rearing/whatever)?