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Not sure where to put this, but figured it could start a new thread.

 

Yankees signed Jeter to a 1-year deal worth more than the player option he had. The reason is because the one year figure is less than the average value of the previous contract had he exercised his options. That average value would count against the taxable total, so they paid less in an effort to stop paying the penalty.

 

http://deadspin.com/why-the-yankees-gave-derek-jeter-a-raise-1456848034

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Not sure where to put this, but figured it could start a new thread.

 

Yankees signed Jeter to a 1-year deal worth more than the player option he had. The reason is because the one year figure is less than the average value of the previous contract had he exercised his options. That average value would count against the taxable total, so they paid less in an effort to stop paying the penalty.

 

http://deadspin.com/why-the-yankees-gave-derek-jeter-a-raise-1456848034

 

It may cost them retroactively though.

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Ubaldo Jimenez declined his option and is a FA. He's going to get silly money.

Those are going to be some of the most interesting negotiations ever. Given the relative (and increasing) dearth of quality SP available on the FA market, you're going to have teams internally wetting themselves to sign this guy but at the same time throwing Ubaldo's abomination of a 2012 season back in his face as negotiating leverage. How do you accurately price the fair market value for a guy who was arguably the best SP in baseball during the second half of this past season, yet the absolute worst starting pitcher in all of baseball the year before (per Fangraphs xFIP)?

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Qualifying Offers are starting to come in. I think Granderson was the only iffy one.

Yeah was just about to start posting some of those, a quick glance at MLBTR shows Beltran, Granderson, Cano, Kuroda, E. Santana, and Ubaldo all go one. Josh Johnson and Bronson Arroyo did not receive a QO. Giants declined/bought out team options on Zito and Torres.

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From some twitter that Rosenthal retweeted:

 

The @Rangers and LHP Martin Perez agree to 4-year deal with 3 club options through 2020 season.

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No one accepted a qualifying offer by today's deadline.

Boras can yap all he wants about his track record and all, but he's getting burnt on Morales. If he winds up anywhere other than Seattle, for less than the QO, at that, I'll be shocked.

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No one accepted a qualifying offer by today's deadline.

Boras can yap all he wants about his track record and all, but he's getting burnt on Morales. If he winds up anywhere other than Seattle, for less than the QO, at that, I'll be shocked.

 

But how many of the 13 players, who turned down the qualifying offers, will actually average more than $14.1M per year on their next contract? Looking at the list below, I think only Cano, Choo, Ellsbury, Kuroda and McCann will.

 

Carlos Beltran, Robinson Cano, Shin-Soo Choo, Nelson Cruz, Stephen Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Curtis Granderson, Ubaldo Jimenez, Hiroki Kuroda, Brian McCann, Kendrys Morales, Mike Napoli, Ervin Santana.

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No one accepted a qualifying offer by today's deadline.

Boras can yap all he wants about his track record and all, but he's getting burnt on Morales. If he winds up anywhere other than Seattle, for less than the QO, at that, I'll be shocked.

 

But how many of the 13 players, who turned down the qualifying offers, will actually average more than $14.1M per year on their next contract? Looking at the list below, I think only Cano, Choo, Ellsbury, Kuroda and McCann will.

 

Carlos Beltran, Robinson Cano, Shin-Soo Choo, Nelson Cruz, Stephen Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Curtis Granderson, Ubaldo Jimenez, Hiroki Kuroda, Brian McCann, Kendrys Morales, Mike Napoli, Ervin Santana.

I'd add Beltran, Granderson, Jimenez, and Santana to that. As for the others(outside of Morales) it's still better to get a multi-year deal at 10+ per, than to take the 14.1 when all those left have significant ?'s and could have bad years and not get close to the same offer again.

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No one accepted a qualifying offer by today's deadline.

Boras can yap all he wants about his track record and all, but he's getting burnt on Morales. If he winds up anywhere other than Seattle, for less than the QO, at that, I'll be shocked.

 

But how many of the 13 players, who turned down the qualifying offers, will actually average more than $14.1M per year on their next contract? Looking at the list below, I think only Cano, Choo, Ellsbury, Kuroda and McCann will.

 

Carlos Beltran, Robinson Cano, Shin-Soo Choo, Nelson Cruz, Stephen Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Curtis Granderson, Ubaldo Jimenez, Hiroki Kuroda, Brian McCann, Kendrys Morales, Mike Napoli, Ervin Santana.

I'd add Beltran, Granderson, Jimenez, and Santana to that. As for the others(outside of Morales) it's still better to get a multi-year deal at 10+ per, than to take the 14.1 when all those left have significant ?'s and could have bad years and not get close to the same offer again.

 

Napoli should clear that as well. Granderson will probably get that on a short-term deal, if he's looking 5-6, probably not.

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It's bad enough when guys who played during my childhood become radio voices, now I need a guy who played while I was already old to move into that slot?

If I were DeRosa I'd be spending some QT with my hot wife rather than slogging a color guy job.

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