Yanks, Nady Avoid Arbitration >UPDATE: Melky Gets His Million

January 20, 2009 By LibertyBoy 59 Comments

The Yanks and Xavier Nady have agreed to a 1-year $6.7M contract.  In doing so, arbitration proceedings [that would last through February] are avoided.

This would be Nady’s highest contract ever.

However, it’s not certain that Nady will finish the season with the Yankees.  A 1-year contract is precisely the kind of lower-tier risk that bargain hunters may bite at, given the right circumstances.

In any case, Nady manages a workman’s RF and provides punch from the 6 or 7  holes in the batting order.  It’s a win-win for both parties.

The downside:

Young Female Japanese Teacher [dubbed to English]: It’s Godzilla!  He’s turning around and heading for the water!

Japanese Schoolchildren [also dubbed]: No!  Don’t go, Godzilla, don’t go!

Also in the news, The Soxies brought back all-decade all-eugenics closer Jon Papelbon with a respectable $6.25M/1-yr payday.  This will be the first season that Jon has cleared $1M in salary [you'll have to scroll way down that page to find Scrapplebon's pay history].  Papelbon will be earning more than Smoltz [$5.5M] and Penny [$5M], and just under the $6.8M/yr allotted to Dustin Pedroia.

These kids shouldn’t have any problem adjusting to their newly-minted fortunes, especially because neither Dustin nor Jon are head-cases.

What’s the over/under as to when Jon veers towards the cliff, after wifey-poo starts making the elite charity circuit rounds and swaps cheek kisses / spiceytalk with the well-combed cream of moneyed New England?

To be continued…

update: for those of you who haven’t had enough awesomeness today – bask.  OK that’s enough.

update: Melky gets paid.  The now and forever CFer?  If he learns how to bunt and run bases, maybe.

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  1. No that wasnt me…It said guess who posted this at the end……hahahahaha duucheblogger…..that was a Yankee fan by the name of M. Salles today on the DN

    jrzinbatonrouge January 21, 2009 at 5:08 pm

  2. I knew it wasn’t your voice.

    I got a little trigger happy. I remember M. Salles. He tried to tell me one night that he had video footage of Robbie Cano intentionally losing ballgames.

    libertyboynyc January 21, 2009 at 7:28 pm

  3. He is the one that said he wrote a program allowing him to view every Cano AB in under 2 hours.

    jrzinbatonrouge January 21, 2009 at 8:00 pm

  4. Unforgettable.

    libertyboynyc January 21, 2009 at 8:06 pm

  5. Unforgettable wackjob. I think I’ll start letting anyone post.

    libertyboynyc January 21, 2009 at 8:15 pm

  6. He is a lunatic.He has the same problem as my kid, neither of em listen.Just keeps bashin the bullpen.I almost cant believe he is a Yankee fan.He has to be a metsie or a sux fan playin games.How could a Yankee fan that has even a small idea about the game write something like what I copied and pasted before?

    jrzinbatonrouge January 21, 2009 at 8:25 pm

  7. Hey Fellas mucho hits today sounds good, I just checked in Libs , the troll hits don’t surprise me, keep an eye out for that clown on the DN. the one who thinks buddio is about 10 different posters, the kid lost his marbles. Good to see Louie in the house

    unkulsal January 22, 2009 at 1:11 am

  8. Does the BM stand for bowel movement? The Puker looks a little backed up,maybe he needs Joba to loosen things up for him.

    dallasbomber7 January 22, 2009 at 10:29 am

  9. hey DB7 join us on our page! the comments link is at the top of the post now – a little change since the last time you were here.

    libertyboynyc January 22, 2009 at 10:56 am
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