Gardner and Yanks Meet, Martin and Logan Next

January 24, 2012 By LibertyBoy 8 Comments

Brett Gardner will return to pinstripes for $2.8 million.

With Andruw Jones in the fold, the outfield is set. That leaves Eric Chavez, Russell Martin, and Boone Logan as the lone targets to sign for 2012 from last season’s roster.

Two arbitration-eligible Yankees — catcher Russell Martin and lefty reliever Boone Logan — still have not reached agreements. Martin and the Yanks are $1.2 million apart, with the catcher asking for $8.2 million, up from $4 million last season, and the Yankees countering with $7 million.

Logan has asked for $2.1 million and been offered $1.7 million; he earned $1.2 million in 2011.

No stories on Chavez.

That leaves a hole for a lefty DH / PH. Big crop. Yanks can afford to play funny here in a buyer’s market. Crank up Papi’s price for Boston. heh heh

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LibertyBoy January 24, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Jorge Posada stopped his press conference four times to approach the reporter delivering the question to talk things over.

LibertyBoy January 24, 2012 at 12:57 pm
thanks for the tip jrz, added fake hank steinbrenner to the twitter roll.

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Levine told me he’s pissed we missed on Japanese guy. Says we better sign another one fast or the fans will revolt. That’s why he gets big $

LibertyBoy January 24, 2012 at 1:03 pm
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2012/01/23/cashman-exploring-trade-market-for-designated-hitter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LohudYankees+%28The+LoHud+Yankees+Blog%29

During a conference call to discuss the Michael Pineda trade, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman acknowledged his opening at designated hitter but said the free agent market is a “secondary” focus in trying to fill that vacancy. He will “first and foremost” look at the trade market to find a hitter.

“Maybe I use our excess pitching to find a bat,” Cashman said. “That’s a possibility.”

Without using Hiroki Kuroda’s name, Cashman said there’s another pitching addition that’s almost finalized, and the Yankees “stretched the payroll to get that done.” He indicated that signing Kuroda has left little to spend on a hitter.

Cashman wouldn’t speculate on an Opening Day rotation, and he wouldn’t say whether he considers Freddy Garcia, A.J. Burnett or Phil Hughes to be options for the bullpen. It’s clear, though, that he’s willing to deal one of his extra arms to find a bat.

“I just know we’re deeper,” he said. “And that means we’re better.”

LibertyBoy January 24, 2012 at 1:26 pm
The Tigers lost VMart to a torn ACL – eesh – and signed Fielder for 9 years, because they don’t have enough big bats that you can’t put anywhere that are injury risks.

LibertyBoy January 24, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Jennings has some nice audio up on the Posada presser, for those that missed it.

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2012/01/24/posada-i-knew-this-was-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LohudYankees+%28The+LoHud+Yankees+Blog%29

LibertyBoy January 24, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Jennings with teammate quotes…and btw I’ve been following Jennings for a long time now, and his coverage is always special:

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2012/01/24/in-their-words-friends-and-teammates-congratulate-posada/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LohudYankees+%28The+LoHud+Yankees+Blog%29

LibertyBoy January 24, 2012 at 5:20 pm