Years left for each player

[Weg]

If this is listed somewhere - please give me a link.

Does somehow know how many years each player has on their contract & what their salary is???

Thanks!

[In Mo I Trust]

http://www.mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/

[Weg]

Thanks. A lot of $ comes off the books in the next 2 - 3 years. I just hope we spend the saved $ on the right players.

[WebsterMulligan]

Damn ... I was thinking that Giambi's contract ended in 2007.

[MooseCaLLinTheBronx]

A good thing would be to project outwards how much money we got tied up for the next few years individuallly...I"m too lazy though.

[longtimeyankeefan]

Thanks. A lot of $ comes off the books in the next 2 - 3 years. I just hope we spend the saved $ on the right players.

If by the right players, you are referring to signing decent draft choices who can contribute in the not too distant future, I agree.

The last thing I want to see is the Yankees becoming major players in the free agent market - its what got us to the point we are currently at.

Draft and develop the core of the next dynasty.

[yankeejohn]

Whaile were at it, anyone have a link to the upcoming free agents....

[Dr. Gonzo]

Damn ... I was thinking that Giambi's contract ended in 2007.

damn. me too

[THEBOSS84]

My eyes are on the prize - Johan Santana will be available after the 2008 season. Just in time to start the first ever game in the new Yankee Stadium, opening day 2009.

[In Mo I Trust]

My eyes are on the prize - Johan Santana will be available after the 2008 season. Just in time to start the first ever game in the new Yankee Stadium, opening day 2009.

We can dream, but I wouldn't bank on it, the Twins will either extend him or deal him for a King's ransom before hit hits FA.

[Yankee Steve]

Remember that the Twins will be looking at opening a new stadium as well. We will not be getting Santana. Besides, we will have our own ace opening up the new ballpark in 2009! Phil Hughes.

[pedromartinezfan]

There is absolutely no way that Johan Santana is going to hit the open market. Atleast that's my opinion.

[Panamaniac42]

Damn ... I was thinking that Giambi's contract ended in 2007.

Ugh.

He's had a nice little bounceback but I wish we had been able to find an out to get rid of him.

Coming off as an idiot in the Verducci article is just part of the problem with him.

[THEBOSS84]

There is absolutely no way that Johan Santana is going to hit the open market. Atleast that's my opinion.

There is no way in hell the Twins will pay one player somewhere around $15-17 million annualy, for 6-7 yrs (which Santana will AT LEAST get in free agency). How can he possibly give his team such a huge home town discount, when he is clearly the best pitcher in the game.

[Spin]

contracts ending 2006:
Mussina 16 million
Sheff 13 million
Wright can be bought out for 4 million because he was on DL for > 75 days. 3 million (7-4 million)
Sturze 1.5
villone 2.1
dotel 2
lidle ~1.5
wilson `1.7
williams 1.5
cairo 1
total 44.2 million

for 2007:
RJ 16 million
Abreau 16 million
Rivera 10.5 million
Posada 12 million
myers 2.4 million
total : 56.9 million

2008:
giambi 21 million
Farns 5.5 million (eek)
pavano 11 million
total 37.5 million

contracts extending beyond: jeter, arod, damon, matsui

[jughead]

A lot of money is starting to come off the payroll. Why go out there and fill it back up with guys like Zito who are NOT worth the money they will get?

[CallOfTheCrow]

oh my god, Myers is making 2.4 Mill?


I'm going to be sick.

[THEBOSS84]

A lot of money is starting to come off the payroll. Why go out there and fill it back up with guys like Zito who are NOT worth the money they will get?

But then again, which players are actually worth the contracts they get?

Only one plyer who signed a long term contract recently and is in the middle years of it comes to mind as being worth what they are being paid - Vlad.

[gill2k]

So is there anyway we can convince RJ to retire this off-season????

And so long Sheff!!!

[CallOfTheCrow]

But then again, which players are actually worth the contracts they get?

Only one plyer who signed a long term contract recently and is in the middle years of it comes to mind as being worth what they are being paid - Vlad.

I was really hoping for Vlad over Sheffield. I wanted him to be a Yankee since he was an Expo.

[Bern baby Bern!]

So is there anyway we can convince RJ to retire this off-season????

And so long Sheff!!!

Well he said if he cannot pitch to his regular standards, he will retire - but how can anyone walk away from $16 million. If he is a team player he will quit now, but it is hard to be a team player if you are going to make 16 million this year. If he does end up having back surgery this off-season maybe he will realize he cannot pitch again well above 40.

[jughead]

But then again, which players are actually worth the contracts they get?

Only one plyer who signed a long term contract recently and is in the middle years of it comes to mind as being worth what they are being paid - Vlad.

The problem isn't big contracts, it's albatross contracts. Examples of the former: Damon, Matsui, Sheffield. Examples of the latters: Giambi, Johnson, Pavano

When you've got players/trade opportunities blocked by someone making so much money to the point where they are getting paid $15m+ for something a minor leaguer could do (RJ, i'm looking at you), that's a problem. And with what Zito wants this year, I can see it being an albatross contract.

[THEBOSS84]

The problem isn't big contracts, it's albatross contracts. Examples of the former: Damon, Matsui, Sheffield. Examples of the latters: Giambi, Johnson, Pavano

When you've got players/trade opportunities blocked by someone making so much money to the point where they are getting paid $15m+ for something a minor leaguer could do (RJ, i'm looking at you), that's a problem. And with what Zito wants this year, I can see it being an albatross contract.

Yeah 100% no doubt you are right that we will have to overpay for Zito. And I am sure that by year 6 of his 7 year contract, when he is set to make $19 mil on his backloaded contract, he will be as effective as a pitcher who should be earning around $5 mil. But hey, that is how the economics of baseball works nowadays.
SOMEONE will pay multi million bucks for the decline years of a players contract, the only question is who?

[koko]

oh my god, Myers is making 2.4 Mill?


I'm going to be sick.

I think it's a 2 year 2.4M contract. 1.2 per year or $80K/batter

[Spin]

oops, sorry about that, myers is 1.2 million a year or 2.4 million over 2 years.

[AlbanyColonieYankee]

The most alarming thing about that list, to me, is the fact that pretty much every big contract has a no trade clause attached to it. That is just lunacy. Hope you enjoyed the 2006 team because it is going to be looking very similar for the next two seasons, except even older.

[Anto-in-Pinstripes]

Damn ... I was thinking that Giambi's contract ended in 2007.

It just seems infinite, don't it?

[I Heart Jeter]

When I look at that link: http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/200...678860040.html what strikes me is just how much we are overpaying Giambi for what he gives us! He's going to be making 21 million a year for each of the next two year! That is way too much for an oft-injured DH.

[JamieMadrox]

When I look at that link: http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/200...678860040.html what strikes me is just how much we are overpaying Giambi for what he gives us! He's going to be making 21 million a year for each of the next two year! That is way too much for an oft-injured DH.

2001 and 2002; the two years where the market was just out of control, and the two years from which we have the 4 biggest free agents...giambi, rodriguez, jeter, mussina.

what could you do :/

[MooseCaLLinTheBronx]

Eliminate both Matsui's and Damon's contracts for 2010

[CommerceComet]

The most alarming thing about that list, to me, is the fact that pretty much every big contract has a no trade clause attached to it. That is just lunacy.

Unfortunately, I don't know how the Yankees can sign a big-name player without it. Sheffield is about the only big-name who doesn't have one and I'm sure he could have negotiated one if he wanted it. Most agents will insist on one for their clients and most players would want the ability to control any possible trades.

A NTC is an impediment but usually not a complete bar to negotiating a trade. In most cases the team and the player can negotiate a deal where the player waives the NTC in exchange for some form of compensation. I'm sure that Cashman just accepts NTCs as a fact of life which he has little control over. Do you think that a NTC would deter the Boss if he is hot on the trail of a big-name FA?

[Krall]

So is there anyway we can convince RJ to retire this off-season????

And so long Sheff!!!

No but we could encourage him to hang out with Pavano more this off-season in hopes that by having Carl rub off on him he'll at least miss the season due to buttock injures

[hardrain]

oops, sorry about that, myers is 1.2 million a year or 2.4 million over 2 years.

That's still 2.4 mil too much...good god!

[surge511]

Most of the big names will be off the books in the next 2 years. The next couple of offseasons will really determine the direction of this franchise.

[yankoholics anonymous]

Am I reading this wrong or is Joel Zumaya and Nate Robertson available?

[JamieMadrox]

Am I reading this wrong or is Joel Zumaya and Nate Robertson available?

i believe nate robertson is about to start his first year of arbitration, and joel zumaya was a rookie last year.

1 year contract does not necessarily mean a player is available as the team controls a player for their first 6 years of major league service and only needs to give 1 year contracts for those 6 years.

[rjs9009]

Unfortunately, I don't know how the Yankees can sign a big-name player without it. Sheffield is about the only big-name who doesn't have one and I'm sure he could have negotiated one if he wanted it. Most agents will insist on one for their clients and most players would want the ability to control any possible trades.

A NTC is an impediment but usually not a complete bar to negotiating a trade. In most cases the team and the player can negotiate a deal where the player waives the NTC in exchange for some form of compensation. I'm sure that Cashman just accepts NTCs as a fact of life which he has little control over. Do you think that a NTC would deter the Boss if he is hot on the trail of a big-name FA?

the red sox never hand out no trade clauses. they just let it be known that they will not offer them. i have to imagine that if they can do that there's no reason we can't as well.

[surge511]

the red sox never hand out no trade clauses. they just let it be known that they will not offer them. i have to imagine that if they can do that there's no reason we can't as well.

I don't think a NTC is ever going to get in the way of the Yankees signing the guy they want.

[Spin]

i don't think there have been many NTC since the start of the new collective bargaining agreement. I am probably wrong, but it is just a guess...

[JetahFan]

Damn ... I was thinking that Giambi's contract ended in 2007.

Hahahahahahahahahahahh good one!

Actually it's not very funny at all.

[JetahFan]

We can dream, but I wouldn't bank on it, the Twins will either extend him or deal him for a King's ransom before hit hits FA.

We all thought Soriano was going to be traded too. If the Twins can't get a good deal for him and he wants more money in the prime of his career, he may very well hit the open market in Dec 2008.

[diligent_d]

If by the right players, you are referring to signing decent draft choices who can contribute in the not too distant future, I agree.

The last thing I want to see is the Yankees becoming major players in the free agent market - its what got us to the point we are currently at.

Draft and develop the core of the next dynasty.

Exactly. Build from within like they did with those past championships.

[freebubba]

Another part of the problem is the back-loaded nature of those 2001/2002 FA signings. Giambi's contract is worth a little under 17.5/yr, Jeters is $18, and Mooses was $16. Oh, well. The one area where we can get younger, better, and cheaper, is the pitching staff. Through a trade, either Shef or Arod, we can get a couple of good young arms. Pitching wins.

[Allan]

Damn ... I was thinking that Giambi's contract ended in 2007.

And you just know that the Yankees will pick up the '09 option @ a cool $22 M. And Pavano's as well @ $13 M. There's $35 M, one can safely assume will not be spent in '09.

[Yankeesfan811]

We can dream, but I wouldn't bank on it, the Twins will either extend him or deal him for a King's ransom before hit hits FA.

yeah i agree. the twin's wouldn't give up the "face" of their franchise so easily.

[freebubba]

the red sox never hand out no trade clauses. they just let it be known that they will not offer them. i have to imagine that if they can do that there's no reason we can't as well.

and seeing how they treated Bronson Arroyo, I'm sure they will be lining up to sign a deal with a NTC in boston.

[mjdlight]

Remember that the Twins will be looking at opening a new stadium as well. We will not be getting Santana. Besides, we will have our own ace opening up the new ballpark in 2009! Phil Hughes.

I'm as excited about Hughes as anyone. But let's not go comparing him to Santana just yet...

[DontHateOnNumber2]

From what I read I understood that no matter what we'll have Jaret next season. Did I read wrong or is 2007 a club option?

[Sam18]

From what I read I understood that no matter what we'll have Jaret next season. Did I read wrong or is 2007 a club option?

They can buy him out I believe. I forget for how much.

[DontHateOnNumber2]

They can buy him out I believe. I forget for how much.

Found it. Four million freaking dollars. Ridiculous, but at least he tried.