What is the point of this policy? How does this help a team? I think, pretty clearly, it doesn't help a team. It "helps" an individual player who doesn't want the onus of being sent down. Sadly, a trip to the minors is sometimes just what is needed for someone to help turn it around. It's too bad Giambi can't see that. If Joe Torre told me he thought [x] was a good idea for me, as long as I was a baseball player and [x] pertained to baseball, I'd probably heed his advice.
Yankees? What are they now last in the AL east. 200 million? Money is no worry for that club it really doesn't matter what Giambi does they're still gonna make their money and suck it up in last. Go Red Sox!!
Hell Go Baltimore. I'm a member of AbtY. Anybody but the Yankees.
Players with more than five years of major league service can't be optioned to the minors without their consent What is the point of this policy? How does this help a team? However, they can still be released!-If I understand things right?! cause at that point they become a free agent--even though they would get paid by the team that released them. Its happened before...
This is what I could find on Giambi's contract (on a forum, so don't take it as gospel): 2002: $8.0M (+$17.0M signing bonus paid over 6 years) 2003: $9.0M 2004: $10.0M 2005: $11.0M 2006: $18.0M 2007: $21.0M 2008: $21.0M 2009: Team option $22.0M or $5.0M buyout There is no way in hell even the Yankees could bite that bullet.
duted, your figures do make sence. ESPN is saying that he has aroud 80 left on his contract
Marla, maybe they changed it since you posted this but the headline I see now is a little different and changes the meaning significantly Thanks, they did change the headline on me.
