Tag Archives: Joe Girardi

Yankees and Girardi Agree on 3-Year $9 Million Deal

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Via Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News: The Yankees and Joe Girardi have agreed on 3-year, $9 million deal. Finishing touches being hammered out. Could be announced today. Again, this is pretty much what we've expected. The deal should be announced today or maybe tomorrow since it's an off-day for the World Series. Of ...

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Girardi Close to Returning to Yankees at 3-Year $9 Million

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Via Joel Sherman and George King of the NY Post: The Yankees and Joe Girardi are closing in on a three-year contract that will pay him $9 million, The Post has learned. Girardi would receive a bump from a contract that expires Saturday that paid him $7.5 million over three years. The raise would elevate Girardi to ...

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Girardi and Playoff Bullpen Management

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Brian Burkhart

Joe Girardi's 3-year tenure as Yankee manager has largely been a success.  He won a World Series, took a team to the ALCS, and throughout has done a good job of keeping his players rested and motivated. The bullpen in particular has done well under Girardi; in each of the last 2 seasons the bullpen ...

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Yankees Will Work Quickly to Re-Sign Joe Girardi

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Via Chad Jennings of the Journal News: Brian Cashman met with Hal Steinbrenner this morning, and he’ll meet with Joe Girardi’s agent tomorrow. Girardi wants to come back, the Yankees want him back and the negotiations are going to happen quickly. “It doesn’t mean we’ll have anything to announce tomorrow, but there’s an interest level on both ...

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Heyman on the Yankees: Core 4, Lee, Greinke, Crawford, Werth, Dunn, Montero

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated recently wrote a column on the Yankees offseason. A lot of what he wrote were just guesses, but educated ones, and a lot of what he wrote is based off his sources which he has a lot of. So take this for what it's worth, good but ultimately not solid ...

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Brian Cashman on the Yankees Immediate Future

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

As Brian Cashman said, "winter is upon us," and what a busy winter it will be, especially since the Yankees missed their goal of winning the World Series. There is a lot to do, but there are priorities. Here is a list of what Cashman thinks are the most important pieces to get locked up: Resigning manager ...

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Yankees Rumors: Joe Girardi Coming Back with a Raise

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: The Yankees plan to bring back manager Joe Girardi at a raise, no matter what some fans may say about his reliance on his ever-present binder. He is well-liked by Yankees honchos Hal Steinbrenner, Randy Levine and Brian Cashman. Girardi hasn't been great in the ALCS, though, as he got ...

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Yankees Manager Joe Girardi In Favor of Instant Replay

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

The play Yankees manager Joe Girardi is discussing is Greg Golson's catch in the ninth inning of game one that should have ended the game, but instead was ruled a trap. Via ESPN: "As long as it doesn't slow the games down," Girardi said in the visiting manager's office before Thursday night's Game 2. "I couldn't really ...

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Yankees Notes: Teixeira, Burnett, Rivera, and Girardi

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Last night's win over the Twins was exciting, but attention must immediately turn toward tonight's matchup of Andy Pettitte against former Yankees disabled list mainstay Carl Pavano. Here are some notes: We found out yesterday that Mark Teixeira had a cortisone shot in his hand a couple of weeks back. Brett Gardner and ...

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Heyman: If Girardi Leaves, Valentine Is Candidate to Replace Him

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Joe Girardi will probably stay with the Yankees rather than go to the home state Cubs (he's from Peoria and went to Northwestern). But if he leaves, Bobby Valentine likely would be one candidate to replace him in the Bronx. Like Heyman said, Girardi will probably stay with the Yankees. But ...

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