Tag Archives: Rafael Soriano

Where the 2012 Yankees got value and where they over spent

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees spent over $200 million on their roster last year, but that money is only good if they got what they paid for. So using FanGraphs' value system I took a look at how the Yankees spent their money, where they spent wisely, where they broke even, and where they got ripped off to ...

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Rumor: Yankees happy Soriano opted-out of contract

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Typically when a team's closer who is coming off a season with a 2.26 ERA, a 9.2 K/9, who held opponents to a .639 OPS the previous season would be upset if that pitcher opted out of the final year of his contract. Not the Yankees. At least not according to Joel Sherman of the NY ...

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Swisher and Soriano rejected Yankees qualifying offers

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Nick Swisher and Rafael Soriano have officially rejected their $13.3 million qualifying offers they got from the Yankees, according to Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News. Hiroki Kuroda has not yet rejected his offer, but he is expected to by the 5:00 p.m. deadline. The Yankees will get sandwich picks between the 1st and 2nd ...

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Rumor: Soriano will also decline his qualifying offer

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

It's already expected that Nick Swisher will decline his qualifying offer before the deadline at 5:00 p.m. tonight and it look like Rafael Soriano will join him. Soriano is expected to decline the $13.3 million offer, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. This doesn't necessarily put an end to his Yankees career, but it does ...

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Yankees’ Mariano Rivera will return in 2013

Posted on November 3, 2012 by RobAbruzzese

Whew! There were suggestions that Mariano Rivera might retire, but lucky for us they are not true. Erik Boland of Newsday reported this morning that Rivera called Yankees GM Brian Cashman yesterday and told him that he wanted to come back next year. “Mo called me yesterday and said he wants to pitch again in 2013,” Cashman ...

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Yankees make qualifying offers to Soriano, Kuroda, and Swisher

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The deadline for teams to make qualifying offers of at least $13.3 million for their free agents was 5:00 p.m. this evening and the Yankees made offers to three players -- Rafael Soriano, Hiroki Kuroda, and Nick Swisher, according to Danny Knobler of CBS Sports. Soriano and Swisher are expected to reject their offers while Kuroda ...

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Cashman: I don’t think Soriano will sign if he’s not the closer

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

It's beginning to sound like the only way Rafael Soriano comes back to the Yankees is if Mariano Rivera retires. "I don't think Soriano would sign here if he's not going to be the closer," Cashman told Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com. "And I don't think we would do again what we did before. He's going to ...

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Levine said Boras wants a 4-year, $60 million deal for Soriano

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees president Randy Levine and Rafael Soriano's agent Scott Boras have entered into negotiations to bring back the de facto close that opted out of the final year of his contract this morning and so far things are not going smoothly. According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Yankees are under the impression that ...

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