When the Mets went on sale, I was repeatedly told that many potential buyers were not considering a purchase attempt. Why try when Steve Cohen was in ambush?
Fear deepened in the process, with Cohen offering only $ 2.1 billion, then $ 2.2 billion and then $ 2.2 billion. Thought has been a Mets fan for a lifetime and more motivation is going to own the Mets at some point, so why engage in a useless negotiation dance?
A similar feeling was experienced by DJ. Hanging on to Lemahiu’s free company. Many teams are interested in him. An executive at a club who wanted to land him said, “Who wouldn’t love him? There has been no simmering in the last two years. He is an excellent, low maintenance player. ”
But many teams are in the “why bother” category. They know that Lemahiu wants to return to the Yankees and that the Yankees want to retain their best player. When this happens historically, the ending with the Yankees player is 100 percent.
With the exception of six weeks of these talks, the pages are far from over – more than 25 million, the Post has learned, confirming a gap originally announced by NJ.com and The Athletic.
Now, all of this may be part of a tough negotiation. It is worth noting, for example, that Cohen said he was not feeling well when his initial attempt to buy the Mets collapsed last spring. Some believed that Cohen had not really left and, of course, he was now the owner.
The Yankees want to reel Lemahiu in three years in the Yan 54 million range (18 million per million), and the player and his agent want it to be in the five year, $ 100 million or more category. Will the compromise be announced on January 7, taking over $ 100 million with a fifth-year option of $ 88 million in four years? You don’t want to bet against the Yankees history or how much you’ve enjoyed being a part of Lemahiu for the past two years.
But free agents specifically include “free”. He could sign with the San Francisco Giants or the Yomuri Giants tomorrow if he wishes.
A constant maneuver from the agent playbook is to create a “disrespect” angle when convincing the customer to leave a nest he wants: “They say they love you, but look at what they offer when there are other teams doing more இன்னும்”
It feels like we have reached that part of the project. In this event, was the Yankees designed to move for a higher fee? Will the Yankees pay more for the blink of an eye? Or is Lemahiu really open now to leave, and does the Yankees want to let that happen if they can’t get him at their price?
If Lemahiu wants to go, teams like the Blue Jays, Dodgers, Giants will march. He can play well in all three levels, hit like a batting champion and deliver zero headaches in a clubhouse. Put it all together, why the hell would the Yankees leave a player who finished fourth and third in the AL MVP poll in his two years with the team?
Money.
We may shout about owner value or previous earnings generated by the Yankees, but the current position of the Yankees should be more dollar sensitive.
Hall Steinbrenner, The Yankees lost most of their revenue last year, among others, without fans on the stand. Even with the hope of a COVID-19 vaccine – nothing is yet known about when fans will return next season.
Reduced enthusiasm is boosted by the fact that a race team with a third of the Yankees beat the Yangs in the AL East and the compact 2020 season in the division series. It annoyed an owner who lives beyond his normal position in Tampa and wondered if the Yangs should chase every shiny toy.
After all, Steinbrenner had asked in previous years to get Giancarlo Stondon or Gerrit Cole, which would bring a title (it doesn’t). He knew it would be Lemahiu this year. If not for next year’s Francisco Lindor he would be called cheap. Do not allow Aaron Judge to leave the free company after that.
The Yangs think they will get even bigger pay in 2021, coming under the $ 210 million luxury-tax threshold – about $ 50 million less than it was in a full 2020 season. In that scenario, they currently plan to spend about $ 35 million. So, if Lemahiu comes in at 18 million or 20 million or 22 million per million, what else is likely to be affected, especially in rotation assistance, left-wing bats tails and finding a shortcut.
Lemahiu, Trevor Boyer, J.D. The best free agents like Realmudo and George Springer are the source of the epidemic – there is a sense that they would have struck some big quality big deals. Yanks will appear in “Prove it” mode. But if that were their position, other options would disappear even in the slow-moving market – for example, Japanese ace Tomoyuki Sukhano would have to sign his post by January 7th.
What if Steinbrenner drew a line in the sand and another team beat it and Lemahiu exited? Once you see Cole, Stanton and Free-Agent watches with Judge and Clipper Torres, you are now the winning team. So, is the $ 30 million plan ready for the Yans to try to mitigate Lemahiu’s loss and remain an elite team?
This is part of a chicken game between the Yankees and their best player.