Comments on: Davidoff: Wang all but non-tendered

By: Davidoff: Yanks will not tender Wang | River Avenue Blues

Davidoff: Yanks will not tender Wang | River Avenue Blues — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:35:58 +0000

[...] Yankees will not tender Chien-Ming Wang a contract. Davidoff initially reported this development six days ago via Twitter and confirms it [...]

By: Tab Chen

Tab Chen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:03:39 +0000

and Ni from DET Tiger shows up, too

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:30:14 +0000

The man with ski mask is Hong-Chih Kuo from Dodgers.

By: Ting

Ting — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:01:04 +0000

Wang, just go ahead! I am sure all Taiwanese are on your side. Keep pitching amazing sinker to confuse the best MLB batters!

By: YankeesVine » Blog Archive » Wang Gone?

YankeesVine » Blog Archive » Wang Gone? — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:50:17 +0000

[...] Ken Davidoff is reporting what we all figured – the Yankees are likely to decline arbitration with Chien-Ming Wang, making him a free agent once the Dec 12th deadline passes. Peter Gammons points out that if Wang doesn’t sign with another team, the Yankees would still be able to re-sign him after May 1st. [...]

By: Mason

Mason — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:57:07 +0000

Wang will be missed. But he, like most MLB players, is replaceable. I would love to see the Yankees acquire Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson to fill up 2 holes with a single move. The problem, however, is who the Yankees would be willing to give up in such a trade. Detroit’s asking price will probably be too high for both, but I wouldnt be suprised to see the Yankees trade for one of them.

By: Bob Stone

Bob Stone — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:41:20 +0000

I agree with your sentiment. It gives too much downside protection to a player that underperforms. And, it hurts a team by forcing them to lose control over a player because they do not want to overpay for poor performance. There should be a fairer middleground in the rule. I guess you just chalk this up as a win for the MLBPA in the last CBA.

By: Bo

Bo — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:21:22 +0000

Plenty of guys flameout after a few good yrs. Hard to remember someone losing it as fast as him though. Tough to maintain it when you have one above avg pitch and cant stay healthy.

He’ll be better off in the NL anyway.

By: CountryClub

CountryClub — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:19:52 +0000

I believe part of the reason for this was that the Yanks were forcing him to throw different pitches. They didnt want him to be a “sinker all the time” guy.

By: Slugger27

Slugger27 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:03:28 +0000

you make good points.

i guess whats bugging me is the fact that they lose control over him…. as in, they HAVE to pay him 4 million (knowing he certainly isnt worth that) or he becomes a FA and can sign with any team

i understand its intentions, it just kinda bothers me… i also think its not fair the rays are gonna have to let go of navarro just cuz of one bad year

i guess i can see why the rule is in place, just doesnt sit well with me