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River Ave. Blues ยป Open Thread: February 18th Camp Notes

Open Thread: February 18th Camp Notes

February 18, 2017 by Mike Leave a Comment

Randy Levine rips Betances after arbitration hearing, says he "doesn't have the stats" to ask for $5M
Think About the Future

In case you missed it earlier, the Yankees beat Dellin Betances in arbitration, which means he’ll earn $3M this season rather than the $5M he was seeking. Team president Randy Levine then made the impossibly stupid decision to hold a conference call ripping Betances and his agent. Winning the hearing wasn’t enough, apparently. Great look, Yankees. Remind me again how classy the organization is. Anyway, here are the day’s notes from Tampa:

  • Here are the bullpen and batting practice groups, via Billy Witz. He also has the pitchers’ fielding practice groups. CC Sabathia, Aroldis Chapman, James Kaprielian, Chance Adams, and Jordan Montgomery were among those to throw today.
  • Tyler Austin was on crutches in the clubhouse. He suffered a fractured navicular bone in his left field during batting practice and will miss at least six weeks. “This isn’t the worst thing I’ve been through. I’ll get through this,” he said. [Meredith Marakovits]
  • Position players reported today and, as far as I can tell, everyone is now in camp except Jacoby Ellsbury. His wife is due to give birth soon, so he’ll be away from the team for a few days. No other visa issues or anything like that.

Here is the open thread for the rest of the day. The NBA All-Star Weekend skills competition thingee is on tonight (8pm ET on TNT), plus the Devils and Islanders are playing (each other) as well. There’s also a ton of college basketball on too. Talk about anything other than religion and politics.

Randy Levine rips Betances after arbitration hearing, says he "doesn't have the stats" to ask for $5M
Think About the Future

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