You can build a team any way you want. It's free enterprise, right? The Yankees have the money. We got rid of (Jason) Giambi's salary and (Mike) Mussina's salary and (Bobby) Abreu's salary. We can afford all these guys. 
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Quotes about Bobby Abreu
The Yankees indeed shed $88.5 million from their books (included in that total — $23.4 million on Jason Giambi, $16 million on Bobby Abreu, and $11 million to both Mike Mussina and Carl Pavano), and even with the Teixeira contract, they expect their payroll to fall below $200 million.
was said
in Sports Blogs
So, again, if I were looking for a Left Handed batter, I would spend my money on Bobby Abreu before I would on Dunn.
was said
in Sports Blogs
This was a no-brainer for us ... We haven't had a player with a body mass index this high since we lost David Wells and it's no coincidence that we haven't won a world series since. It's about time we got another fat slob in our clubhouse. We thought we were getting one when we acquired Bobby Abreu but it turned out he wasn't really that fat he just had a huge head. God, I hope his mom had a c-section.
said Brian Cashman
in 23/6
Quotes from articles mentioning Bobby Abreu
DH for Montero … in 2010″ if the floor is lower they can save some money and not be tied to another aging player but - they still need to replace 100 runs scored / 100RBIs and they don’t have Abreu Bradley or Burrell at the lower cost t’s fairly shocking, then, to learn that Bradley has signed a three-year, $30-million deal with the Cubs
was said
in Sports Blogs
Brian Cashman deserves only one possible grade this offseason……. A-PLUS. He brought in the top two starting pitchers, and the best hitter available.
was said
in Sports Blogs
People who are saying that what matters more is whether or not Abreu would have accepted are essentially arguing that the yankees should have made a business decision based on their divination of Abreu’s psychology rather than on the likely dynamics of the free agent market… That’s just not the way to run any kind of business.
was said
in Sports Blogs
The current market is not validation of arbitration decisions made by teams in early December.
was said
in Sports Blogs
Irrelevant, due to selection bias. A lot of old, expensive guys were not offered arby, thus could not accept.
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in Sports Blogs
