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Mercedes-Benz E-Class Lease Questions
Lease is almost up on my 2010 E350 4Matic and started to look at 2012- Fully loaded (about $65k includes 3 yr maint) negotiated $639 p/m (including NJ tax) for 33 mos/10K miles and $1027 at delivery (includes 1st month, tags etc..) Have fleet discount/loyalty-
1-Good price?
2-Will deals get more aggressive over the summer?
3-Should I wait for 2013 model (have 4 mos left on current lease)
sweet spot is 33 mos for gas cars, 24 mos for bluetec. Conquest money is independent of multiple security deposits, you can use both. I believe MSD's are offered in California. Origination charge by Mercedes is $795...dealers seem to want to mark this up to $1095. Each MSD drops the money factor by .00007 .... if you take the maximum 10 Security deposits, it would drop the money factor by .0007. MSD's are (generally) not applicable to promotional money factors and are applicable to the "base rate". However, some cars do not have promotional money factors such as the bluetec's.
The best "deal" is the 24 mo bluetec lease with 10 MSD's....you won't believe how inexpensively you can drive a $60K car.
Yes, if you purchase the Mercedes maintenance package (not some "better" package offered by your dealer", it becomes a feature on the car and it is handled like any other feature.
Note: some dealers do it this way, some charge the full amount just charged monthly over the life of the lease...and, mystifyingly, Mercedes finance seems to accept either one. My maintenance was handled like any other feature and I think I'm paying about $200 for two years of maintenance.
Currently have a 2010 E350 4 matic Luxury edition. Original lease was 39 months, with 15K per year.
Current lease is 668.00 (I paid the taxes up front).
Going into a 2012 E350 4 matic sport, 33 months, 15K per year @ 650.00 per month.
P1, fold down rear seat, some sort of container in the trunk, and rear deck spoiler.
Total drive off is 3600.00 (Tax, bank fee, etc).
Here's the good part....I had 9 months left on the 2010, was 1500 miles away from going over, and 3,000 miles away from being out of warranty.
I do get a 2K fleet discount but, I thought this deal was just way too good to pass up.
Plus, if I went into a different make, I'd have to pay the "disposition" fee.
Hi Car man,
Want to know the MF(tier 1), residual%, and sweet spot for lease of E350 sedan.(Iv'e read 33mo for the gas vehicle).Not sure but from what I'm reading it sounds like 33mo is better than 36mo and that 15k miles is better than 12k. Is this right?. I live in Los Angeles, CA. Does the competive conquest program apply here? Is origination charge $795 correct? Can the conquest program be combined with the MSD's. and does each MSD lower the MF by .0007 or .00007. Seems to be some discrepency between posts from others on this thread.
Thanks in advance for your help both now and in the past.
The upfront is for the taxes, the bank fee, MV fees, and first month lease payment.
I just hate to pay interest on taxes.
I didn't put maintenance on it....I still have time.
Picking up the car Saturday.
How much is the maintenance, and what does it cover?
I thought them taking my car back with 9 payments left was fair, so I didn't nickel and dime them.
you don't pay interest on taxes....taxes are added to the monthly charge each month. There is no advantage to paying them up front unless your state requires you to do so.
Maintenance covers the maintenance of the car by mercedes and by including it in the lease as a feature, you may find that you only pay a part of the list price. Get them to quote the same lease with maintenance included.....find the difference in price between with/without maintenance and multiply by the length of your lease. If they residualized it, the total will be far less than the MSRP of the maintenance.
Be careful...if you wait for the "financial guy" when you pick up the car, he will just ask for a check for the full amount. Be smart...ask your salesman to include Mercedes (not some third party) maintenance in your lease and get the monthly payments. Tell him "please include the maintenance as a feature on the car....as they do on the mercedes web site when you configure a car there".
I was just offered the following. E-350 Bluetec with 12K miles yr P1 package 24 months $525 a month which includes P1 package. This came from a car broker. I am in South Fla so the tax is 6%.
With Single Pay (One Pay for the Lease) 446.00 Month Inc Tax
With MSD x 10 455.00 Month Inc Tax
Inceptions are First Month, 795 Bank Fee, Plates.
I have a few questions for anyone who has dealt with MB leasing. Previosly I have dealt with Acura who is the best leasing companyfor many reasons, no end of lease fees, allowances for over miles or minor damages to $1500.00, no hassles if tires are pretty worn etc. How is MB at end of lease? Are there and scheduled service on these leases that you are forced to use MB dealer repair. I would appreciate any information about their leasing policies both pro and con. I have to make a decision this weekend. Thanks Robert
There are barely any Bluetecs around any more. The new ones I was told come in October? So I can only get the P1 based on that is available. Have you ever leased from MB before? I am wondering about how they are to deal with. Audi was nto good and I wont buy another one. Acura has been great with me (American Honda)
Hi Car man,
Can you please tell me the July MF (tier 1 credit) and residual % for leasing a 2012 Mercedes E350 4-door sedan(gas model) for 33months 12k and 15k respectively. Is The competitive conquest program still in effect and can MSD's be used. I am located in Los Angeles, CA. Any other fees besides origination charge of $795, and tax/license that I should expect to pay up front?
Need to make a decision quickly. Thanks in advance for your help
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Hi rravin. The 33-month term is definitely better than the 36-month term on this car right now, but neither mileage allowance, 12k or 15k, is necessarily better than the other. It all depends upon how many miles you need. If you're going to use 15,000 miles per year definitely go with that option.
Mercedes-Benz Finance's current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 33-month lease of a 2012 E350 Sedan with 15,000 miles per year are .00127 and 60%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tiers.
MB Finance's base acquisition fee is indeed $795.
The conquest cash certificates should be available in your area. I don't see why it wouldn't be compatible with MSDs.
Each additional deposit lowers the money factor by .00007.
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Hi Robert. As far as service goes, I never performed more than tire rotations and oil changes and they didn't seem to care about that, but Mercedes-Benz Finance is one of the few companies that did indeed hit me with an excess wear and tear charge when I turned in my leased vehicle. I was actually fairly surprised. It wasn't huge, but I still wasn't thrilled about it. Getting dinged with the $595 disposition fee is pretty annoying as well.
I wouldn't say that MB Finance is terrible, but you probably won't find your experience with them as pleasant as your experience with Acura Finance.
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Hey rravin. Mercedes-Benz Financial's July buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 33-month lease of a 2012 E350 Sedan with 15,000 miles per year are .00127 and 60%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
The residual value for a lease with only 12,000 miles per year would be 2% higher.
At lease signing, you will have to pay your vehicle's first month's payment and acquisition fee.
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Hi Car_Man, thanks for the information, much appreciated.
A few questions: is the MF of .00127 the same for 12K miles per year as well?
Also, what is issued when one uses MSDs? Is it noted on the lease contract only, or do you get other documentation as well from MBFS showing you have a deposit with them?
Also are MSD's in increments of $500 or any amount?
the mf is the same for any mileage....only the residual changes
The MSD's are shown on the contract
The amount of each MSD is calculated differently by different dealers and MB Finance doesn't seem to care. In my case they figured each security deposit as my monthly payment including tax with no rounding and they insisted this was correct (they were, of course, wrong but that's what I paid). The correct way to do it, I think, is to take your calculated monthly payment without tax and round it up to the nearest $50. I have also seen dealers who use the calculated monthly lease payment before applying the MSD discount and rounding that up to the next $50. No matter which method they use, you will get whatever you paid back at the end of the lease.
You're very welcome Mark. Yes, the money factor would indeed be the same for a lease with only 12,000 miles per year.
Security deposits are usually equivalent to your vehicle's monthly payment rounded up to the nearest $50 increment. I'm not sure what sort of documentation Mercedes-Benz Financial issues lessees who make additional security deposits, but I don't think that the deposits would just disappear.
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Does anyone know the difference in discount that one gets off an e class on these three programs. I've seen that Costco and USAA are about the same but I see very little discussion of the AmEx discount or other buying club discounts.
I believe that the conquest cash (currently $3000) is not combinable with any of the above, but the mercedes club and mercedes finance discounts ARE combinable witih each other and combinable with the above three programs.
Could anyone clarify this mess of options.
I'd like to lease a 2012 this month and while there is no costco near us, I can still join, etc.
I am looking for the Bluetec model because that has the better lease residual. However I went locally with the AMEX/Conquest deal in South Fla. They made me a crazy high offer. I mentioned to the salesman later about MSDs and he said those dotn do anything for the rate since interest rates are low. They were at 740 for the E350+ P1. Does anyone know when for the 2013 Bluetech modeals since no 2012s are available? I may wait???
goteamblue Posts: 1Hi Car Guy,
Can you confirm if a 33 month lease is still available on the 2012 E350 in July? I just had a dealership that I am negotiating with tell me that MBF has removed the 33 month lease for the month and has the 30 month at the same residual and MF (60% and .00127 for 15K)?
Thanks and if possible, I need to know ASAP because I plan on leasing either today or tomorrow.
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Mar 30, 2010
Link Roundup on Rizzo Tees – What I'm Reading 3/30/10
Playing the part of Internet DJ, here's a sampling of what I've been reading the past few days.
1.) Remember, in small business, it's advisable to sweat the details. Don't obsess over them and never get anything big done – but don't overlook the details. Like, for instance, if you're an Internet company, renew your domain name! LOL @ Foursquare.
2.) Mark Hayward helps you define your small business social media goals in one of his latest posts. Most important here: make a simple plan, and then stick to it. Consistency is so key!
3.) I like to think I live a life of decency… showing respect for others, no matter if I report to them, or if they report to me. No matter if they're some high-powered donor, or the person making my hamburger. Pleases, thank yous, may I's… the very lessons I'm trying to teach my daughters. Peter Shankman discusses South By Southwest (SXSW) in one of his latest blog posts. At the event, it seems someone may have yelled at a volunteer. Some think Peter was the offending douchebag, when it turns out he was not. The meat of the post is much more than a who-done-it – it's about showing respect for others (like never yelling at a volunteer). Peter argues for having a truer sense of self, i.e., we are not curing cancer or feeding the hungry. Get real, and get over yourself. (warning, just a bit of foul language in the post.)
Mar 25, 2010
Link Roundup on Rizzo Tees – What I'm Reading 3/25/10
Playing the part of Internet DJ, here's a sampling of what I've been reading the past few days.
1.) My buddy Greg Bussmann has a very thought-provoking post on his blog The St. Louis Social Media and Tech Report called "Value of Social Media Questioned By Some Entrepreneurs." The question is clear, and yet one that many Social Media consultants don't want to answer – "Is Social Media right for every business?" Could the answer possibly be "no?" Heaven forfend! You mean there might be some business sectors that have nothing to benefit from Social Media? Shudder! My ultimate challenge to the students of the class that I should be teaching at Washington University? "Design a Social Media and branding strategy for Acme Funeral Parlor."
2.) Mark Hayward answers the doubters who say "I have no time for Social Media!" In this post, he lays your week out for you! After this post appeared, this guest post from Jason Koertge offered some additional tips and insight. I personally dig in a little deeper than the timeline he offers, but I am knee-deep in Twitter. I'd be there and on Facebook even if I didn't have a business. For those with businesses that are still not taking advantage of these free and far-reaching platforms, his blueprint could finally convince you to jump in and devote the necessary time.
3.) Over at Matt Ridings' "TechGuerilla" blog, there's an amazing post containing 25 mindblowing social media infographics. Long story short: LOTS to learn here! This one is a must-read.
4.) Brian Solis talks about the need for brands to become media in order to earn relevance. He nails it right at the beginning of the post: "…enthusiasm and support typically derail when examining the resources and the commitment required to rhythmically produce, distribute, and support content." WOW – it's the very reason that 90% of blogs die off, and probably why a large percentage of businesses fail. I've said this over and over – just keep going. After a few years, your mere persistence will have you sticking out like a sore thumb. (and that's a good thing).
5.) I just received my 2nd edition of the Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss – so far, an excellent read. He certainly is a unique chap. Part of this blog post talks about the incessant push that companies make to grow grow grow. Tim questions this mindset – why must companies always be growing revenue, adding people, more sales, more everything… is this always the best course? Quote of the article: "Have you ever noticed that while small businesses wish they were bigger, big businesses dream about being more agile and flexible? And remember, once you get big, it's really hard to shrink without firing people, damaging morale, and changing the entire way you do business." I am paying a great deal of attention to Mr. Ferriss these days.
Mar 23, 2010
Link Roundup on Rizzo Tees – What I'm Reading 3/23/10
Playing the part of Internet DJ, here's a sampling of what I've been reading the past few days.
1.) Peter Shankman's post "Never Confuse Being A Nice Guy For Weakness" – there's a lot of backstory, in my opinion, on why he may have penned this article. In the days preceding this post, Peter's NYC attorneys fired off a cease & desist letter to a new competitor, as chronicled here. As the recipient of two cease & desist letters, I frowned upon the heavy-handed nature of the request (he wants ownership of the guy's URL?). I even left a comment on his blog (#62) that admitted that, as much as I love HARO and like Peter's efforts therein, this litigious baloney couldn't help but change the way I feel about Peter as a person. Without going into too much detail, Peter contacted me and asked me to reserve judgment until all of the facts came out. I told him that was fair. I have since learned from another source that this new competitor may have used Peter's image in some of its advertising. I have no confirmation of that – I did not see it myself – but if this is the case, obviously the C&D makes a little more sense.
2.) Ari Herzog's post "How Flash Mobs Invoke Togetherness" is a short article with four awesome videos showcasing some awesome flashmobbery.
3.) Check out this article outlining the pros and cons of scheduling tweets. I understand the cons here, as I'm a huge believer in being interactive and responsive on Twitter. But for me, the pros outweigh the cons.
4.) Starting a business while you have a day job is a blast! Take it from me! Actually, while it's financially much more viable than quitting your day job, it's incredibly more tedious and fraught with peril. This post at A Smart Bear outlines in great detail the steps you might take to protect yourself as you explore your "hobby" outside of company time.
Mar 4, 2010
Link Roundup on Rizzo Tees – What I'm Reading 3/4/10
Playing the part of Internet DJ, here's a sampling of what I've been reading the past few days.
1.) Tim Ferriss and the 4-Hour Work Week – I have not read this book, and had no plans to. There is no shortcut to success, and the whole premise of his book sounded flawed to me. However, I am reconsidering the book, and may even buy the new updated version of it, after reading this post on the 9 habits to stop now. Included on the list is something I've been giving great consideration – somehow getting a better handle on email. I need to turn it back into a productivity tool instead of a business ball and chain. Why did voicemail never turned into the time suck that email has?
2.) Mark Hayward is a new blogger I've stumbled upon. His recent post, "It's OK to BE Different" is just what the young, nascent entrepreneur needs to hear. The psychology of the entrepreneur is one of risk-taking, but not all entrepreneurs are balls-out crazy. Therefore, it sometimes helps to have people rooting for you. And those people would hopefully be friends and loved ones. When they are the ones telling you that you are crazy, it's good to have a.) thick skin, and b.) a solid, bullet-resistant business plan.
3.) Jason at A Smart Bear talks about "sunk costs" and explains that throwing good money after bad is quite obviously a terrible idea. And yet, businesses do it all the time. This is a must-read post for not only entrepreneurs, but anyone in a decision-making position in business. Kudos to A Smart Bear on this post – it rocks.
4.) Philip at UrbanBacon interviews one of my favorite people on earth, Arlene Maminta Browne of Robust Wine Bar. I have had some rough (read: awesome) nights at Robust, and I especially appreciate their embrace of Social Media. Plus, it's hard to forget that I met Gary Vaynerchuk there and got to drink wine with him. If you can feel a certain enthusiasm coming from Arlene in this interview, that's no mistake – she and Stanley love what they do. Restaurants, take note – Social Media can help your business!


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Primitive Parts is the new side-project trio of Male Bonding members Kevin Hendrick and Robin Christian and Sauna Youth's Lindsay Corstorphine; last week, we posted their song "Open Heads," the ridiculously catchy first half of their debut 7″. That single is a double-A-side, and now we get to hear the other half of it. The song "Signal,' like "Open Heads," is a scrappy, strummy, catchy-as-all-hell DIY pop-punk song, and the combination of both of those songs make me good and excited for what this band might do. Listen to "Signal" below.
"Open Hands" b/w "Signals" is out 2/10 on Sexbeat.
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Kite Realty Group Trust Announces New Leases With The Fresh Market
Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE: KRG) announced today that it recently executed two leases with The Fresh Market (NASDAQ: TFM) for 18,100 square feet at Lithia Crossing in Tampa, Florida and for 23,900 square feet at the Shops at Eagle Creek in Naples, Florida.
The Company acquired Lithia Crossing in 2011 with the intent of adding a quality grocery anchor to accompany the existing Steinmart store. Other tenants of the center include Panera Bread, Starbucks, and Cold Stone Creamery.
The Shops at Eagle Creek is anchored by Staples and a non-owned Lowe's Home Improvement store. With the signing of The Fresh Market, the Company has only two vacant anchor spaces in its operating portfolio.
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Yankees' Frugal Ways Can Be Traced To 2007 DUI
On Feb. 15, 2007, the course of history for the New York Yankees took a huge turn and the current state of the team begs the question: What if it did not happen?
Though the Yankees were still be operated ostensibly by managing general partner George Steinbrenner, the actual day-to-day operations were being run by Steinbrenner's son-in-law, Steve Swindal, who was named the successor to Steinbrenner in June 2005.
Swindal was chosen over Steinbrenner's two sons, Hal and Hank, because Steinbrenner felt more comfortable with Swindal's leadership and his vast baseball knowledge.
However, while the Yankees were in the midst of spring training in 2007, Swindal's vehicle unfortunately cut off in traffic a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office cruiser driven by a female deputy. A chase ensued in which Swindal's vehicle was clocked at 61 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone before he was stopped by St. Petersburg police.
Swindal declined to take a Breathalyzer test but failed a field sobriety test and was charged with driving while under the influence.
Swindal's wife, Jennifer, later that year filed for divorce from her husband and Swindal's stake as a general partner and chairman of the Yankees' parent company was bought back by the Steinbrenner family in November of that year. Hal was shifted into Swindal's role with the club and the history of this franchise was forever changed.
The Yankees were known in the Wild West days of early free agency as the major-league team with the largest saddlebags. Under George Steinbrenner's regime from when he purchased the team in 1973 through November 2007 the Yankees tossed around millions like pennies in a fountain to lure the free agents they coveted.
In some cases, the elder Steinbrenner would be so ruthless in negotiations with free agents he would even increase a bid that already was more than any rival team was offering – actually bidding against himself.
Of course, that led to such signings as Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Goose Gossage and Dave Winfield. Between free agent signings and some shrewd trades the Yankees won a pair of World Series in 1978 and 1979 and Steinbrenner and the Yankees were being cursed all around baseball for "buying their way" to prosperity.
Though Steinbrenner's money did re-establish the Yankees in the late '70s and early '80s, the Yankees actually failed to make the playoffs from 1982 through 1994. A combination of some poor signings and trades doomed the Yankees until their minor-league system began turning out a solid of corps of young stars such as Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera.
Those players along with the acquisition of Paul O'Neill and the signings of pitchers such as Jimmy Key, David Wells and David Cone pushed the Yankees into an amazing run in which they won four world championships from 1996 through 2000.
Since then the team has only failed to make the playoffs in one season – 2008. They won their 27th world title in 2009 after dipping heavy into the free-agent market in signing pitchers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira.
But in 2003, Major League Baseball instituted its first luxury tax, which was supposed to operate alongside revenue sharing to allow small-market teams to draw money from teams who were over a threshold payroll limit, which was set at $178 million in 2011. All teams shared the remaining revenue.
Only four teams have ever exceeded the established luxury tax limit: the Yankees, the Boston Red Sox, the Los Angeles Angels and the Detroit Tigers. However, only the Yankees and Red Sox have ever exceeded it twice and the Yankees have paid in 95 percent of all the luxury tax since its inception.
When Hal Steinbrenner took control of the team he decided that the Yankees' philosophy of paying top dollar and ignoring the luxury tax would have to come to an end.
In 2014, the payroll threshold will be increased to $189 million. By a complicated formula set up by the teams, there would be refunded revenue sharing streams for teams who remain under the luxury tax threshold. That gives the Yankees an added incentive to cut payroll below $189 million in 2014.
Not only will the team save money by trimming payroll; they would receive a considerable sum of refunded revenues as well. This explains why the Steinbrenner family informed general manager Brian Cashman that he will have to pass on high-priced free agents and he will have to pass on trading for players with huge long-term contracts.
So Yankee fans have watched a stream of free agents like Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, Jose Reyes, Yu Darvish and Yoenis Cespedes sign with other teams instead of with the Yankees. The Yankees are already on the hook for long-term deals to Alex Rodriguez, Sabathia and Teixeira.
Those three contracts alone are worth $73,875,000 plus player benefits worth an additional $10.8 million, which will also count against the $189 million.
That leaves a remainder of a little less than $105,000,000 to pay the remainder of the team's 40-man roster in 2014.
That is why the Yankees have let Nick Swisher and Russell Martin go this offseason and it is likely that Curtis Granderson will follow them out the door sometime within the next year.
The team will also have another group of expiring contracts such as one of Robinson Cano. Hiroki Kuroda and Andy Pettitte are working this season under one-year contracts.
The question is will the Yankees make an effort to offer Cano a lucrative multiyear contract to remain a Yankee? Can they afford to do it? What will they do with Jeter, who is a significantly aging commodity at shortstop?
Some Yankee fans were quick to point out that if Rodriguez is found to have taken performance enhancing drugs past the 2003 date he previously claimed that the Yankees could easily just void his contract and dump him. But that may be a pipe dream.
First, Major League Baseball must have proof that he did it and then mete out a 50-game suspension. But Rodriguez can appeal the procedure and delay its effect. He also could have the suspension tossed out.
The Yankees would find it very difficult to find relevant clauses in his contract to escape from the $114,000,000 they owe Rodriguez through the 2017 season. The Players' Association and his agent would certainly fight it and that could lead to a prolonged court battle with no guarantee the Yankees could win.
In addition, should the Yankees lose they would still have to pay Rodriguez and play him. He may not be in any mood to produce much for them either. He gets paid no matter how bad he is. So any thought of voiding his contract is going to have to be very carefully weighed.
The long-term effect of what has been an austerity program the Yankees have been under since the 2009 season ended is that the balance of power in baseball is widening out to teams who have lots of money to spend under the current salary threshold like the Tigers, the Angels, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Texas Rangers.
These are the teams that have been active in the free-agent market and teams like the Toronto Blue Jays have benefitted from what was a talent fire-sale by the New York Mets and the Miami Marlins.
The Red Sox traded most of their high-priced players like Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez away last season to the Dodgers to restock their 2013 roster while keeping well below the looming $189 million limit.
That is why the Yankees' prospects for the 2013 season are not as bright as they might have been under the old George Steinbrenner regime or the short-lived rule of Swindal.
Would old George or Swindal have allowed the Yankees to wither on the vine for the past three seasons and basically pinch pennies and risk the team missing the playoffs in 2013?
Hal Steinbrenner has already stated quite clearly that he expects the 2013 club to remain a top-quality team within the confines placed upon Cashman and the team's scouts. The result is the current Yankee roster is full of 40-year-olds like Rivera and Pettitte and players in their late 30s such as Rodriguez, Jeter, Kuroda, Ichiro Suzuki and the newly signed DH Travis Hafner.
Cashman spent a lot of time and effort stocking the minor-league system with talented young players over the past five years and Phil Hughes, David Robertson, Joba Chamberlain and Brett Gardner have provided some support to an aging corps of veterans.
However, the two best minor-league prospects the Yankees have produced in that time, Austin Jackson and Jesus Montero, were both packaged in trades. Jackson was sent out in three-player swap between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tigers that yielded Granderson for the Yankees. Montero was sent along with two other players to the Seattle Mariners in return for right-handed pitchers Michael Pineda and Jose Campos.
While Jackson is thriving with the defending American League champions, Granderson has provided the Yankees with two consecutive seasons of 40-plus home runs and a lot of strikeouts. And though Montero has proven to be lackluster on defense as a catcher, his power in Yankee Stadium will be missed in a season in which the Yankees are choosing between singles-hitting catchers Francisco Cervelli and Chris Stewart.
In addition, both Pineda, 25, and Campos, 20, suffered injuries and had their 2012 seasons cut short. Pineda is recovering from right shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum and he could miss a portion of the 2013 season and may not be 100 percent until the 2014 season. Campos was shut down with a right elbow injury that did not require surgery.
The Yankees have a number of very good prospects within their minor-league system, including a catcher who hits as well as Montero and has better defensive skills in Gary Sanchez, 20. They also have a pair of good-looking outfielders in Mason Williams and Tyler Austin and an up-and-coming star reliever in Mark Montgomery.
But the question is will the Yankees allow these players to develop long enough to make the roster or will they package and ship them out as they have done with Jackson and Montero?
The problem with young players – most especially pitchers – as they develop in the minors is that they need to be promoted to learn at the major-league level. Too often the Yankees pull a player back and ship them back to the minors when they initially fail.
The Yankees did that with Hughes and right-handed pitcher Ian Kennedy in 2008. They both got off to shaky starts (a combined 0-7 record) and the Yankees believed they could not afford to keep them on the roster.
Anyone want to guess what the records of Tom Glavine and John Smoltz were in their first full season with the Atlanta Braves?
Glavine was 7-17 with a 4.56 ERA in 1988 and Smoltz was 2-7 with a 5.48 ERA in 12 starts the same season.
If Glavine and Smoltz were with the Yankees in 1988 they would have been sent back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for another season and their major-league development would have been stilted. In 1989, Glavine was 14-8 with a 3.68 and Smoltz was 12-11 with a 2.94 ERA.
The point is that players have to learn at the major-league level and when you are constantly shipping them back out they will never learn how to succeed in the major leagues. A good case in point is when the Yankees elected to ship right-hander Ivan Nova back to Scranton in the middle of the 2011 season despite the fact he ended up the season with a 16-4 record.
The Yankees are pretty rough on their prospects. If they are not ready to contribute on Day One they get sent back down. Sometimes players in the late 20s like Colin Curtis find themselves drifting in the Yankees' system but never even given the chance to play in the majors much.
Then there are the Monteros and Jacksons who succeed just enough in the minors to be traded. Then there are the Kennedys, who are traded and ended up going 21-4 with a 2.88 ERA for the Diamondbacks in 2011. So the Yankees show patience with players like Curtis, who never made it in the majors, and a lack of patience with players like Kennedy, who succeeds with another team.
If the Yankees are to adhere to this stringent luxury tax threshold in 2014 they are going to have to stop making the mistake of trading their great prospects away or, at the least, if they are going to trade them they better get something of real value back for it. They also could benefit by being a bit more patient with their young players when they call them up.
The Montero-Pineda deal is but one example of those mistakes. Cashman can't afford to do that much going forward.
The Yankees are going to need good young athletes and skilled pitchers coming out of their system on a regular basis to retool this franchise through the end of the decade. It will certainly lower payroll, make the team better-suited for healthy runs at championships and may prove – ultimately – that Hal Steinbrenner had the right approach.
Otherwise, there will be hell to pay and old George will be have cigar smoke coming out of his ears as he rolls around in his grave. If a ghost could ever fire a son, old George will figure out a way to get that done.
Get Real, Yankee Fans, Pineda Is Not Ken Phelps
Remember George Steinbrenner 's appearance on the "Seinfeld" episode where George's father lights into him for trading Jay Buhner to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Ken Phelps?
For the last 24 hours the ghost of that ill-fated Buhner-for-Phelps trade has cast a pall around the reported most recent Yankees-Mariners swap of mega-prospect Jesus Montero for pitcher Michael Pineda. Yankee fans are unclear how the Yankees would think that trading their best young hitter for a young right-hander with a history of arm trouble and inconsistent mechanics helps the Yankees in the long run.
They are looking at the so-called "Big Picture," You know that is the vast uncharted future when Robinson Cano is on a downward slide and Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter are living a life of luxury in retirement. Yankee fans saw Montero as the centerpiece of the Yankees' 2018 world championship team, hitting .330 with 42 home runs and driving in 130 runs batting fourth in pinstripes.
But mean, old general manager Brian Cashman took that comforting pipe dream away by dealing Montero for a pitcher who could blow out his arm in a bar fight tomorrow. (Yep, a Yankee fan never forgets what could have been with Brien Taylor.)
Nevermind that Montero's career could come to an end with the next horrific home-plate collision. Yankee fans want to vent so let them vent.
But when have the Yankees ever looked way out to 2018?
I do not think they were thinking of 2018 when they made this trade. I think they were looking at 2012.
That is the Yankee tradition after all. You lose in the playoffs and fall short of your goal in 2011 so you immediately look to improving your team in 2012. That is Cashman's job.
Cashman, along with Hank and Hal Steinbrenner and any scout in baseball will tell you that the magical 97 wins the Yankees got out of a rotation that included 38-year-old Bartolo Colon and 35-year-old Freddy Garcia was seen as a miracle that could not be duplicated.
The fact remains that besides CC Sabathia and his annual flirtation with 20 wins and a Cy Young Award there is not much to distinguish the Yankees' rotation. That, keep in mind, is aware that Phil Hughes did win 18 games in 2010 and rookie Ivan Nova was 16-4 with a 3.70 ERA last season.
What troubled the Yankees' front office is that the Tampa Bay Rays made the playoffs in 2011 with a popgun offense and very good rotation of young pitchers behind James Shields, including lefty David Price, Rookie of the Year Jeremy Hellickson and the rookie lefty who blanked the Rangers in the playoffs, Matt Moore.
Despite the fact that the Yankees spent most of Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers down one run and their vaunted offense could not produce it, the Yankees felt they had to bolster the starting staff without adding much to their $200 million payroll.
That is a tough task because free agents like C.J. Wilson, Mark Buerhle and Yu Darvish were so tempting. Trade offers for Gio Gonzalez, Jair Jurrgens, John Danks and Matt Garza held promise but proved, in the end, to be pretty pricey. Heck, even the new president of the Cubs, Theo Epstein, thought Garza was worth Montero and left-hander Manny Banuelos and right-hander Dellin Betances!
Epstein may think of himself as the Lord's holy gift to baseball but mere mortals like Cashman know the First Commandment of the National Pastime: Though shall not deal the best lambs in the stable for a .500 pitcher who is no better than a No. 3 in your rotation.
So give Cashman credit for not allowing Epstein to pull the wool over his eyes. Baaaaaad!!!!
With this trade, however, Cashman has acquired a pitcher who is 22 years old. (OK, he turns 23 on Wednesday if you want to get technical.)
When the Yankees traded for Phelps during the 1988 season he was 34 years old and Buhner was almost exactly 10 years his junior. Of course, history will show that Phelps would hit a whopping 13 home runs for the Yankees from the middle of the 1988 season to the middle of the 1989 season when he was traded away in disgrace to the Oakland Athletics.
Meanwhile, Buhner – beginning in 1991 – started a series of 10 seasons with the Mariners in which in eight of them he hit 21 or more home runs. In fact, from 1995 through 1997, Buhner had three seasons in which he hit 40, 44 and 40 home runs for the Mariners. He ended up with 310 major-league dingers, a total of three came when he was wearing pinstripes.
Now you can understand why Frank Constanza (played by actor Jerry Stiller) was so angry with George in that hilarious "Seinfeld" episode.
It may be why so many Yankee fans might be angry now. It is the ghost of Jay Buhner rearing his ugly head. (Check out Buhner's baseball card. He was ugly.)
But Pineda is not Ken Phelps. Far from it.
There were times last season that scouts would have told you that Pineda looked better than Felix Hernandez himself. Pineda was rolling through lineups looking like a 6-foot-7, 260-pound Gulliver against a helpless band Lilliputians with matchsticks for bats.
In his first 11 starts he was 6-2 with a 2.30 ERA and 73 K's in 70 1/3 innings and batters were hitting a woeful .190 off him and he had a WHIP of 1.00. That was pitching for arguably the weakest offense in baseball in the Mariners.
Granted, in his next six starts, Pineda came back to Earth some. He was 2-3 with 3.10 ERA. But he was chosen to represent the American League in the 2011 All-Star Game and he had earned it.
What many rookie pitchers have to contend with is how to continue to pitch well as the innings mount and your team continues to play poorly. The Mariners were simply awful as they ditched the second half in order to play their young prospects over their overpriced veterans like Chone Figgins.
Pineda won only one game the rest of the season. Of course, that game was against the Rays on July 30. But he ended the season 1-5 in his last 11 starts with an ERA of 5.71. The Mariners, seeing that Pineda was a valuable commodity, did not pitch him much in the month of September to protect his arm.
He finished 9-10 with a 3.74 ERA and 173 strikeouts in 171 innings. Batters hit .211 off him and his WHIP was an amazing 1.10. He was right behind Hellickson as the second-best rookie pitcher in baseball in 2011.
But his second-half slide and the fact that Pineda had to be shut down by the Mariners back in 2009 due forearm and elbow stiffness has Yankee fans concerned about this trade. It is true that while a position player can fashion a long career despite injuries, a starting pitcher can be wrecked for an entire career with a severe elbow or shoulder injury.
But, Pineda seems as if he is a reasonable risk at this point because, Yankee fans, Betances at 6-foot-8 and age 23 is in the same boat as Pineda. The only difference is that Betances has already experienced elbow problems and had surgery to repair the damage. So if you are crying because the Pineda was acquired then, in that same breath, you must have to demand that Cashman get rid of Betances immediately because he is another elbow injury waiting to happen.
I guess the foot is in the other shoe, now, Yankee fans!
All I am saying is that perhaps it is better to allow the careers of Pineda and Montero to play out about five years before we say the Mariners have won this trade. After all, it took Buhner until 1991, three long seasons after the trade, to become the player the Yankees wished they had back.
Pineda will begin the 2012 season as the Yankees' No. 2 starter behind the equally tall Sabathia. That is about as an imposing pair of starters a team can face to open a series. The Yankees can follow that up with Nova, who was the third best rookie pitcher in 2011 and Hughes, who did win 18 games for the Yankees when he was healthy.
And for good measure, Cashman added 37-year-old right-hander Hiroki Kuroda to the mix and Kuroda was 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA for a very mediocre Dodgers team in 2011.
That is not a bad starting five. It figures to better than the Sabathia, Nova, Colon, Garcia and A.J. Burnett quintet with which the Yankees won 97 games last season. Speaking of Burnett and Garcia, neither figures to make the rotation unless there are a few injuries in the spring.
Burnett figures to be on his way out of town if the Yankees can find a buyer for him and Garcia looks to be simply insurance for the injury-plagued Hughes and the other four starters.
So losing Montero for a significantly better rotation does not seem so bad.
His offense will be missed, for sure. I had no doubt that as a designated hitter and part-time catcher Montero could easily hit 30 home runs and drive in 75 or more runs in 2011. But the Yankees have been either number one or number two in runs scored the past three seasons without Montero. It seems they can manage to make it four in 2012 without Montero.
Also remember this important point. The Yankees got younger in their rotation and still have Banuelos, Betances, Adam Warren, David Phelps and D.J. Mitchell at the Triple-A level. Oh, and reports indicate this 6-foot-4 right-hander Jose Campos thrown into the Montero deal, at age 19, is an excellent pitching prospect with a live arm and great control. They also still have the defensively proficient Austin Romine bidding to be the backup to catcher Russell Martin this spring.
And, lo and behold, the Yankees' No. 1 catching prospect Gary Sanchez turned 19 in December and he is considered to be every bit as good as Montero as a hitter and he is a defensive gem as well. He was ranked as the third-best catching prospect in 2011. Montero was No. 1.
So while you are crying about what Montero will do for Seattle, Sanchez is getting closer to an arrival date in 2014 and he may be very much the ultimate catcher for which Yankee fans have been waiting. Montero with his defensive deficiencies may eventually be the DH or first baseman for which the Mariners have been waiting.
So dry your eyes and let's wait to see how Pineda develops before we get too emotional. Somewhere Ken Phelps is thinking you are all acting like idiots.
Yankees' Actions Show Desire To Stand Pat In 2012
With the clock finally having run out on the Yankees in their effort to sign Japanese infielder Hiroyuki Nakajima it is now becoming obvious the the team will enter the 2012 season with virtually their entire roster from 2011 back.
The Yankees seemed shocked when their $2.5 million bid for Nakajima was the winning bid and they dealt with the 29-year-old Seibu Lions star as if he were just going to be paid as a backup infielder, which is, of course, what he was going to be.
But Nakajima was not happy with that offer and the 5 p.m. deadline came and went without a contract. As a result, the Yankees keep their $2.5 million posting and Nakajima returns to play out his contract with Seibu in Japan.
The Yankees, meanwhile, are now free to make an offer to bring back backup first and third baseman Eric Chavez, who hit .263 with two home runs and 26 RBIs in 58 games with the Yankees last season. Chavez, who has been hampered by injuries for the past five seasons, missed just over two months of the 2011 season due to a fractured bone in his left foot.
But the Yankees can use Chavez, 34, and his left-handed bat as a backup to Alex Rodriguez at third base, to Mark Teixeira at first base and as possible designated hitter or a power bat off the bench.
If Chavez does re-sign with the Yankees he will join outfielder Andrew Jones, infielder Eduardo Nunez and catcher Francisco Cervelli as the same members of the Yankees' 2011 bench. However, Cervelli would have to win the backup catching job he has held for the past two seasons from rookie Austin Romine in spring training.
The only change in the Yankees' 13 position players appears to be rookie Jesus Montero, who figures to be the primary DH and third catcher, replacing longtime veteran Jorge Posada.
The Yankees also re-signed Freddy Garcia to a contract this winter, which means the Yankees rotation of CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova, Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett and Garcia figures to return in 2012. Of course, the Yankees are in pursuit of one additional starting pitcher that would allow the team to perhaps unload Burnett and the two years and $33 million owed on his contract.
The Yankees have avoided getting into a bidding war for free-agent pitchers C.J. Wilson and Mark Buerhle and they only made a token bid for Japanese star Yu Darvish. They also have balked at trades for pitchers such as John Danks, Gio Gonzalez, Jair Jurrgens and Matt Garza because teams have asked for top prospects such as Montero, pitchers Manny Banuelos, and Dellin Betances and outfielder Mason Williams in return.
The Yankees have had discussions with Scott Boras, the agent for right-hander Edwin Jackson, who was 12-9 with a 3.79 ERA and 148 strikeouts in 32 games (31 starts) for the world-champion St. Louis Cardinals last season. However, the Yankees are not likely to pay the $15 million to $17 million per season over four years that Boras is seeking for the 28-year-old right-hander.
The Yankees are looking to bring Jackson's price down some or they may take a pass on him as well. General manager Brian Cashman said he would like to avoid making a long-term commitment to a pitcher like he did with Burnett, a pitcher who may end up being a mistake in the long run.
The Yankees also might have interest in free-agent left-hander Hiroki Kuroda.
The bullpen, with Rafael Soriano opting to stay with the Yankees, also will return pretty much the same nucleus from last season. Soriano and David Robertson will set up the legend of all closers in Mariano Rivera in 2012. Left-hander Boone Logan and right-hander Corey Wade also are back.
Joba Chamberlain is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery and he hopes to be ready when spring training begins. However, the Yankees intend to bring the 26-year-old right-hander along slowly and he may not see action until July.
So that means the Yankees will be looking for two pitchers for the bullpen. One likely will be a left-hander to replace Logan as the lefty specialist. The Yankees signed for former Red Sox lefty Hideki Okajima to a minor-league contract. He will compete this spring with Cesar Cabral, who the Royals sent to the Yankees for cash considerations after they selected him from the Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft in December.
The other spot could go to Hector Noesi, who filled that role for portions of last season. But the Yankees have said they consider him a starter and they do not want to use him a long man in 2012 if they can help it.
But, here again, the stand-pat nature of the Yankees may be reaffirmed. The Yankees also have said they would not mind having 38-year-old right-hander Bartolo Colon back as a long man out of the bullpen. Colon was 8-10 with a 4.00 ERA but actually pitched much better than the his record indicated.
Colon was actually 8-6 with a 3.31 on Aug. 11 before going 0-4 with four no-decisions and an ERA of 4.93 down the stretch. He was not even placed on the team's postseason roster for the American League Division Series. The Yankees believe Colon is better suited as a long man and spot starter and they would offer him a contract to return to the team only in that role because they no longer think he can make 33 starts at his age.
Should the Yankees re-sign Colon that means the only change in the pen could be Okajima or Cabral as a second left-hander replacing right-hander Luis Ayala, who was allowed to become a free agent after going 2-2 with a 2.09 ERA last season.
I can't recall a season in which the Yankees had less turnover on their roster. It is very odd, indeed, for a team that has prided itself in having the winning tradition, the facilities and the cash to get just about any player they could want in the George Steinbrenner era.
However, Hal and Hank Steinbrenner are at the helm of the ship now and they seem to have a tighter lid on the cash flow. Cashman has been forced to do more with less since the Yankees made their huge splash in 2009 with the free-agent signings of Sabathia, Burnett and Teixeira, which led to their 27th world championship that October.
Of course, the team did win 97 games in 2o11 and had the best record in the American League. They did it without significant contributions from Rodriguez, Chamberlain and Hughes and off years from players like Teixeira, Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher.
Perhaps the addition of the powerful bat of Montero, a second lefty in the bullpen and healthy seasons from A-Rod, Joba and Hughes will be enough to carry the Yankees to another A.L. East title and the playoffs. The concern then turns to how well the starting pitchers stack up heading into the playoffs.
Do not forget that there are a few very good pitchers who will be free agents in 2013 and teams might be looking to unload them before the July 31 trade deadline. One is right-hander Matt Cain of the Giants and another is lefty Cole Hamels of the Phillies. Cashman has the patience and the dearth of young prospects to pull off a deal to bolster the staff at any point this season.
So maybe this lack of turnover is not such a bad thing. The team stays strong without adding much in the way of payroll and remains flexible enough to pull off some deals to make a push in the playoffs.
I see nothing wrong with that. Some of the best deals are the ones you don't make.
Face Reality, A-Rod, CC Are Yankees' Pujols, Lee
You are a Yankee fan and you are not happy now.
The reason: General manager Brian Cashman has not made a major splash with a big free-agent signing or a blockbuster trade.
To Yankee fans standing pat is like surrendering to teams like the Marlins and Angels, who tossed around cash this week as if it was only Monopoly money. Some fans are yearning for the days when George Steinbrenner would go after free agents he wanted with the ruthlessness of a pit-bull, never letting go.
However, Hal and Hank Steinbrenner seem to be a lot more pragmatic about spending too much for negligible return. They were willing to spend $150 million for Cliff Lee but they were not going to spend close to $80 million for C.J. Wilson or about $60 million for Mark Buerhle.
There are a lot of reasons the Yankees sat idly by while some teams played "Let's Make a Deal."
But perhaps the biggest reason is the Yankees have already lavished their riches on their "Pujols" and their "Lee." Those are the 10-year, $275 million deal the Yankees committed to Alex Rodriguez in 2007 and the $186 million the team is paying CC Sabathia to be the ace the staff through at least the 2016 season.
Those two contracts are largely why the Yankees are the only team in the major leagues who are subject to the luxury tax. The Steinbrenner family would like for the team to remain competitive and successful while Cashman tries to reduce the annual payroll below the $178 million level where the tax kicks in. or, at the very least, the Steinbrenners would like it to remain steady and not push higher.
That is the reason Christmas ornaments like Pujols, Wilson, Buerhle, Jose Reyes and Prince Fielder will be dangling on other teams' trees this December.
So Yankee fans will have to realize that a team that won 97 games last season is still an excellent one even if adds no one of significance this winter. Rodriguez will just have to be our Pujols and Sabathia will just have to pitch like Lee in 2012 to make Yankee fans forget that this free-agent shopping spree was just too pricey for a team already above the $200 million mark in annual payroll.
Rodriguez is the biggest key to the Yankees' success in 2012. You just have to face the fact that Rodriguez is being paid the most because he is expected to be the best player in pinstripes, period.
Last season, he was anything but that. Oh, he showed a lot of promise in the spring when he showed up lighter and quicker in the field. He also had a spring that portended a monster 2011 season. But, as the previous three seasons proved, Rodriguez was beset by a series of injuries that kept him off the field for 63 games and a shadow of what he was in the other 99.
Rodriguez, 36, hit .276 with 16 home runs and 62 RBIs. If this is the level of performance the Yankees will get from Rodriguez in 2012 they are doomed to fail. Oh, they are talented enough to make the playoffs. But they will not go very far or do very well in the playoffs without what was the most feared hitter in the American League when he is healthy.
But balky shoulders, unsteady knees and painful thumbs can reduce a great player to just a pretty good one real quick. That is what happened to Rodriguez in 2011 and why he needs to arrive in Tampa in Florida fit and ready to go to war to restore his reputation as that most feared hitter.
To steal a Reggie Jackson line, A-Rod "stirs the drink." His health will determine if that drink is a classy Manhattan or just another slow gin fizzle.
There is no doubt that Rodriguez is on a slight decline. He has not played in more than 138 games since the 2007 season. From 2004 through 2007, Rodriguez averaged 43 home runs and 128 RBIs. From 2008 through 2010 he has averaged 32 home runs and 109 RBIs. In 2009, Rodriguez barely reached 30 home runs and 100 RBIs on the final day against the Rays but he was healthy at the right time to lead the Yankees through the playoffs and into the World Series as the Yankees won their 27th championship.
So the point is that Rodriguez can average 32 home runs and 109 RBIs and be in decline and still lead the Yankees into a World Series. He just has to be healthy when the playoffs begin. That was not the case last season and the Yankees paid dearly for it in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. They only trailed by a run but it may as well have been 10 runs the way the offense just seemed to sputter with runners in scoring position.
With a healthy and "locked in" A-Rod would the result have been the same? I doubt it.
For all the talk of Robinson Cano and how he has become the best hitter and best player on the Yankees, it is still Rodriguez who can turn a game with his bat that can strike fear into opposing pitchers, managers and teams. Besides the fact is that his ability to hit makes Cano, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter, Nick Swisher and Brett Gardner better.
To steal a Reggie Jackson line, A-Rod "stirs the drink."
His health will determine if that drink is a classy Manhattan or just another slow gin fizzle.
The same can be said of Sabathia. He is, after all, the unquestioned ace.
When he is really dealing he is among the best pitchers in baseball. He is 59-23 in his 101 starts in pinstripes. The Yankees have reached the postseason in the past three seasons largely because of his work in the regular season.
But the past two seasons, his work in the postseason has been not worthy of the status of the one of the best pitchers in baseball. In the past two postseasons he is 2-0 but his ERA in his six appearances (five starts) is 5.84. That stands in stark contrast to his 3-1 record and 1.98 ERA in the 2009 postseason.
In the 2010 playoffs, Sabathia pitched with an injured left knee that required offseason surgery. Sabathia rehabbed the knee and showed up at spring training in February 30 pounds lighter. It helped him get off to unusually quick start and by the All-Star break Sabathia was on the top of his game.
He was 13-4 with a 2.72 ERA at the break. He finished the season 19-8 with a 3.00 ERA. So in his last 12 starts, Sabathia was a very ordinary 6-4 with a 3.66 ERA before imploding the playoffs. Why?
Much of that was was blamed on Sabathia's noticeable and significant weight gain down the stretch. The heavier he got the worse he pitched.
But the Yankees chose not to allow Sabathia to opt out of his contract and leave via free agency. Considering the things Sabathia has done for the Yankees it was a very wise decision. After all, Wilson. Buerhle, Edwin Jackson, Roy Oswalt and Hiroki Kuroda were not going to replace Sabathia.
In order to find another ace like Sabathia would have cost the Yankees prize prospects like Jesus Monetro, Eduardo Nunez, Dellin Betances and Manny Banuelos. So getting a younger pitcher like Felix Hernandez would have pretty much raped the impressive farm system Cashman has gradually rebuilt the past five years.
So Sabathia will remain a Yankee through at least 2016 (the Yankees have an option for 2017) and the Yankees do not have to bid on overpriced free agents or trade their great young prospects. Sounds like a pretty good idea to me.
Now the Yankees just have to make sure Sabathia stays off the Cap'n Crunch cereal he loves and eats a lot more salad throughout the 2012 season. At age 31, Sabathia is going to have to realize that to extend his career he is going to have to take care of that large frame going forward.
The Yankees could easily add a starting pitcher or two to their roster to improve the rotation. I fully expect Cashman to continue to his efforts to do just that this winter. But the real key to this staff is making sure Sabathia is able to hit the 2012 playoffs in shape and healthy enough to be the ace he is supposed to be.
Without that, and the health of A-Rod, the whole journey to the 2012 playoffs will be just as wasted as the effort in 2011 was.
Like I said Yankee fans, A-Rod and CC are our free agent pickups and we will live or die in 2012 with them.
Granderson Drives In 5 As Yanks Dump Rays For 'Boss'
- Granderson's 2-for-3 night also included two walks and a stolen base. In September, Granderson is batting .290 with six home runs and 17 RBIs. Thought to be pretty much of a bust when he was hitting .225 on July 7, Granderson is showing Yankee fans why he hit 30 home runs for the Tigers last season.
- Swisher returned to right-field for the first time since re-injuring his left knee and came through with a perfect night on the plate. He was 2-for-2 with an RBI on one of his two walks of the night.
- Jeter drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth and he added a ground-rule double and scored in the fifth. He was 2-for-5 and extended his hitting streak to nine games. In those nine games, Jeter is 12-for-40 (.300) and has scored eight runs.
- Cervelli was the unsung hero of the night.
He was 3-for-4 with three runs scored in the No. 9 spot and he reached base every trip the plate. His hit-and-run single also spelled the downfall of Garza and the Rays.
- Teixeira was 0-for-5, including a strikeout with the bases loaded. Since getting hit on the right toe on a pitch by Oakland's Vin Mazzaro on Aug. 31, Teixeira is hitting .194 with no home runs and six RBIs.
- The bullpen has been a strength for the Yankees since the All-Star break but Logan, Gaudin, Robertson and Rivera combined to give up three runs on six hits and a pair of inexcusable walks by Logan and Gaudin over two innings.
- In his last five outings, Rivera has given up four runs on seven hits and two walks and he has hit two batters over 4 1/3 innings. He also has blown two saves in September for the first time in his career.
- Logan's and Gaudin's poor work also may mean that Rivera might not be able to pitch in Tuesday's game. Wood has also pitched on two consecutive days and he has not appeared in three straight games since coming to the Yankees.
Yanks Honor Steinbrenner, Sheppard With Walk-Off Win
- Swisher's night was magical. He singled to drive in the Yankees' first run in the third inning. His 16th home run of the season in the eighth inning off Joaquin Benoit tied the game 4-4 and then his game-winner capped off a 3-for-5 night with three RBIs. Swisher raised his average to .303 on the season.
- Robinson Cano brought the Yankees to within one run in the sixth inning with a solo home run off Rays starter James Shields for his 17th home run of the season.
- Jorge Posada followed Cano with a solo shot of his own to tie the score at 3-3. It was the 10th home run of the season for Posada and his first since June 16 against the Philadelphia Phillies.
- David Robertson started his second half off with a bang. He came on in the eighth inning and faced three batters and struck out all three. Robertson entered the second half with a 5.46 ERA but he has had 19 scoreless outings in his last 22 appearances dating back to May 7 when his ERA was 13.50.
- This was not a good night for CC Sabathia. Struggling most of the night with command of his fastball, Sabathia gave up eights hits and four walks in seven innings. But he did limit the damage to four runs (three earned) and the Rays scored only two runs off Sabathia when they loaded the bases with no outs in both the fifth and seventh innings.
- It was an emotional night for Jeter, who delivered a moving speech about Sheppard and Steinbrenner before the game. It showed at the plate, too. Jeter was 0-for-5 and his slump in July continues. He is hitting .178 for the month and his season average fell to .270. That is the lowest his average has been since May 22.
- Swisher had a great night at the plate but in the field it was not so stellar. He overran and then dropped a fly ball off the bat of Kelly Shoppach for a two-base error to begin the sixth inning. He also threw a ball badly off-line attempting to nail B.J. Upton taking third on a single by Carl Crawford in the seventh inning.
RA) on the mound. Burnett is coming off two starts in which he is 1-0 with a 1.32 ERA after suffering through a winless June. In his only start against the Rays this season he lost on May 19, giving up six runs in 6 2/3 innings. In his career against the Rays Burnett is 12-5 with a 2.98 ERA.
For Better Or Worse, Steinbrenner Brought Life To Yankees
Matsui, Yankees Thump Phillies For 27th Crown
the victory is sweet but the drive to win the 2010 world championship begins today. Anything less in the Bronx is a failure.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was correct in saying that the eyes of the world were on Washington this week, but he failed to mention that the men and women across the globe who move markets called their bluff.
From the Oct. 1 government shutdown until the market close on Wednesday the S&P 500 rose 2.4%, despite repeated collapse in negotiations to raise the nation's borrowing limit and President Obama's warning that Wall Street should be worried about Congress' inaction.
"This was a pretty mild reaction this time around," said Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist at BlackRock (BLK) in a phone interview. "We didn't really see that much panic; it didn't really feel like that a couple days ago, but compared to what happened in 2011 this was really mild."
The Chicago Board of Exchange Volatility Index, which gauges market expectations for 30-day volatility in S&P 500 index options, hit a high of 21.34, whereas the so-called fear index in July 2011 peaked at 25.94 on the final trading day before House Republicans agreed to raise the debt limit.The S&P 500's worst performance during the 2011 debt ceiling crisis registered a 2% loss, whereas this year's worst day was a 1.2% drip that was offset two days later by the second biggest gain of 2013 -- a pop of 2.2%. Tea party Republicans' steadfast opposition in 2011 to raise the nation's borrowing limit and force a default surprised many people on Wall Street and Main Street as the issue had not triggered a protracted debate since at least the 1970s. In other words, it was an unfamiliar experience for many, if not most, market participants. Compounding worries was deep uncertainty about the fate of the eurozone, which was reeling from the European sovereign-debt crisis and its subsequent recession. This time around, markets shrugged at the prospect of a government default. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi shrugged last week when asked at the Economic Club of New York his opinion about the looming debt ceiling. "The world still does not believe the United States will not find a way out of this," Draghi said. With experience from which to draw an idea of how a divided Congress would handle another debt limit clash, investors this time around ignored threats by tea party Republicans. It didn't help the majority party in the House of Representatives that it chose to make a stand against The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- a law passed by the legislative branch, signed into law by the executive branch and upheld by the judicial branch. -- as the centerpiece of concessions demanded from Democrats in order to avoid shutting down the government. This most recent spat, like the 2011 incident, resulted in Congress raising the debt ceiling, but it could signal new precedent. One such scenario could involve a Republican president and a Democratic-controlled House. Theoretically, it could come in the form of Democrats who want to change gun control or immigration reform and demand a commitment by the Republican president before the party agreed to increase the debt ceiling, according to Bruce Oppenheimer, a political science professor at Vanderbilt University. Oppenheimer compares it to the emergence of filibusters. "Filibusters weren't very useful tools until about 1970, so they weren't used," he said. "Once they became a useful weapon it legitimized their use, and I think if this had succeeded it would have potentially set a precedent." The short-term resolution will increase the debt ceiling through Feb. 7, 2014, which leads investors to believe the United States could continue to witness more of these debates. But it may be unwise for representatives and senators posturing on Capitol Hill to assume future debt disputes will raise either party's beltway clout. The opposite effect may occur. "There is a growing sense among investors that, 'You know what, every time this happens I get a little bit more immune to it, and I feel like I've seen this movie before, I'm not going to panic'," said BlackRock's Koesterich. That, of course, would be the case until someone or a group decided there was enough political influence to gain by allowing a default. "If we ever really go past one of these deadlines, you're likely to see a very violent reaction because no one would have thought it possible," said Koestrich. -- Written by Joe Deaux in New York. >Contact by Email. Follow @JoeDeaux
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Floating nuclear power plant could resist meltdowns
— By Janet Fang on April 28, 2014, 4:47 AM PST
stupid idea.. oceans are already poluted. We dont need nuclear energy. We have sun and watter but litlle brain...
Wow. Dumbest post ever from 'SmartPlanet'...
You can eliminate the "Fear factor" by using less retarded technology! People are being negative, because even a child can identify it as a silly idea. I'm glad people are self educated enough to understand many of the alternatives.
Rather than everybody being so negative, how about some positive thought and reasons as to why and how it should succeed. Let's build on the TLP technology used by the offshore industry. And more importantly educate the people to eliminate the fear factor.
"Infinite heat sink"?!?!? Haven't we learned that in this world NOTHING is infinite? If most of the global warming heat is currently going into the oceans do we really want to put more there?
I thought this page was named SmartPlanet, not MoreStupidity
No. More.
NOTSmart at all
Can't resist hurricanes and terrorists.
Until it blows up and spreads more radiation in the ocean...MORONS.
Haven't the oceans suffered enough? We will all die once the plankton are gone.
Stupid idea. People are insane.
Is there nothing cleaner
This would be unnecessary if we would push forward with implemented Thorium Subcritical Reactors (aka: Molten Salt Reactors). No water cooling of those is needed; they cannot meltdown. Successful testing has been done in the U.S. and is currently going on in Norway. Bureaucracy is killing us - literally.
oh yeah. more time bombs.
It's surprising to see that MIT engineers are conceiving designs which still use this archaic solid core technology.
This is a waste of innovation. Ever heard of molten salt reactors? They consist of a liquid core and thus cannot melt down. No need to put reactors in the ocean; driving up cost of construction.. amongst several other complications. C'mon SmartPlanet, do some research before you post. Look into companies such as Flibe energy in the USA, or Terrestrial energy in Canada. Or why not talk about China's $350M investment into developing a commercial a MSR by 2025? Or India's efforts to develop their own commercial liquid fluoride thorium reactor by 2020?
Of COURSE, and if it tips over in a storm or sinks, the dolphins will be f**ked! Yay! Oh ...
seriously? as the atomic waste from Japan reaches the US shores..
This one is a 'Real-No-Brainer', with ocean temps on the rise we're going to just raise them more?
Just go ahead and melt some more ice at our poles - we have not even kept to the original plans for constructing nuclear power generation plants back in the mid 1950's; what makes you think that they are going to start now?
We need to go the alternative energy route like, since 1972...
Haven't they ever heard of.....storms? Freak waves up to 40 meters high? Unattended ships crashing into harbours at full speed? This idea is so bad that I hope it will never ever be done.
Nuclear plants , or solar out in lakes or oceans.....FORGET IT. Stop trying to make things better for greedy, selfish humans
and learn to live simply - this way the world will survive, providing we lower, lower human population. Humans have made
such a mess on earth.....and now trying to find escape to destroy the atmosphere and the oceans.....come on silly, stupid
humans...wake up and use what brains you have.
I advocate neighborhood scale Pebble bed Reactors, it is the end of the centralized gigawatt power plants, let them die.
This project is a waste of time and money as there are a lot better designs. The argument is it's better to use this design because of the technical challenges of other designs, but this design is known to have flaws. It would be much better to put the billions it costs to build these into completing designs that don't melt down.
A floating (non ship) Nuclear Power plant seems insane to me.
Even if it was 100% safe, I'd suggest a terrorist could attach some mines to it and sink it, or even tow it off with a tug.
Why not built on an uninhabited island, part-way up a mountain, if the driver is to use the sea-water for cooling, or on normal mainland high enough up, to avoid a worst case scenario Tsunami - say sea level + 250-500m - for many coastlines, it's not a great issue, and you could use solar and wind to power the water pumps raising the cooling water to the storage lake at no cost :-)
The point is that meltdown is far less likely, if not impossible, with the reactor surrounded by an infinite supply of cool water.
The largest impacts of meltdowns, by far, is deposition of radioactivity on LAND, in the local area. This idea all but eliminates that impact. It removes the possibility of any significant impact on human health.
The potential impact on aquatic life, the fishing industry, and seafood safety would be far smaller than that for a coastal reactor. Most fish populations live near the coast, and these reactors would be far out to sea.


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The 2010 Mazda3 made its motorsports debut this past weekend on its home track, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at the final race of the 2009 SPEED World Challenge season. The car was developed and built by Tri-Point Motorsports, which has been running Mazdas in the series since 2001. The team has raced a trio of Mazda6s for the past few season, even capturing the Touring Car title in 2007 with Jeff Altenburg behind the wheel.
Mazda hasn't released any official details on the car quite yet, but a company representative told us that the race was less about going fast and was more of a "public test" to give the car some much needed track time. In fact, the car was completed just before the race and didn't even get its sponsor decals until the second practice day. Even so, rookie driver Eric Foss managed to qualify in 12th and zoom-zoomed his way to a respectable 11th place in Sunday's race. Check out our photos of new Mazda3 racecar – which looks extraordinarily happy to be on track – in the high-res gallery below.
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Farming Matters magazine / Magazine d'AGRIDAPE
Here is a detailed calendar (2008) produced by the Peruvian Coop Divisoria, of the month-by-month steps and procedures of the coffee growing calendar year. Print it out on poster paper and follow along!


text: Audiovox Corporation today announced that net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2003 amounted to U.S. $296.8 million. This is an increase of $112.5 million from the net sales reported for the same period last year. According to the company, first-quarter net sales for Audiovox Communications Corp. were $216.6 million compared to $113.0 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2002. Net sales for Audiovox Electronics Corp. were reported at $80.3 million.