Florida makes Aroldis Chapman an offer
December 20, 2009, 8:00 pm by iYankees · 7 Comments
According to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, the Florida Marlins have offered lefty Aroldis Chapman a 5-year deal “in the $13 million range.” The Fish must have been impressed by the southpaw’s recent 10-minute workout for interested teams in Houston. Chapman seems to have alleviated many concerns during that bullpen session.
The last reported proposal for Chapman was from the Red Sox. Boston had offered the Cuban prospect a deal worth $15.5 million while he was still with agent Edwin Mejia. There is no word yet, however, on whether or not that particular offer still stands after Chapman joined the Hendricks brothers, who were not accepting any offers until last week.
It looks like the winning bid for Chapman will approach at least $20 million. It probably won’t go much further, though.
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If all the offers are going to remain this low how can the Yankees not win this bidding war? Boston’s at 15, Florida is at 13… We could sit back and end up with him for 18-20 million over 5 years and with the value of pitching in the MLB today he could make it worth 5+ million as a reliever or starter easy.
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They’ve been looked at as the likeliest destination for him for a while now. If the interest is there, and it is, then I can’t see how they could lose Chapman to another team.
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I really do hope the yankees make a serious attempt to sign him assuming that all the hype about him is true.. would be great to see him in pinstripes for sure & please don’t let the redsox sign him
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Agreed.
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What r the chances of the yanks obtaining him r?
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The Yankees are in a favored position given their financial clout. If the front office really wants him, they’ll have him.
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