Sonny Gray signs for Yankees

jjgold · 07-31-17, 06:51 PM

Good pick up

Probably their best starter

slayer14 · 07-31-17, 06:52 PM

Finally he playing for a decent team oakland have sucked last 5 years

themike78 · 07-31-17, 06:54 PM

This trade just guaranteed them a world series win this year. No team even compares. The dodgers? Give me a break they don't even know how to win a playoff game. Yankees dynasty again.

jjgold · 08-01-17, 05:39 AM

Yanks should get in playoffs now if not Giraldi gone

He has great players

Venom72 · 08-01-17, 05:52 AM

Originally posted by themike78

This trade just guaranteed them a world series win this year. No team even compares. The dodgers? Give me a break they don't even know how to win a playoff game. Yankees dynasty again.

Dude this is mlb not nba, nothing is guaranteed in baseball

Easy-Rider 66 · 08-01-17, 06:05 AM

Originally posted by Venom72

Dude this is mlb not nba, nothing is guaranteed in baseball

Mackballs · 08-01-17, 06:53 AM

Him and severino a solid 1 2 punch.

Mr KLC · 08-02-17, 09:09 AM

Quietly, yet noticeably, the Yankees are adding a new wrinkle to deals they have recently made. Twice now, the team has added international signing bonus money to their pockets, and it’s all legal!

The Yankees have already disturbed most of major league baseball by stocking up on their bullpen, to the point where starters are almost insignificant in their strategy to win games. Now, to further wrankle their competition, who are only irritated because they didn’t think of it first, the Yankees have figured out a way to increase their standing in the international player’s market.

First, some background is needed, and Baseball America provides that:

Most teams have a bonus pool of $4.75 million, while some clubs classified as small market or small revenue teams get either $5.25 million or $5.75 million. Teams are allowed to trade their pool space once the signing period opens on July 2. Clubs can trade for up to 75 percent of their original pool allotment and are allowed to trade away their entire pool.
The keywords and the ones the Yankees have picked up on are “teams are allowed to trade….”. And with that, what have we seen, lately?

We see a trade, which in the sweepstakes of the last week went mostly unnoticed, in which the Yankees traded Double-A right-hander Yefry Ramirez to the Orioles, not for another player, but instead in exchange for international bonus pool money.

And then in the deal to acquire Sonny Gray, we see this little blurb in the fine print as reported by MLB.com: “In addition to Gray, the Yankees will receive $1.5MM in international bonus pool money.”