Monday, November 3, 2008
NY Post: NO ‘OPTION’ FOR MARTE
Add Damaso Marte to Jason Giambi and Carl Pavano as players the Yankees aren’t likely to exercise options on - which will make them free agents.
Giambi has a $22 million option with a $5 million buyout and Pavano has a $15 million option with a $1.95 million buyout.
Declining Marte’s $6 million option isn’t an indication the club doesn’t want the lefty reliever back. It means the Yankees don’t want to pick up the option ($250,000 buyout) that trailed Marte from Pittsburgh when he was acquired with Xavier Nady for Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, Jeff Karstens and Daniel McCutcheon on July 26.
Marte’s a Type A free agent, which means if he is offered arbitrations and signs elsewhere the Yankees get a couple of picks, but if I were the Yankees I’d pick up his option. Sure, you’re overpaying for one year, but he should still be a Type A free agent next year, and you get a year with a good reliever while you sort out who can replace him in 2010, be it Phil Coke or someone else.
Update: I helped Chris Jaffe over at the Hardball Times with a look at the best teams to never win a pennant. Here’s the link to part 1 for anyone interested in seeing it.
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