Yanks get Tanaka 7y/$155M

[isestrex]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The Yankees needed Tanaka and they got him: 7 years, $155m., with an opt-out after the fourth year.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="

">January 22, 2014</a></blockquote>

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So much for the Yankees playing it low this offseason.

[wildcard]

That means the Yankees will blow past the 189m team salary. That means they will keep spending. The Yanks signing Balfour is now likely.

I don't like where that leaves the O's with their closer situation.

[bobmc]

Yay! Bring it on! :smile11:

Bronson Arroyo step up!

[varugby]

So now I guess we hope he is a total bust!

[Moose Milligan]

Here's hoping he's the next Irabu.

[atomic]

Hopefully CC's weight loss hurts his performance. I think Tanaka is going to be pretty solid.

[orioles119]

Tanaka will affect about 32 games... what about the other 130?

Frankly I'm glad it's over. Now the pitching dominoes should start to fall.

[duffaphonic]

Arroyo, Garza? The Os and Rays look like 4th and 5th place teams because they've done nothing while the Redsox and Yanks have masterminded a return to the playoffs.

[TonySoprano]

That brings the Yankees new offseason commitments over $450M.

[VeveJones007]

I figured as much. They may go get Garza too while they're at it. They have a slot open in the rotation.

[Dark Helmet]

Now Arroyo and Garza can finally sign with the Dodgers and Angels, while the Orioles cling to the Burnett hope.

[spiritof66]

It's hard to imagine that the 4-6 unsuccessful Tanaka suitors won't pursue, and gobble up, Garza, Arroyo, Jimenez and Santana in the next week or so.

A lot of NYY fans are advocating that they sign another starter.

It's looking like we'll be down to Burnett or someone pretty close to the bottom of the SP dumpster.

[Frobby]

That brings the Yankees new offseason commitments over $450M.

Which is about what they spent the last time they missed the playoffs.

Tanaka could turn out to be great, but you never know. For $22 mm/yr, you'd expect him to be one of the top 5-6 pitchers in the league.

[VeveJones007]

It's hard to imagine that the 4-6 unsuccessful Tanaka suitors won't pursue, and gobble up, Garza, Arroyo, Jimenez and Santana in the next week or so.

A lot of NYY fans are advocating that they sign another starter.

It's looking like we'll be down to Burnett or someone pretty close to the bottom of the SP dumpster.

The Cubs and White Sox won't be in on any of those starters. Tanaka was a special case.

Garza, Jimenez, and Santana were always going to get too much coin for the O's. I think there's a very good shot at either Arroyo or Burnett.

[ExileAngelos]

Gotta love baseball's competitive balance. What a joke.