Should Moose's $17m option for 2007 be picked up?

[patchyfogg]

If you listen to my interview with Jim Baumbach from Tampa, you'll hear that even Moose thinks it won't be picked up--unless he "wins 25 games."

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I can be short about this. If he has a solid season in 2006, I say yes. Otherwise let him go.

[Myankee4life]

I thought the one hit occurred earlier in the game, like the 6th inning? I don't remember there being the no-hit drama in the late-innings of that game, but I could be mistaken.

Yea I think it was a double in the 6th. The thing is Yes never shows this game on Yankees Classic.

[TonyStarks]

I can be short about this. If he has a solid season in 2006, I say yes. Otherwise let him go.

Not even if Moose goes 27-1 should that option be picked up.
If Moose has the season I think he will, which is about 14-9, then I say renegotiate with him...maybe a 2 yr deal at $10M a pop. And that's being very generous.

[Mattingly]

Not even if Moose goes 27-1 should that option be picked up.
If Moose has the season I think he will, which is about 14-9, then I say renegotiate with him...maybe a 2 yr deal at $10M a pop. And that's being very generous.

I'd more go with a 1-yr deal then an team option for the same. If it's incentivized, like a low ERA, hi Ks, etc, I'm fine, but nothing like the number of games pitched.

[TonyStarks]

I'd more go with a 1-yr deal then an team option for the same. If it's incentivized, like a low ERA, hi Ks, etc, I'm fine, but nothing like the number of games pitched.

That's true.
I'd do a 1yr with team option for another year.

But I would only pay between $8-$10M no higher.
If I was Cash I'd actually push hard for a $7M deal and make easy incentives for Moose such as Winning 13-15 Games, Pitching 150Inn and with Bonuses the deal could hit about $10M.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Not even if Moose goes 27-1 should that option be picked up.
If Moose has the season I think he will, which is about 14-9, then I say renegotiate with him...maybe a 2 yr deal at $10M a pop. And that's being very generous.

I first read $7 million, but SEVENTEEN is way too much.
And if Hughes is living up to the expectations, what do we need Moose for?

If they negotiate about a lower amount, we can reconsider. But indeed $17 million is way too much.

[pacewon]

The best postseason pitching performance I have ever seen, and perhaps best pitching performance I have ever seen period, was Roger Clemens in the 2000 ALCS. CG, 0 ER, 1 H, 15 K. That 1 hit was a line drive that barely went over a leaping Tino Martinez. Clemens was amazing that game.

I remember that too. He knocked A-Rod down two times in a row in the first inning.