Yankees fans are pumped about signing Randy Winn. And by that, I mean they're cancelling their season tickets.

http://www.faniq.com/article/Yankees-fans-cancel-season-tickets-after-Randy-Winn-signing-1970676
Yankees fans are pumped about signing Randy Winn. And by that, I mean they're cancelling their season tickets.
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The Yankees just signed Randy Winn, which most likely means the Johnny Damon era in New York is over. Yankees fans are less than thrilled at the idea, and some are even canceling their season tickets in protest.

Here's a copy of one fan's email to the team:

"I am sorry for the delay in responding to the many emails about making the payment on my Yankees account. The last time I spoke to you I believe I was inquiring about the proccess of upgrading to a full season ticket plan. Unfortunately, right after that I learned of the granderson trade and that made me begin to have some doubts.

As long as I have been a Yankee fan, I have always had the belief that the Yankees would do their best to put the best possible team on the field to attempt to win a championship. After an amazing season in which the Yankees brought the trophy back home, sadly it seems they hav lost their focus on winning another championship this year.

The list of transgressions includes bringing in players who have already proven they are capable of succeeding in ny ( nick Johnson and Javier vasquez), destroying the farm system that was finally being built back up to aquire older players who have had mediocre careers (granderson) and today the signing of winn in order to save some money instead of bringing back one of the most productive players as well as a great teammate, Johnny Damon was the final straw.

I held out hope for so long, praying cashman would make a move to show me he cares about putting together a team that can win this year, but today proved that the Boss's son are more concerned with a profit margin than winning championships, something their father would never be accused of.

I am a middle school teacher in the Bronx with a budget as well, but since I've moved out here I've always found a way to get ticket packages because of the entertaining product the Yankees put on the field, but also because I knew that the Yankees would do what was in their power to put a championship caliber team on the field. Even in 2008, when I knew the team was rebuilding, I bought a plan because I knew they were making a sacrifice to improve their chances the following year.

This offseason has not instilled this same confidence, so I regretfully must inform you that I am cancelling my ticket plan. I am no longer a ticket package holder for the Yankees, but I remain what I will always be, I lifelong Yankee fan.

Thank you for your help and service throughout the years XXXX. Hopefully, we will be in touch sooner than later.
Best regards,
XXX XXXX"


Check out the link to read that surprisingly reasonable response from the ticket representative, who realizes that clearly the Yankees have still paid more than enough to ensure another World Series... I mean, who are we kidding here?

he is going to be a backup.........gardner will start along with granderson and swisher, i dont see what the deal is, im a yankees sesaon ticket holder, and i am happy with the winn signing, yanks also have jamie hoffman a young kid who they got from the dodgers

4 World Series' in the decade and this dbag has the balls to complain about how the organization is ran? Some people are so stupid.

Cost saving measure, not to mention Damon is getting old, his best days are behind him now.
Same with Matsui, he's starting to break down on a regular basis, Granderson will have a monster season in the lineup.

Hmmm, let me think. Melky Cabrerra or Curtis Granderson. It's a no brainer.

The farm system is solid with a couple of fine prospects on the way up.

This guy does not sound like a fan. Have fun at Shea err... I mean CITI Field.

im the hugest Yankees fan(check out my username)
this signing is no big deal hes a solid glove and a decent bat and thats all the Yankees need anyways they have a great line up and pitchers too now..
Cashman did a good job this winter Love Granderson and Boras was being Boras so F him

Melky will make the Yankees pay....he will have a tremendous year and out perform Granderson....let's watch the meltdown if Grandy gets off to a bad start in New York...

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:

Melky will make the Yankees pay....he will have a tremendous year and out perform Granderson....let's watch the meltdown if Grandy gets off to a bad start in New York...

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its actually the exact opposite Melky will be exposed and notproduce at all..
he was no big deal on the Yankees never mind anywhere else he goes.
he wont be in the majors in 4 years

I am sure this email is real because we all know how disappointed he must have been in paying for season tickets last year and watching the team win the East, make the world series and destroy the Phillies to win it all.

Now they come back with virtually the entire core back, but instead of bringing back old farts like Matsui and Damon, they replace them with guys like Granderson, N. Johnson and R. Winn. They also replace S. Mitre with a pitcher that finished 4th in the NL in Cy Young votes last year.

This email is either a fake or the author is a complete buffoon. My guess is that the author is Scott Boras.

Yankee fans bitching about the Granderson trade need to shut the hell up and stop whining. Yankees improved this offseason and that is all their is to it. I'm sure there are plenty of people willing to snatch up those ticks.

Even Yogi Berra would agree: it's over. For any Yankees fan clinging to a shred of hope that the team would somehow come to its senses and find a way to fit Johnny Damon back into their budget, Thursday's announcement of Randy Winn's signing to a one-year, $2-million deal dashed those hopes. It's not that the Yankees and Damon didn't try to find some middle ground; they clearly did, continuing to pump life into the story long after most observers had written the possibility off, or at least grown tired of the story. Now, the question is which options remain for Damon?

The story so far: Capping his four-year, $52-million deal with a 24-homer, .282/.365/.489 regular season and a World Series-turning base-running gambit, the 36-year-old Damon entered the free-agent market with a good bit of momentum, though his age positioned him well behind both Matt Holliday and Jason Bay among left fielders. It also quite clearly put him below fellow Scott Boras client Holliday on the agent's docket, the type of conflict of interest that tends to go unacknowledged within the industry.

Boras sought another long-term deal for Damon, or at least a longer-term deal than what the Yankees were comfortable with, given their aging core and (yes) budgetary constraints. Even before the World Series ended, SI.com's Jon Heyman—a writer often linked to Boras-related rumors, and not in a terribly flattering way—reported that the upper bounds of the Yanks' interest appeared to be two years and $16 million, nearly a 40-percent pay cut on an average annual value basis. About six weeks later, the New York Times' Tyler Kepner reported that both Damon and an anonymous Yankees official confirmed that the team had offered Damon two years and $14 million, and that he had countered with two years and $20 million. That report surfaced in the context of the Yankees' Dec. 18 signing of Nick Johnson to a one-year, $5.5-million deal to be their primary designated hitter, a move which, even then, was read as sealing Damon's exit.

Not that the tea leaves hadn't already foretold such a story. Immediately after the World Series, Bobby Abreu, who served as last winter's cautionary tale regarding mid-market corner outfielders previously under pinstriped control, re-upped with the Angels for two years and $19 million, a substantial raise on his $5-million (plus incentives) deal for 2009, but something which provided a direct point of comparison for similarly aged (Abreu is four months younger), similarly productive (.290+ EqAs for both over the last two years) corner outfielders with defensive concerns.

Less than a month later, the Yankees declined to offer arbitration to Damon, a Type-A free agent, not a surprising decision given the industry trend, but also not an indication of hot and heavy interest. A week after that, they traded for Curtis Granderson, the Tigers' going-on-29-year-old center fielder, even further reducing Damon's leverage by pitting him directly against fellow free agent/World Series hero Hideki Matsui in a lowest-bidder auction to be the team's nominal DH, thus giving them the option of maintaining last year's tandem of Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera in one of the outfield slots (center or left). With Johnson's signing and then the re-acquisition of Javier Vazquez (costing them Cabrera, not to mention $11.5 million towards their 2010 payroll), Damon's chances of returning appeared to be positioned between slim and none in the team photo.

Damon needed the Yankees much more than they needed him and when Granderson was acquired, the Yankees needed Damon a lot less.
What Damon and Boras have not realized is that teams now are putting just as much emphasis on defense as they are with offense

terps1313 said:

4 World Series' in the decade and this dbag has the balls to complain about how the organization is ran? Some people are so stupid.

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:think2:
Technically, you are right. They did it in the '30's and the '50's.......ahhhh, they were great decades weren't they?

Damon isn't needed, NYY can always pick up an outfielder ( if needed) during the season. Plenty will be available at the trading deadline by teams dumping salary.

I'd be more concerned about the status of Ching-Chong-Wang, as he was a big part of the pitching staff.

Then the NYY can start thinking about signing that Twins catcher...Mauer ( sp ?), to replace Posada.

Yanks could even still get Damon at a reduced price, and basically get this Wynn guy for free with money Damon could have had by signing earlier.

Yanks should be fine, they can fill any hole that develops, except maybe for 1st base.

Winn is an extra player, that will rarely play.


And 11 million a year is too much for a left fielder that cant play the field.

krk1030 said:

Winn is an extra player, that will rarely play.


And 11 million a year is too much for a left fielder that cant play the field.

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exactly Winn is nothing to worry about, he can be released, traded, sent to AAA, he might even fill a role have a great season and be a brilliant pickup.

the problem is fitting to many cheap guys on the 25 man roster. I assume he can be sent down to AAA.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/2010-02-08-330868137_x.htm

<TABLE id=topTools cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Winn and Yankees finalize $1.1M, 1-year contract</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

NEW YORK (AP) — Randy Winn and the New York Yankees have finalized a $1.1 million, one-year contract.
The outfielder can earn an additional $900,000 in performance bonuses based on plate appearances against left-handed pitchers. He would get $100,000 each for 50, 75 and 100, and $150,000 apiece for 125, 150, 175 and 200.
The deal, reached Jan. 27 subject to a physical, pretty much eliminated any chance Johnny Damon had of returning to the World Series champions.
Winn, who figures to share playing time in left field with Brett Gardner, hit .262 with two homers and 51 RBIs for San Francisco last season. The 35-year-old was an All-Star in 2002, when he batted .298 with 14 homers and 75 RBIs for Tampa Bay.


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MikeB said:

:think2:
Technically, you are right. They did it in the '30's and the '50's.......ahhhh, they were great decades weren't they?

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Sorry, figured people would understand I meant "appearances" which is why I didn't say 4 WS wins.

5teamparlay said:

I am no longer a ticket package holder for the Yankees, but I remain what I will always be, an entitled douchebag.

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Fixed.

Yankees got Thames today too.