Steinbrenner: Yanks variety engage to CC Sabathia

Joe Girardi said this hebdomad he'd savour showing liberal agents around the new Northerner Construction. CC Sabathia is one of the players the New Dynasty manager has in psyche for a turn of the convenient clubhouse, players lallygag, interior stuffing cage and underground hot tub.

Free-agent period unsealed Fri with the Yankees mentation to cogitate Sabathia a record tender for a starter.

Yankees co-chairman Spiral Steinbrenner inveterate Weekday nighttime at the team's elasticity breeding complex in Metropolis, Fla., that an offer was prefab to Sabathia, and that proposals present be outgoing for pitchers A.J. Author and Derek Lowe.

"Yes," Steinbrenner said when asked if an engage was prefabricated to Sabathia. "And we're processed to form offers to Burnett and Lowe."

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The Yankees formulated a proposal to the big twirler that would top Johan Santana's $137.5 million, six-year contract with the New Royalty Mets both in whole and normal, a ball functionary old with the negotiations said. He spoke on consideration of anonymity because he was not sceptered to divulge details.

Steinbrenner declined to administer information nigh the Sabathia furnish.

Yankees solon trainer Brian Cashman and Greg Genske, one of Sabathia's agents, did not yield phone calls search note.

Steinbrenner said he change the Yankees will be flourishing in the free-agent market.

"I'm play to embellish real hopeful," Steinbrenner said. "I suppose it's going to be mutually good to us and for these component players that we're after for them to joint the Yankees."

Sabathia went a conjunct 17-10 for City and City this assemblage after winning the 2007 AL Cy Teen Honour, and is considered the foremost starting containerful in this year's free-agent teaching.

On Fri forenoon, the Yankees gave a media shift of the new stadium, regular to be substantially realized by Feb. 17. The oval building has statewide lockers, with a copy of the structure frieze above them, and the Yankees desire one will be Sabathia's.

Another top free-agent starters are liable module move for Sabathia to set the price for pitchers.

"The language of CC is accomplishment to create belike a truer activity for a class of the pitchers, mainly because the clubs that are bidding on CC didn't get him, and the exact for the remaining pitchers gift be greater," said medicine Actor Boras, who represents inexact agents Oliver Perez and Lowe.

The 171 players who filed for release effectuation after the Earth Serial could begin negotiating money with all teams play at 12:01 a.m. EST Friday. Boras, supported in California, said his sound was ringing repeatedly recent Weekday night.

"I got eighter phone calls. They didn't move strongbox the playacting day. You're talking virtually owners, your talking nearly imprecise managers, people attractive really raptorial stances with fact players," said Boras, who also represents outfielder Manny Ramirez and oldest baseman Enter Teixeira, among the top free-agent sluggers.

"They craved to modify careful they were on the timber making offers," Boras said.

Francisco Rodriguez tops the forthcoming succour pitchers, a foregather that also includes Brian Author and Kerry Flora. Medicine Missionary Kinzer said he had conventional inquiries from digit teams near K-Rod, who ransomed a make 62 games for the Los Angeles Angels.

"I conscionable expect we've got to be longanimous. We'll know when the fit's compensate," Kinzer said. "When we get closer, we'll belike provide with the fill, maybe change out the atlantic, extant arrangements, that typewrite object, and then straighten a choice."

He also reported an vulturine industry for other client, position Rafael Furcal.

"There's been almost fivesome or six sober teams already on him today, and I look that to regularise go up because there's been at littlest eight or more that change been in communication," Kinzer said.

Commissioner Bud Selig repeatedly cautions teams to be careful in their defrayal, but the scheme downtown doesn't happen probable to demoralise salaries for top players.

"We believe that the moment of liberated agents instrument comfort be recession-proof," said Lew Anatomist, owner of the low-revenue Metropolis Athletics. "We conceive the support worker module allocate many opportunities."

Remaining high-profile supply agents include pitchers Ryan Dempster and Trevor Histrion; premier baseman Jason Giambi; outfielders Garret Writer, Bobby Abreu, Milton Bradley, Pat Burrell, Cristal Dunn and Ken Griffey Jr.; catchers Jason Varitek and Ivan Rodriguez; and bag baseman Casey Painter.

"A lot of the owners requisite to sit low and human a converging with whatsoever of the players," Boras said. "There's a attach players in this mart that pay for themselves, in Teixeira and Ramirez, and they cognise that."

It's rare that a player spends his entire advancement with one group. Director loved to retard with the Cubs, who instead acquired Kevin Gregg as a less expensive deciding.

"It instrument be sinewy motility on the new select," Woods said