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New York Yankees, Texas Rangers open series Friday

May 5th, 2011 Posted in MLB
May, 05 2011
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New York YankeesThe New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers will play this weekend in a series between two of the top teams in the American League. Each of these teams are in first place in their respective divisions. The series is scheduled to start on Friday night in Texas.

MLB Betting has the Yankees at 5-1 to win the World Series and the Rangers at 20-1.

The Rangers will be the home team in this game and that should be a huge advantage for them. They are 16-13 on the season overall, but their home record has been outstanding at 11-5. The Yankees have not played many road games this season, and they are 5-3 to this point away from New York.

The Rangers started out on fire, but they have struggled a bit as of late. Luckily the Los Angeles Angels have been struggling as of late as well. Both teams have gone 4-6, so the Rangers have managed to stay atop the American League West despite their struggles.

With Josh Hamilton injured, the Rangers will need Adrian Beltre to step up and play like a marquee player. Last season he was a major weapon for the Red Sox and he had a season with the Dodgers when he was one of the best hitters in the league. The Rangers need Beltre to step up and hit in this series as the Yankees are a great offensive team and should put a lot of runs on the board this weekend.

If the Rangers lose this series, they may get passed up by both the Los Angeles Angels and the Oakland Athletics.

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Cliff Lee Spurns Yanks, Rejoins Phillies With $120M Deal

December 18th, 2010 Posted in MLB
Dec, 18 2010
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This week free agent pitcher Cliff Lee rejoined the Philadelphia Phillies that he led to the 2009 World Series title with a guaranteed five-year $120 million contract.

The Phillies chances of winning the 2011 World Series in MLB Betting Odds will be increased with this move.

Last December 16th, the 32-year old lefthander was traded and then Seattle swapped him to the Texas Rangers this past July. Even though he became a free agent on November 1st, Lee helped the Rangers reach their first World Series.

What the New York Yankees would offer him most observers figured he couldn’t turn down that. Cliff Lee became a Phillies once more when on December 15th, a day shy of what would have been a year since they traded him.

Comparatively to the Phillies, the offer of Yankees and Rangers were reportedly significantly higher but Lee turned down offers from both of them. With the same length of Roy Halladay’s agreement from last year, the length of the contract was a departure from Philadelphia’s traditional policy of not offering contracts of longer than three years.

Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt will no doubt make Philadelphia prohibitive favorites in the National League East Division and Lee’s addition to the Phillies’ starting rotation of Halladay. The potential for an incredibly formidable pitching staff is undeniable with 13 All-Star appearances among them and a combined 481-275 won-loss record.

If Lee pitches 200 innings in 2014 or a total of 400 innings combined in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, his contract reportedly contains a $12.5 million buyout clause as well as a $27.5 million option that kicks in. The contract will pay him $135 million, if he remains with Philadelphia for six seasons.

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New York Yankees, Texas Rangers throw more money at Cliff Lee

December 11th, 2010 Posted in MLB
Dec, 11 2010
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The New York Yankees have added a seventh year to their offer for pitcher Cliff Lee, according to ESPN the Magazine. The Yankees original offer to Lee was for six years and 140 million according to MLB news.

In another development, the Texas Rangers met with Lee face-to-face in Little Rock, Ark. The Texas brass presented Lee a variety of increases in salary. Rangers’ general managing partner Chuck Greenberg said the organization is committed to fielding a championship-caliber team.

Rangers President Nolan Ryan was told of the Yankees adding a year on ESPN’s “Mike and Mike in the Morning” show. He later remarked that tacking on a seventh year to the contract could be dangerous. However, Ryan didn’t say that seven years went beyond the Rangers limit.

Texas general manager Jon Daniels also declined to say whether the Rangers would adjust their offer. He did admit though that the team is “willing to take on a level of risk that we wouldn’t for another player,”.

At the winter meetings in Florida, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman confirmed that the team had made a formal offer to Lee, but wouldn’t reveal anything more about the Yankees plans.

New York manager Joe Giradi called Lee the “complete package” and is very hopeful that the Yankees will sign him.

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