He has never said he hates NY or hes desperate to pitch in Cali.

When he says it I’ll buy it.

@ YankCrank — you’re right, he’s not represented by Boras. My bad.

Steve, maybe you could do a post on the other big free agents the Yankees signed over the past 8 years and see when they signed as opposed to when they offered a contract.

That would give good perspective on the correlation a free agent receives a contract and when he signs and how that compares to if he wants to play for the Yankees.

And yes, some players do grow up wanting to play for the Yankees.
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That’s true, I grew up wanting to play for the Yankees badly. Lots of people grow up wanting to play for the Yankees, and honestly, lots of players get to free agency, have a family and want to cash in on as much money and security as possible to support that same family. I imagine if you were in C.C.’s situation, and were hitting free agency for the one and only time within your prime years, you’d want to explore exactly how much money you could make as well. Give the big guy a break.

Jane, he’s waiting for another offer to come out. He’s the biggest free agent pitcher on the market so he’s trying to maximize his earning power. The longer he waits to sign the more A) The Yankees become desperate, B) The Angels get impatient with Tex and try to move on to Sabathia, C) The Dodgers get impatient with Manny and try to move on to Sabathia, D) Other teams like the Giants, Mets etc. feel they can make an offer if they wanted to (no truth to that part, pure speculation on my part). He figures that, right now, worst case scenario he has a $140 million offer from the Yanks on the table and best case scenario, he waits and more teams get involved to boost his price tag up.

This in no way means he doesn’t want to play in New York, seeing as he’s never said where he wants or prefers to play. All that’s clear now is he’s a free agent and, with not jumping on the Brewer or Yankee offer right away, he wants to make a large chunk of money.

And yes, some players do grow up wanting to play for the Yankees.
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And yes, many more players grow up not caring if they play for the Yankees or not. If Cashman were to limit himself to “Only players who grew up wanting to play for the Yankees,” we would overlook many, many good players.

I’m in the “CC doesn’t want to play in New York” camp. He said he’d make his decision after Thanksgiving? Well, even the turkey leftovers are gone. What’s he waiting for? And yes, some players do grow up wanting to play for the Yankees.

Sure, for the money. And, the money alone. And, we know how well those types of relationships work out – sooner or later, there are issues
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Isn’t this how most players decide where they are going to play?

Sanair, you’re right about Boras but he doesn’t represent C.C. I’d definitely be a little more annoyed if CC was a client of Boras.

“After all, if it was your dream to play for the Yanks, and they offered you $140 million, and no one else was willing to offer you anything close to that, what’s to think about or wait on?”

This is Scott Boras’ modus operandi. He waits as long as possible, and lets the pajama bloggers and newspapermen upset themselves.
Why are you acting surprised?