Shin-Sho Choo Rejects $140mm from The Yankees

[HookersandIceCream]

While the market for Shin-Soo Choo has been slow to develop, he could have already found a home had accepted a lavish offer from the Yankees. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reportsthat even after signing Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year, $153MM contract, the Yankees offered Choo a seven-year, $140MM contract. Agent Scott Boras reportedly countered by asking for Ellsbury money, and the Yankees instead elected to sign Carlos Beltran to a much cheaper three-year, $45MM pac


http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/...en-year-offer-from-yankees.html#disqus_thread

as a fan. Wtf are the Yankees doing?

 

[SHAQAVELLI]

Don't you mean WTF is Shin-Soo Choo doing?

Jesus Christ, that's insane money ... why the fukk would he turn that down? He's not all that great. I would toss him like 5 years, $80 million at most.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

why you turn that down choo

 

[holidayinn21]

i just posted this in the offseason thread.

but sides are idiots in this case.

 

[SHAQAVELLI]

This is what ESPN "experts" estimated Choo would get:

SHIN-SOO CHOO

Blum: $108 million, 6 years, Tigers

Fitzpatrick: $120 million, 6 years, Astros or Tigers

McCauley: $106 million, 6 years, Mets

Rumberg: $100 million, 6 years, Mets

Trister: $111 million, 6 years, Astros, Mets or Tigers

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=9950572

 

[FaTaL]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/6205/shin-soo-choo

looking at his numbers i dont see why hes worth 140 mil?

somebody explain it to me, nice obp though

 

[HookersandIceCream]

i just posted this in the offseason thread.

but sides are idiots in this case.

Yea I saw this on my fb feed but didn't get around to posting it

Smh

The Yankees learned nothing
Better off giving Cano that contract then signing these good but not great Ofers

 

[Spaceman Piff]

Yea I saw this on my fb feed but didn't get around to posting it

Smh

The Yankees learned nothing
Better off giving Cano that contract then signing these good but not great Ofers

yankees didn't wanna give cano 10 years..

 

[ExodusNirvana]

While the market for Shin-Soo Choo has been slow to develop, he could have already found a home had accepted a lavish offer from the Yankees. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reportsthat even after signing Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year, $153MM contract, the Yankees offered Choo a seven-year, $140MM contract. Agent Scott Boras reportedly countered by asking for Ellsbury money, and the Yankees instead elected to sign Carlos Beltran to a much cheaper three-year, $45MM pac


http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/...en-year-offer-from-yankees.html#disqus_thread

as a fan. Wtf are the Yankees doing?

The wallet is open. We talked about this.

 

[Jax]

Unless his agent had a better offer in a state where he has to pay no income taxes, that was dumb

 

[BonafideDefacto]

He was trash with the Indians
Had 1 good season
Now this nygga is worth 100+
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[duckbutta]

lol at this...

Yankees : Here you go ( slides contract offer )

Boras: Looks at it... ...we want DLelsbury money

Yankees:

Boras :

Choo:

IF JAY WAS THE AGENT HE'D GET CHOO MORE MONEY ELSEWHERE:

THE ROCK!!!!

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Sounds like he didn't want to play in NY or for the Yankees.

 

[god shamgod]

what a dumb ass.His agent is boras so he still might get that from someone else

 

[Chrishaune]

Yankees holla at me real quick......