UPDATE: Rangers Acquire Cliff Lee For Smoak, Other Prospects

[UNHWildCats]

Texas thinks as long as the ownership issue is resolved by the offseason that they have a shot to re-sign Lee. He lives in nearby Arkansas.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Yankees livid with Mariners. Say that "You just don't do business that way,"

Good, fuck the Yankee douchebags!

[UNHWildCats]

Yankees livid with Mariners. Say that "You just don't do business that way,"

Good, fuck the Yankee douchebags!

[JoltinJoe]

Yankees livid with Mariners. Say that "You just don't do business that way,"

Good, **** the Yankee douchebags!

So we win the WS in October and sign Lee in November without losing our top prospect.

[Willie]

Then who you're following doesn't know shit. That was never said.

and how the hell would you know what was or wasnt said.

Listen, it's simple. The Yankees could fucking care less if they got Lee RIGHT NOW. They'll get him in the off-season, guaranteed and not lose any of their prospects. They wouldn't come out and say stupid shit about business.

[JoltinJoe]

Texas thinks as long as the ownership issue is resolved by the offseason that they have a shot to re-sign Lee. He lives in nearby Arkansas.

They have zero shot at Lee. He wants to sign with the Yankees. He's not going to sign with a middle-of-the pack AL team which, but for a 13-2 run in June against NL bottom feeders, would be just a few games over .500.

[UNHWildCats]

and how the hell would you know what was or wasnt said.

Listen, it's simple. The Yankees could fucking care less if they got Lee RIGHT NOW. They'll get him in the off-season, guaranteed and not lose any of their prospects. They wouldn't come out and say stupid shit about business.

yet a prominent national baseball writer says that quote was said to him by a Yankees exec. Who shall I believe. The guy it was said to (Ken Rosenthal) or you 2,000 miles or so away from New York.

[BlueHen86]

Good, **** the Yankee douchebags!

So we win the WS in October and sign Lee in November without losing our top prospect.

Maybe. You might also lose to Lee and Texas in the playoffs and then not sign Lee.

[BlueHen86]

Yankees are now reportedly out of it. Of course for all the players they have either been out of or never in on in the past they can make an all star team with, so they never trully are out until Lee is in another uniform.

This is actually better. We get Lee later this year and get to keep Montero too.

Spin away. If this was better the Yanks wouldn't have been in trade talks in the first place.