According to a person familiar with the Yankees' plans, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak for the team, there is a push by some members of the Yankees' organization to make a play for free-agent outfielder Manny Ramirez. The Yankees are negotiating simultaneously with free-agent starting pitchers A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe, having increased their offer to Burnett to five years and about $80 million by Wednesday night. But while they wouldn't mind signing both of those pitchers in addition to CC Sabathia, they don't think it's realistic that they will. So, assuming they only get one, they'd try to fill their other rotation spot with Ben Sheets or (more likely) Andy Pettitte, and that's when they could turn their attention to spending money on Manny. There was a report somewhere today about Hank Steinbrenner liking Ramirez, and apparently he's not the only one in the organization who feels that way. One Yankee insider said the team is driven to build a World Series winner in the short-term, especially since Sabathia can opt out of his seven-year contract after the first three years, and that many in the organization believe the lineup is short on power. Pairing Ramirez with fellow 500-homer club member Alex Rodriguez in the middle of the lineup would certainly solve that problem. It might cause some overcrowding issues with Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui under contract for one more year, but the team could make a separate deal to alleviate that, by trading away one of those guys or Xavier Nady. As for Ramirez's famed flakiness and attitude issues, the Yankees believe they would be able to keep him focused because they have been told he's "obsessed" with the idea of getting to 600 career home runs. He currently has 527. The question is what kind of deal Ramirez is seeking. He turned down a two-year, $45 million deal from the Dodgers and is said to be looking for at least four years. It's unclear whether the Yankees would be willing to invest $100 million in Ramirez over four years, but they might be willing to pay him more per year if he'd take a shorter-term contract. 大意上是只球队当中不只嘴炮小老板对Manny有兴趣.. 然後因为C.C有opt-out条款所以会想再短期内建立一只有竞争力的球队... 然後会给Manny比较多钱让他接受比较短的合约. --

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