CEE DOG
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This dude is strictly about business and taking over. :tup:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/new-bl...r-jay-z-bodes-well-for-yankees-164746632.html
Having mastered the music world, marriage, fatherhood, clothing lines and custom booze, Jay-Z, the Midas of the new millennium, is venturing into a world far more cutthroat than anything he ever saw in the Marcy Projects: the agent business.
And the New York Yankees couldn’t be happier. Because the move almost ensures Robinson Cano isn't going anywhere.
The star second baseman left agent Scott Boras to join the new collaboration between Jay-Z's new Roc Nation Sports arm and its partner, the powerful Creative Arts Agency. And while Jay-Z will grab the headlines for his presence in the deal, far more important is CAA's poaching of Cano and what it portends for his future.
Quite simply: CAA encourages contract extensions, Boras reveres free agency.
A look at CAA's client list shows nearly every big-name player it represents agrees to an extension before hitting free agency. Buster Posey signed an eight-year deal this week. Twice Ryan Braun has re-upped with Milwaukee. Same for Ryan Howard in Philadelphia. Plus Matt Cain, Ryan Zimmerman, Andre Ethier, Adam Jones, John Danks, Roy Halladay, Jake Peavy, Grady Sizemore and Denard Span. Only Jason Bay, Mark Buehrle and Dan Haren have hit free agency, and Matt Garza, Corey Hart and Phil Hughes could do the same this year.
The Yankees understand the danger in letting Cano reach free agency, particularly with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and even New York Mets lurking with $200 million ready to throw his way. The 30-year-old Cano, a perennial MVP candidate, is the last star everyday player to come through the Yankees' farm system and considered by the team the best candidate to transition them from the Derek Jeter era into whatever the future holds.
With Mark Teixeira out indefinitely due to a wrist injury, CC Sabathia's velocity down perilously in his first start, and Alex Rodriguez not expected back for who knows how long following hip surgery, the three crazy-dollar deals couldn't look worse for New York at the moment. Paying players absurd dollars on the free-agent market is, well, absurd. It's just the reality for a team without a farm system that is expected to play savior.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/new-bl...r-jay-z-bodes-well-for-yankees-164746632.html
Having mastered the music world, marriage, fatherhood, clothing lines and custom booze, Jay-Z, the Midas of the new millennium, is venturing into a world far more cutthroat than anything he ever saw in the Marcy Projects: the agent business.
And the New York Yankees couldn’t be happier. Because the move almost ensures Robinson Cano isn't going anywhere.
The star second baseman left agent Scott Boras to join the new collaboration between Jay-Z's new Roc Nation Sports arm and its partner, the powerful Creative Arts Agency. And while Jay-Z will grab the headlines for his presence in the deal, far more important is CAA's poaching of Cano and what it portends for his future.
Quite simply: CAA encourages contract extensions, Boras reveres free agency.
A look at CAA's client list shows nearly every big-name player it represents agrees to an extension before hitting free agency. Buster Posey signed an eight-year deal this week. Twice Ryan Braun has re-upped with Milwaukee. Same for Ryan Howard in Philadelphia. Plus Matt Cain, Ryan Zimmerman, Andre Ethier, Adam Jones, John Danks, Roy Halladay, Jake Peavy, Grady Sizemore and Denard Span. Only Jason Bay, Mark Buehrle and Dan Haren have hit free agency, and Matt Garza, Corey Hart and Phil Hughes could do the same this year.
The Yankees understand the danger in letting Cano reach free agency, particularly with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and even New York Mets lurking with $200 million ready to throw his way. The 30-year-old Cano, a perennial MVP candidate, is the last star everyday player to come through the Yankees' farm system and considered by the team the best candidate to transition them from the Derek Jeter era into whatever the future holds.
With Mark Teixeira out indefinitely due to a wrist injury, CC Sabathia's velocity down perilously in his first start, and Alex Rodriguez not expected back for who knows how long following hip surgery, the three crazy-dollar deals couldn't look worse for New York at the moment. Paying players absurd dollars on the free-agent market is, well, absurd. It's just the reality for a team without a farm system that is expected to play savior.