The Yankees and Brewers continue to haggle over how much of the $12 million due to Kei Igawa for...

The Yankees and Brewers continue to haggle over how much of the $12 million due to Kei Igawa for the next three seasons the Yankees will swallow in order to complete the swap of Mike Cameron for Melky Cabrera.

The Brewers are moving Cameron and his $10 million salary in order to restock their pitching staff that lost Sabathia and likely will lose Ben Sheets. So, the Brewers don't want to pay Igawa $4 million of the $10 million they are saving by dealing Cameron.

Because the Yankees have told the Brewers they cannot have any of pitchers on their 40-man roster, Igawa is the best the Brewers can do.

Brewers asked for Phil Coke, Jose Veras and Mark Melancon and quickly were told no.

Each side expects the deal to get done eventually.

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that's weak

That we couldn’t even get one of Veras, Melancon, or Coke. With Veras being around 30, you’d think the Yanks would be reasonable with their asking price for him.

by marty22 on Dec 14, 2008 11:35 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

this would annoy me big time if this was true. do the yanks understand that they have to give something up to get something good? better yet does the brewers organization kno this..uget ur man, or u pull out.

by BrewerBlue87 on Dec 14, 2008 12:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

...

i feel like we are getting bullied by a bigger kid

by BrewerBlue87 on Dec 14, 2008 12:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Why?

Melvin is obviously okay with the Yankees players offered if all that’s left is haggling over financial details.

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by TheJay on Dec 14, 2008 4:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

melvin being okay with igawa doesnt make me okay with igawa

by BrewerBlue87 on Dec 14, 2008 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I feel like Ralphie in The Christmas Story. Hopefully moustache will stand up to the yanks like ralphie did to his bully

by pjpaulus on Dec 14, 2008 1:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

you want melvin to punch cashman out?

by BrewerBlue87 on Dec 14, 2008 2:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

More like Steinbrenner, Cashman is the sidekick and Steinbrenner is the bully

by pjpaulus on Dec 14, 2008 2:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Igawa reacts to the news

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Dec 14, 2008 2:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

hahahaha

by tcyoung on Dec 15, 2008 1:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I like this one

The caption should read “What you talking about Willis?”

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"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Dec 15, 2008 1:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

So Igawa's minor league numbers aren't so bad

3.47 ERA 1.19 WHIP 194Ks to 63 BBs. If the yanks eat most of the salary, Igawa could be worth the chance.

by pjpaulus on Dec 14, 2008 8:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

His japanese numbers aren't to shabby either

When I was looking at them earlier he had something like 4 out of 5 years with inning totals over 200 (the outlier was in the 170s) before he came across the big pond.

Congrats 08 Crew on a fine Wild Card achievement! What do you say we keep the next postseason drought to something a little shorter than a quarter of a Century.

by MadJimiBrewha on Dec 14, 2008 9:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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