I’m surprised that he couldn’t get more years or money.

He probably would have except that his personality is part of the deal.

This has been an unpredictable offseason. For all of the money MLB is supposed to be drowning in, we've seen some relatively meager deals. I thought Youkilis would get a better offer than 1/12. Hamilton got "only" 125M. I thought for sure we'd see at least one batshlt crazy Jayson Werth-esque deal by now.

It's weird how many $12m/yr or $13m/yr deals there were. Is there some sort of cap number or arbitration value that seemed to trigger that?

(3) The qualifying offer number?

For all of the money MLB is supposed to be drowning in, we've seen some relatively meager deals.

Surprises me too ... it means I was wrong! Well, the Greinke and Hamilton deals were both pretty out there, Sanchez did get his 5/$80 and we still have Swisher.

However, the new national TV money doesn't start flowing until 2014. I'd still have thought we'd see more big money deals, back-loaded a bit to wait for the TV money. Not that this was a good FA class (not that there will be any good FA class anytime soon). Maybe some of the 1-year deals are the player's preference, knowing there will be more money floating around next year.

And the Marlins and Astros being allowed to carry $20 M payrolls ain't helping.

I went to the 2013 mlb off-season and all I got was this stupid Pierzynski

Pierogi will be 36 next year -

Given that last year was probably his finest, I suppose it's safe to say he survived the early 30s disappearing act that often hits catchers - but one year really doesn't surprise me.

I thought for sure we'd see at least one batshlt crazy Jayson Werth-esque deal by now.

Greinke doesn't count?

I'm shocked he couldn't get a 2 year deal. He's been one of the most reliable catchers in baseball for the last decade. That said, I'm glad the Sox didn't re-up him, time to roll with Flowers.

Would anyone be surprised if some agent throws around the collusion accusation (and it being accurate)? This off season has been quite tempered despite Baseball swimming in money.

He's been one of the most reliable catchers in baseball for the last decade.

He has been pretty consistent, but I thought he had done better. 2004-2011, 7.7 bWAR, OPS+ from 83 to 94. I was not aware of that.

Cashman drops the ball again this offseason. He didn't even make an offer to Pierzynski, apparently because he didn't like his defense. So how was it that he was willing to put up with Posada's atrocious defense toward the latter years of his career. AJ isn't as bad defensively as Posada was, and his bat is perfect for the Stadium.

Now the Yankees are going to parade a three-headed amalgalm of Stewart (who can't hit), Cervelli (who can't throw), and Romine (whos isn't ready) behind the plate and pretend that adds up to an acceptable catcher.

So how was it that he was willing to put up with Posada's atrocious defense toward the latter years of his career

The same way that he puts up with Jeter's defense. He is forced to by circumstance.

Yeah, unless AJ doesn't want to play for the Yanks, I don't get how they could let this happen. I would totally understand them not wanting a two-year contract, because of their concern with being over the salary cap at that time. But they should be able to overpay as they please on one-year contracts in order to fill holes -- and this wouldn't even be overpaying, at all.

Remember the Yankees are still paying the luxury tax in 2013. A $7.5M contract actually costs them $10.5M. So it's not a no-brainer bargain, and they couldn't get a deal as good as could the Rangers or most other teams.

I'm disappointed that the only poster I came to this thread looking for is nowhere to be found.