[rtpoe]

Here are the Yankee players who will either be free agents, or have club options on their services for next year:

FREE AGENTS

Nick Swisher
Russell Martin
Hiroki Kuroda
Andy Pettitte
Mariano Rivera
Ichiro Suzuki
Raul Ibanez
Derek Lowe
Eric Chavez
Andruw Jones
Freddy Garcia

CLUB OPTIONS

Robinson Cano ($14 million or $2 million buyout)
Curtis Granderson ($13 million, $2 million buyout)

PLAYER OPTION

Rafael Soriano (owed $14 million for 2013, or can take $1.5 million buyout and become a free agent)

Hmmm.... Do you think we've seen the last of the Yankees for a while?

And congrats to the Tigers!!!!

[beachboy]

Well, Cano isn't going anywhere, and I imagine they'll pick up the option on Granderson as well.  Mo Rivera will be back so he has the opportunity to retire while not on the DL.  Pettitte probably retires for the 100th time.  The rest, is anyone's guess.

At any rate, glad to see the Yankees swept out of the playoffs, couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.

Given the choice from the remaining teams, I'm cheering for the Tigers.  Anyone except the Cardinals.

[tdotter]

I hope the media is not too hard on Girardi.The guy just lost his pops.
I will say this.As much as I don't like the Yankees,I got to hand it to Jeter.The guy's a warrior.He never hot dogs and plays the game right.
I bet Jeter is thinking right now,"I hope we get rid of this Arod clown!"

[rtpoe]

Yep, A-Rod has been making a botch of it. Getting caught flirting while he's supposed to be at work....

Ya know, given the unprecedented across-the-board sudden catastrophic failure of the Yankee offense, maybe you ought to consider the statistical unlikelihood of everybody going into a massive slump all at the same time, and then maybe perhaps give a teeny bit of credit to the Tigers' pitching staff?

[tommyboyddd]

Players with three HRs in a World Series game:  Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, Albert Pujols, and... Pablo Sandoval?!  Wow.

[solvegas]

 A big story is how the Giants came back from a 3 - 1 hole and won the next three to go to the World Series. It is very uncommon for teams in a best of seven to come back and win it when you are in such position. And the Cardinals offense died during that debacle. So .... who, in your opinion, will win the World Series and in how many games ?

[pedonbio]

A big story is how the Giants came back from a 3 - 1 hole and won the next three to go to the World Series. It is very uncommon for teams in a best of seven to come back and win it when you are in such position. And the Cardinals offense died during that debacle. So .... who, in your opinion, will win the World Series and in how many games ?

The Giants, but it will go the full 7.

[rtpoe]

Tigers in 6.

I read on ESPN.com that they played the Series on the "MLB: The Show 2012" game, and the Giants won in 6. Forgot the link....

[beachboy]

Okay, everyone who picked the Giants to sweep out the Tigers, raise your hand.

[Looks around]

Yeah, I didn't see that one coming either.

[pedonbio]

Okay, everyone who picked the Giants to sweep out the Tigers, raise your hand.

[Looks around]

Yeah, I didn't see that one coming either.

Well, I clearly underestimated San Francisco. At least I got the S.F. part correct.

[solvegas]

I did not expected to end so soon. I figured the Tigers would win at least two games during their homestand. San Francisco had mommentum but I did not expect what happened. Now we can concentrate on what really matters, FOOTBALL !! 

[beachboy]

Well, we sure can't turn our attention to hockey. *grumble, grumble*

[solvegas]

Well, we sure can't turn our attention to hockey. *grumble, grumble*

Hockey ? Whuzat ?  Oh yea .... brawling on ice. 

[rtpoe]

Congratulations to all the award winners!

Managers of the Year: Bob Melvin took the A's to the top of the AL West, with a bunch of rookies and no-names. Davey Johnson led the Nationals to the best record in all of baseball when no one even expected them to win their division.

Rookies of the Year: Bryce Harper and Mike Trout will help ensure that there's exciting baseball for years to come.

Cy Young Award: David Price earned the award with a great year for Tampa Bay, and R.A. Dickey mastered the unmasterable with the Mets (the knuckleball, not his teammates).

MVPs: Buster Posey led the Giants to a World Series win and Miguel Cabrera scared opposing pitchers while becoming the first "triple crown" winner in 45 years.

[beachboy]

... and most of this was overshadowed by the Toronto Blue Jays adding the entire Miami Marlins squad to their roster for a bag of magic beans (pending Selig's approval of the trade).  It could end up being the straw that breaks Loria's back (and by "straw" I mean the mob of angry Marlins fans that want him excommunicated from the league).