2008-11-18T17:33:10-05:00 <p>Yankees GM <strong>Brian Cashman</strong> has been busy handing out the money -- or trying to hand it out, anyway. After presenting an offer of about $140 million over six years to superstar free agent pitcher <strong>CC Sabathia</strong>, Cashman reached out to the agents for star free agent pitchers <strong>A.J. Burnett</strong> and <strong>Derek Lowe</strong>. It is believed Cashman also extended the offer on his Quarter Billion Dollar Tour -- the approximate combined amount of the potential offers to the three pitchers -- to Burnett's agent, <strong>Darek Braunecker</strong>, but it was still uncertain whether he reached Lowe's agent, <strong>Scott Boras</strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2008-11-17T16:44:49-05:00 4 2008-11-17T16:44:49-05:00 1 1 10 2008-11-18T17:33:09-05:00 1344 NY TMZ41486 Tarrytown 174890 4 Hughes will be in AAA to start the year 3376638 2008-11-18T13:23:21-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/599/966/thumb/das_boot.jpg 50 NY drew31177 westchester 600606 3 what are you gonna get for an injured hughes that looks like **** in winter ball? 3372314 2008-11-18T11:33:21-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/599/966/thumb/das_boot.jpg 50 NY drew31177 westchester 600606 1 trying to sign CC, AJ, and lowe... with joba ang wang, where does that leave kennedy and hughes? 3370709 2008-11-18T12:38:05-05:00 449 NY micah211099 Chester 582943 trying to sign CC, AJ, and lowe... with joba ang wang, where does that leave kennedy and hughes? 2 Joba as the setup man and Hughes as trade bait. 3371788 2008-11-18T11:33:21-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/599/966/thumb/das_boot.jpg 50 NY drew31177 westchester 600606 1 trying to sign CC, AJ, and lowe... with joba ang wang, where does that leave kennedy and hughes? 3370709 4 <p>Yankees GM <strong>Brian Cashman</strong> has been busy handing out the money -- or trying to hand it out, anyway. After presenting an offer of about $140 million over six years to superstar free agent pitcher <strong>CC Sabathia</strong>, Cashman reached out to the agents for star free agent pitchers <strong>A.J. Burnett</strong> and <strong>Derek Lowe</strong>. It is believed Cashman also extended the offer on his Quarter Billion Dollar Tour -- the approximate combined amount of the potential offers to the three pitchers -- to Burnett's agent, <strong>Darek Braunecker</strong>, but it was still uncertain whether he reached Lowe's agent, <strong>Scott Boras</strong>.</p> <p>Sabathia's agent, <strong>Greg Genske</strong>, heard the Yankees' bid, and didn't immediately accept. Sabathia was said to be in Las Vegas over the weekend participating in a gold and poker tournament for sports stars.</p> <p>It's not known what the Yankees are offering Burnett and Lowe. My guesses of $75 million for five years and $56 million for four, respectively, were said to be incorrect, so they are being secretive about those proposals. The reason for that isn't known, but it's probably not related to the reaction to their bid for Sabathia from Brewers general manager <strong>Doug Melvin</strong>, who wondered aloud in a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel why the Yankees didn't bid $110 million after the Brewers were reported to have proposed $100 million.</p> <p>The main reason for that, of course, is that the Yankees don't view the Brewers as their main competition for Sabathia, who prefers to pitch in California if all things are equal. West Coast teams the Dodgers, Angels and possibly Giants are considered potential bidders.</p> 24161 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/100/64/thumb/Heyman_Jon.png 0 NY Jon Heyman New York 10084