NEW YORK — Manager Joe Girardi said Monday his hope was that a new deal with the Yankees would get done “quickly,” and Thursday he got his wish.
Girardi, whose original three-year, $7.5 million contract was due to expire next week, agreed to a three-year deal worth $9 million — an even $3 million per season — with added postseason incentives, a source confirmed to Newsday.
The Yankees will make a formal announcement today. The shocking news of the week would have been had a deal not gotten done.
After Girardi, 287-199 in three seasons with the Yankees, spoke on Monday in his end-of-season news conference, general manager Brian Cashman took the dais and said his desire was to get something done with Girardi soon.
Negotiations began Tuesday morning, with the framework of the agreed-upon deal agreed to shortly thereafter.
Mets name Alderson GM
NEW YORK — Sandy Alderson was chosen as the Mets’ general manager, and is now responsible for rebuilding a big-spending organization beset by problems on and off the field.
Alderson will be introduced today at a Citi Field news conference.
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is allowing Alderson to leave his current job with Major League Baseball, in which he’s leading efforts to reform operations in the Dominican Republic.
“I think it’s in the best interest of baseball,” Selig said in San Francisco before Game 2 of the World Series. “I’ve known Sandy for 30 years. I have enormous respect for Sandy both professionally and personally.”
Giants’ Guillen linked to HGH
NEW YORK — The New York Times said Giants outfielder Jose Guillen, who was left off the team’s postseason roster, is linked to a federal investigation into shipments of human growth hormone.
The story, posted on the paper’s website and citing several unidentified lawyers, said federal authorities told Major League Baseball they were looking into shipments of HGH sent to Guillen’s wife in the Bay Area.
Phillies part ways with Moyer
PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have cut ties with 47-year-old pitcher Jamie Moyer.
Moyer was 9-9 with a 4.84 ERA in the final season of a $14.5 million contract he signed after helping Philadelphia win the World Series in 2008.
Denver Post wire services
