Cashman: No new contracts for Jeter, Rivera, Girardi

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By GEORGE A. KING III

Last Updated: 7:00 PM, February 12, 2010

Posted: 3:14 AM, February 9, 2010

Comments: 142

When Brian Cashman looks at Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Joe Girardi, the Yankees GM paints his shortstop, closer and manager with the same brush.

And with spring training opening next week in Tampa, Cashman has no plans to stray from his plan of not negotiating with them. All three contracts are in the final year.

“I don’t think you can separate one from the other,” Cashman explained. “I am not saying they are the same, but the questions will come, ‘If you did one, why didn’t you do the other?’ If this was Kansas City, it would be different — but it’s not.”

Anthony J. Causi

WAIT YOUR TURN: Yankees GM Brian Cashman said he won’t talk about contract extensions with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Joe Girardi, who are all entering the final years of their contracts.

Cashman doesn’t fear Girardi’s lame-duck status will become a distraction for the players when the annual slide surfaces and voices call for Girardi’s head even though he led the Yankees to a major-league best 103 wins and a World Series title last season.

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Remember, Joe Torre wanted a two-year deal in order to keep the media off the players about his job status. When he didn’t get it, Torre turned down a one-year offer following the 2007 season. Girardi was hired for three years and $7.5 million.

“It doesn’t make any difference,” Cashman said. “[The media] brought his job [security] up when he had two years left on the contract in [2008]. It doesn’t matter. You can have a contract for 10 years and it doesn’t matter.”

Girardi echoes Cashman.

“I am not concerned and I don’t think it will be a distraction,” Girardi said. “I am fortunate to be a Yankee.”

According to Fernando Cuza, Rivera’s agent, his client hasn’t pushed him to talk to the Yankees about an extension. Casey Close, Jeter’s representative, didn’t return a call. However, it’s not like Jeter to push the issue.

Rivera, 40, is entering the final season of a three-year deal worth $45 million and coming off a year in which he saved 44 games in 46 chances, posted a 1.76 ERA and hiked his all-time postseason save record to 39 with five in nine games. His 11 World Series saves (two this past year) are the most in history.

Jeter, who will be 36 in June, is in the final leg of a 10-year deal worth $189 million. He will earn $21 million this season after batting .334, scoring 107 runs, collecting 212 hits, finishing third in the MVP race, copping his fourth Gold Glove and making the All-Star team for the 10th time. And he passed Lou Gehrig on the all-time Yankees hit list.

While it’s almost impossible to think Rivera and Jeter will ever wear another uniform, they likely won’t accept pay cuts.

Rivera could take it year to year, but Jeter, who with 2,747 hits has an outside chance at 4,000, will be looking for multiple years. Some believe he should make at least what Alex Rodriguez earns a year ($27.5 million).

“Everybody signed those contracts and there is a lot of money being made and people are comfortable,” said Cashman, who is signed through 2011 and never lobbied for an extension when he was in the final year of a deal.

george.king@nypost.com

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You and Jeter are so pathetically envious of real shortstops...

02/13/2010 12:15 AM

33 PHONE CALLS TO THE POST IN 3 DAYS ! THIS FOOL IS SICK AND OBSESSED TO SAY THE LEAST !
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You are so pathetically, Yankee & Jeter envious...

02/12/2010 9:59 PM

33 NAMES IN 3 DAYS ! THIS FOOL IS SICK AND OBSESSED TO SAY THE LEAST !
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You are so pathetically, Yankee & Jeter envious...

02/12/2010 9:58 PM

02/12/2010 9:52 PM
****************** JUST PLAIN SCARY ! *******************

Gotham Time
02/12/2010 1:05 PM
Anyone know Steinbrenner's address? Levine? Cashman? They all deserve a flaming pile on their doorstep for ruining the game w/ pressured land grabs, price gouging and extorting tax money from people who can't afford their tickets.

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â¨Steinbrenner's address ? ? ? Levine address ? ? ? Cashman's address ? ? ?â¨

HERE IS WHAT MAKES "Gotham Time"s THREATENING THE STEINBRENNERS, CASHMAN AND LEVINE WITH ARSON AND TRYING TO FIND OUT THEIR ADDRESSES, SO SCARY....

Gotham Time .... is also:

THE MOST EXPENSIVE TEAM IN BASEBALL!
Alex ROIDriguez
Mark TeixeiROID
Andy PEDitte
Mariano ROIDvera
Jeter is Metro
Joe GiROIDi
Jetesy is Metro
I Told You Son !
mac222
What? Huh?
Jeter = Worst Defensive Shortstop EVER !
Jetsey is Metro
"dedstoy" son? Hahahaha
Jeter is Gay
DrDoorag
Babe's Ghost
Derek Jeter is overrated
Johnny Damon
Scott Boras
Scared Stiff of Another 8 Years of Yankee Futility !
brklynldy
Worshipping Jeter, Who has no idea you exist, is kooky, son!
iMac = iGay
Jeter = iGay
No Idea
Nice Try son
Banned 4 Life !
Real men dont use iMacs
Too sweet
You and Jeter are so pathetically envious of real shortstops...
TODAY's HEADLINE

ALL NAMES USED BY ONE SICK PERSON IN THE LAST 3 DAYS TO STALK, SLANDER, AND DISPARAGE JETER, THE STIENBRENNERS, THE YANKEES, JOBA, A ROD, ETC....â¨

FRIGHTFULLY ALL THE SAME SICK PERSON....

33 NAMES IN 3 DAYS ! THIS FOOL IS SICK AND OBSESSED TO SAY THE LEAST !
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You and Jeter are so pathetically envious of real shortstops...

02/12/2010 8:33 PM

"Jeter was probably the most ineffective defensive player in the major leagues, at any position."

This should come as no surprise to anyone as Jeter's lack of range has been the fodder of these very forums for over a decade.
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You are so pathetically, Yankee & Jeter envious...

02/12/2010 7:33 PM

The NY Post has notified the Yankees. This is not being treated as a joke. The necessary steps are being taken to ensure the safety of all Yankees personal.
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You are so pathetically, Yankee & Jeter envious...

02/12/2010 4:32 PM

32 NAMES IN 3 DAYS... BUT HE'S NOT OBSESSED & SICK ?....
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You are so pathetically, Yankee & Jeter envious...

02/12/2010 2:29 PM

HERE IS WHAT MAKES "Gotham Time"s THREATENING THE STEINBRENNERS, CASHMAN AND LEVINE WITH ARSON SO SCARY....

Gotham Time .... is also:

THE MOST EXPENSIVE TEAM IN BASEBALL!
Alex ROIDriguez
Mark TeixeiROID
Andy PEDitte
Mariano ROIDvera
Jeter is Metro
Joe GiROIDi
Jetesy is Metro
I Told You Son !
mac222
What? Huh?
Jeter = Worst Defensive Shortstop EVER !
Jetesy is Metro
"dedstoy" son? Hahahaha
Jeter is Gay
DrDoorag
Babe's Ghost
Derek Jeter is overrated
Johnny Damon
Scott Boras
Scared Stiff of Another 8 Years of Yankee Futility !
brklynldy
Worshipping Jeter, Who has no idea you exist, is kooky, son!
@ iMac = iGay
Jeter = iGay
No Idea
Nice Try son
Banned 4 Life !
Real men dont use iMacs
Too sweet
You and Jeter are so pathetically envious of real shortstops...

ALL NAMES USED BY ONE SICK PERSON IN THE LAST 3 DAYS TO STALK, SLANDER, AND DISPARAGE JETER, THE STIENBRENNERS, THE YANKEES, JOBA, A ROD, ETC.... 

FRIGHTFULLY ALL THE SAME SICK PERSON....
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Jeter = Worst Defensive Shortstop EVER !

02/12/2010 2:08 PM

Dont change the subject son, lets explore the latest sabermetric research that finally PROVES that Jeter sucks...