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| 16th November, 2007 - 8:20 am | ESPN - Mariano Rivera is balking on a three-year, $45 million offer from the New York Yankees, and the sides have reached an impasse in talks that have revived the closer's call to seriously pursue other offers, Newsday reported Thursday.
Rivera is holding out for a fourth year guaranteed, but the Yankees aren't interested in allowing an extra year to be worked into the contract given the reliever's age, the newspaper reported.
Joe Girardi, the Yankees' new manager, told the Associated Press Thursday that he expects to have Rivera in pinstripes next season.
"We want to sign Mariano," said Girardi, speaking while on a scouting trip to the team's academy in the Dominican Republic. "I already spoke with him on this trip, and I think that there is a good chance that he will return to the team." [READ] |
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