Joe Torre declined a one year deal of 5 million dollars with incentives and will not manage the New York Yankees for the 2008 season. It appears that the front runners for his position are Joe Garardi and Don Mattingly.
Joe Gararidi managed the marlins in 2006 and ended up being the NL Manager of the year.
Don Mattingly is currently the bench coach of the New York Yankees and might make sense because he already has relationships with the players.
Does this effect the NYY free agents?
I think it does. Mariano Rivera has only been managed by Torre so i think he wont give the yankees a discount. Jorge Posada i think will go somewheres else... who knows maybe right across town. Bobby Abreu will be a yankee in 2008...
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Fans think Torre is this great manager. Anyone could have won like that given the teams he was handed. Gene Michaels and Buck Showalter built the Yankees and Torre and Cashman took all the credit!
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