If you’ve ever read one of my articles you would very likely
know that I do not care for Randy Levine in any way, shape or form. I am not
one to mince words, sugar coat my feelings or equivocate. I absolutely cannot
stand that curly headed, arrogant, ignorant and moronic waste of freaking human
flesh and the day he disappears and rides off into the sunset is the day the
New York Yankees can return to the greatness that they once held in such high
esteem. Yeah I don’t like the guy and I especially don’t like the guy after the
entire Dellin Betances and New York going through arbitration thing. You knew
this rant was coming and I intentionally waited to cool down for a few days
before I did, mainly to keep the site at “PG-13” as I can, but I can’t keep it
bottled up inside me any longer. Randy Levine better be hiding under his desk
because I’m coming for him.
First, the quote. Levine stated that Dellin Betances, one of
the best relievers in all of Major League Baseball and the man who turned down
less money to give the Yankees some financial wiggle room just last season, and
his request for $5 million through arbitration were “over-the top” and”based on
very little sense of reality.” Betances then told reporters that he was taken
into a room and “trashed for an hour and a half” by Levine and company for
asking for “closer money” when he is just a set-up man.
If Dellin decides to walk after his current contract is up,
and who the hell could blame him at this point, I am going to absolutely riot
outside of Yankee Stadium and I won’t stop until Levine is relieved of his
duties, effective immediately. Levine is a joke of a person and he’s even more
of a joke of a President of Baseball Operations.
Quit, Randy. Quit talking, quit showing up to work every day
and ruining what used to be the most honorable, recognizable and prestigious
franchise in not only Major League Baseball but the world and just quit life if
you can’t do any better than what you’re doing. We’re sick of it, I’m effing
sick of it and I’m sick of you. Quit, but first… apologize.
Join the club Daniel, it has been about 10+ years that I have been Trashing the "Tampa Cabal" and Randy, as he is a big time leader among them. Not that I am alone in this opinion of him.
ReplyDeleteRandy Levine is nothing more than a buffoon that probably got his ass whipped every day in school. What he did was nothing more than a chest pounding session. Some people have to do that to make their self feel better. The fact is this, Dellin is a good kid, and from what I've heard, a great teammate. Do I believe he has a bad agent? Yeah, I do. I've never heard of an agent telling his player to turn down a raise because it will help in arbitration. The raise they were looking for was unprecedented. MLBTraderumors has a pretty accurate projection, and they had Dellin pegged for $3.4 million. That sounds a little more reasonable. Going from league minimum to $5 million does not. I'm not saying he's not producing like a $5 million reliever, I'm just saying that's not the way the system works.
ReplyDeleteI have never been a fan of Randy Levine. If he is good for the organization, it is in ways that are invisible to us as fans. I don't see his value. He may have a law degree, but so do Lonn Trost and Jean Afterman. What's more absurd with his comments is that he is a labor attorney. It makes his ineptitude that much more startling. I think all of us agree that Dellin is worth more than $3 million, but as Jeff indicated above, that's not the way the system works. The system will work for Dellin if he continues to perform. He'll get his money, but I am in 100% agreement that he deserves an apology from Levine first and foremost.
ReplyDeleteFirst off Levine is a schmuck, second I believe this will get worked out in a contract extension buying his remaining years of arbitration out. Third if he gets ready to walk and no contract is in place before he hits the FA market I am sure that the elf will trade him
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