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I keep reading how smart the Yankees were to not offer arbitration to Pettitte and Abreu last month.  The thinking is that they obviously would have taken it and based on the free agent market today, that is probably correct. 

But, it neglects the basic fact that the arbitration offer would have had to have been accepted or rejected by December 8th.  Now, I can agree that Pettitte would have been likely to accept it in December, but do you really think Abreu would have?  Remember that on December 8th, C.C Sabthia was still a free agent and people were still waiting to see what he would sign for.  The Winter Meetings had just started and nobody knew that they wouldn't produce a wealth of signings. 

We all know what really happened and it is a minor point now, but a draft pick is a draft pick and I still think the Yankees threw one away last month.