After declining the $4.6 million two-year December 7th contract offer by the Yankees, which he only had 15 minutes to consider, Mike Stanton (7-1, 3.00, 6 saves) still decides to stay in town by agreeing to a $9 million, three-year, no-trade contract with the cross-town rival Mets. The All-Star reliever wasn’t offered salary arbitration by the Bronx Bombers after he failed to respond to their ultimatum.
On ,December 16 2002 — After declining the $4.6 million two-year December 7th contract offer by the Yankees, which he only had 15 minutes to consider, Mike Stanton (7-1, 3.00, 6 saves) still decides to stay in town by agreeing to a $9 million, three-year, no-trade contract with the cross-town rival Mets. The All-Star reliever wasn’t offered salary arbitration by the Bronx Bombers after he failed to respond to their ultimatum.
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