Cliff Lee's Agent: Yankees, Rangers Not Only Teams Interested

Filed under: Rangers, Yankees, MLB Hot Stove, MLB Free Agency, MLB Winter Meetings

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Cliff Lee is leaving the contract hunting to his agent while he focuses on a different quarry this week.

"He's just on a deer-hunting expedition right now, probably having a lot more fun than you all are having here," Lee's agent Darek Braunecker told reporters Monday at the Winter Meetings.

You can probably take that as an indication that Lee and Braunecker are in no rush to get a deal done for the ace pitcher. Braunecker said Jayson Werth's seven-year, $126 million deal with the Nationals, finalized Sunday, "more clearly defines where the market is" for elite free agents.

He also said he considers Lee the best player on that market, and has had conversations with several teams beyond the two considered the favorites for Lee's services -- the Rangers and Yankees.

Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/12/06/cliff-lees-agent-yankees-rangers-not-only-teams-interested/

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