True you never know but Yankees must also think he is real deal as they offered 25 million.
We will see....
They were willing to go up to $27 Mil. Double that for the bonus over allowable to $54 mil and the difference between their offer and the Sox offer was a mere $9 Mil.
Like I said, that's less than ownership took it upon themselves - over and above the GM - to sign Rafael Soriano for per year in 2011 (2 yrs for $21 Mil). Just seems like a pittance compared to what they could get in return. Considering the Sox have the superior minor league organization at the moment, it's awful hard to argue they don't know what they're doing in signing Moncada for $63 Mil.
PS - its also not much more than they paid out for Kei Igawa back in 2006. Adjusted for inflation, that total outlay was about $56 Mil. Meanwhile, according to Forbes, Yankees revenues were $461 Mil in 2014. And I'm not sure that includes revenue from the Yes Network. Suffice to say, I'm not sure the Yankees would even notice if someone made off with $9 Mil. Nevermind paying it out for a player like Moncada