Hank Steinbrenner told the press that large offers are coming for both Mariano and Jorge.

"These are going to be substantial offers," Steinbrenner said yesterday by phone. "We are not going to short-change these guys. I think we have a great chance to get back who we want back. We are going to make it obvious how much we want them, and then, ultimately, it is up to them." ...

"We are not going to get crazy" in offers to keep Posada and Rivera, Steinbrenner said. But later, he added, "You go to a point of logic. We may even stretch logic to keep them."

He wouldn't say if a fourth year for Posada was a deal breaker.

Meanwhile, Peter Abraham spotted Brian Cashman in the lobby bar at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, where the GM meetings are being held, past midnight and talking with Sam and Seth Levinson, Posada's agents. Though, it's not known what they were talking about.