Manning was already playing for $23 million under a one-year franchise tag.
McDonagh said he also talked to veteran Rangers with experience playing abroad, and the two Americans already playing for Barys, the former N.H.L. journeymen Brandon Bochenski and Andrew Hutchinson.
"I have had discussions with Ally McCoist regarding his ambition to secure players already playing for the club and also to bring new faces to the squad," said Whyte.
Torre said it would be easier to call a player who has already played for him, like Martinez, than a player the Yankees could be courting, like Giambi, because he would not have to do as much of a sales pitch.
He won't go away: The Washington Bullets are expected to waive journeyman Matt Fish, a former Clipper, who has already played for four NBA teams along with a stint in the Continental Basketball Assn.
He was born in Cork, has already played for Ireland and will, as a matter of principle, not sing the national anthem any more than he would "expect some Englishman to sing Sinne Fianna Fail ".
Rankin did just that when he pledged his future to England last year, having already played for his native Ireland in many a one-day international.
The 32-year-old midfielder, who has already played for the Scottish Championship club as a trialist, has signed at Almondvale until January.
