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MLB Rumors: Andy Pettitte Has Begun Working Out, Is He »

Apparently I missed this the other day, but it’s important, so I didn’t want to ignore it now. Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Cashman backed off comment he didn’t believe Pettitte would “start” (year). I’m hearing Pettitte is working out. my guess: he pitches in ’11. This sounds like great news [...]

MLB Rumors: Don’t Expect New York Yankees To »

Via Jack Curry of the YES Network: The Yankees are still monitoring the very thin starting pitcher market, but don’t expect them to sign Jeremy Bonderman. This seems like it is for the best. There are a lot of injury-risk starters on the market this winter, Bonderman being one of them, but at least most of the others have decent upside if [...]

MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Stepping Up Pursuit of »

If there is a starter on the free agent market with a questionable injury history the Yankees are apparently in on him. Well they are supposedly “stepping up their pursuit” of one questionable starter, former A’s starter Justin Duchscherer according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN. Duchscherer, 33, has suffered a myriad of injuries [...]

MLB Rumors: Johnny Damon Still Hoping To Be a New York »

Via Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York: It doesn’t appear that there has been any movement in Johnny Damon returning to the Yankees, but his agent, Scott Boras, said that Damon is still interested in coming back. “As Johnny has said, he is more than willing to return to New York,” Boras said. It sounds like Johnny Damon wants to [...]

MLB Rumors: Yankees Talking with Rafael Soriano, Who »

Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Yankees are in contact with Rafael Soriano, who had 45 saves for the Rays but would set up for Mariano Rivera in NY. Also, Andrew Marchand of ESPN NY passed this along: Free-agent closer Rafael Soriano led the majors in saves last year, but he would consider being a setup man for one team in [...]

MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Considering Andruw Jones »

Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Andruw Jones in on the Yankees list of righty hitting OFs to consider. I wanted to bring this one up to kind of debunk it a little. I’m not saying that the Yankees aren’t considering Jones, it’s very possible that they are, but Jones just happens to be a Scott Boras client and Heyman has a [...]

MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Interested in Jeremy »

The Yankees have been scouring the market for a starting pitcher, but so far that search has turned up a lot of bad pitchers. Apparently they are looking into another—Jeremy Bonderman, according to Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports. Bonderman, 28, has spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. His career ERA-plus is just 90. His career [...]

MLB Rumors: Soria Won’t Block Trade to New York »

The Yankees have been searching for ways to upgrade their pitching staff since missing out on Cliff Lee, but the free agent market was shallow this offseason and they are unwilling to pay closer money for set-up men, meaning their options are very limited. But maybe they’re only willing to overpay for the available set-up men, and if one [...]

MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Interested in Bartolo »

The Yankees are reportedly interested in signing free agent starter Bartolo Colon according to the Spanish AP (H/T to MLB Trade Rumors for the translation). Without any big names on the free agent market, the Yankees seem to be looking at pitchers who are higher risk/higher reward types. This will keep costs down while providing more time for [...]

New York Yankees and Johnny Damon Rumored To Be »

Via Ken Davidoff of Newsday:"While the Yankees’ primary focus remains pitching, they have been communicating with free agent Johnny Damon about a possible return to the Yankees for 2011, Newsday has learned."Four sources said that Damon and the Yankees were talking about a role in which Damon, 37, would get occasional at-bats as a [...]

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