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CC Sabathia: Lee’s Contract Has No Effect on Me »
Via George King of the NY Post: CC Sabathia said whatever Cliff Lee pulls down won’t lead to the Yankees’ ace exercising an opt out clause in his contract after next year. “It has no effect on me at all,” Sabathia told The Post yesterday when asked if Lee’s projected windfall could lead the Yankees’ ace to [...]
MLB Rumors: Yankees Could Sign Mark Prior To Minor »
According to Tom Krasovic of AOL Fanhouse, it’s down to the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers on a minor league deal for Mark Prior. Like I wrote about Rich Harden, it appears the Yankees would like to sign some low risk, high reward types in case Andy Pettitte doesn’t sign. That way they can have some guys with big potential [...]
New York Yankees Not Interested in Scott Downs or »
Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Yankees won’t go for Downs or other Type-A relievers because they want to keep draft choices. This is actually nothing new, but there have been some people out there who have tried to attach the Yankees to LHP Scott Downs, so I wanted to throw this out there again. The other Type-A relievers, aside [...]
Pedro Feliciano Will Talk With New York Yankees This »
Via Ken Davidoff of Newsday: The Yankees will meet with the representatives for free-agent lefty reliever Pedro Feliciano this week. We heard earlier today that in response to the Red Sox acquiring left-handed first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, the Yankees were increasing their efforts to sign a lefty reliever. Feliciano, 34, is a perfect [...]
MLB Rumors: Yankees Want Kerry Wood Back, But Not at »
Via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com: "Yankees talked to Kerry Wood‘s agents today. Interested in having him back, but Cashman says he “won’t compete with closer money.” This is what we’ve thought all along: the Yankees want him back, but they are not going to spend nearly $10 million to do it. We haven’t heard either [...]
MLB Rumors: Cliff Lee and the Yankees »
Instead of writing new post after new post, I’ve decided to just keep updating this article throughout the day with new Cliff Lee information. So bookmark this page or keep refreshing because this is where all the Lee rumors will be unless there is something really worthy of a new post. Update 6:00: Andrew Marchand updates us that the [...]
MLB Rumors: With A-Gon in Boston, Yankees Renew Focus »
Via Joel Sherman of the NY Post: "With in AL East, Yankees even more motivated to find LH reliever to team with since is out for year." The Yankees have already identified a lefty reliever as a priority this winter, and naturally, getting Adrian Gonzalez has renewed this desire. Let’s face it, Logan had a nice season in 2010, but [...]
MLB Rumors: Russell Martin Prefers East Coast, »
Update: According to Andy Martino of the NY Daily News, the Dodgers made a one-year, $4.2 million offer to Martin with another $1.1 million in possible incentives and he turned it down. If this is what it’s going to cost the Yankees, I don’t see them making a deal with him. Original post Via Buster Olney of ESPN: "Heard this: Russell [...]
MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Considering Matt Diaz »
Via Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse: "The Yankees are considering free agent Matt Diaz as a right-handed alternative to Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson in the outfield." The reason why Diaz makes sense for the Yankees is because in Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson they have two outfielders who struggle a bit against left-handed [...]
Nobody Believes Zack Greinke Will Be a New York Yankee »
On top of this morning’s rumor that the Yankees are wary of Zack Greinke, there are a few other rumblings that I wanted to pass along. The first one is from Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe: My Zack Greinke source indicates there’s no way he’d play in New York. The second is from Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: The Yankees [...]