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MLB Free Agency: Yankees Should Invite Manny Ramirez »
While the talk around town has been focused on a reunion with former Yankees Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Carlos Pena (who spent a large part of 2006 with the Yankees' Triple-A team), Manny Ramirez sits at home, patiently waiting to see if he will receive an invite to spring training from any major league team.Ramirez, who turns 40 in May, has [...]
Yankees Sign Hiroki Kuroda: A Busy Night in the Bronx »
What a night.First, Jesus Montero gets shipped out of town for Michael Pineda, and now Brian Cashman finally gets the Japanese pitcher he has lusted after for almost a year.While Hiroki Kuroda is no spring chicken—the righty turns 37 next month—the Yankees have signed him to a one-year deal for between $10 and $11 million, pending a [...]
NY Yankees Rumors: The 10 Hottest Stories Surrounding »
While the calendars have turned to a new year, Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees continue to work on improving the roster they ended 2011 with.We sit roughly seven weeks from the time pitchers and catchers report to spring training and thus far, the Yankees have only focused on retaining their own—extending CC Sabathia's contract, [...]
MLB Free Agency: Is Yoenis Cespedes New York »
Much to the chagrin of their fans, the New York Yankees have largely remained on the sidelines thus far in the offseason.Perhaps that has been Brian Cashman's plan all along. Maybe he has been waiting for something, or rather, someone, to become available.According to Kevin Goldstein of Fan Prospectus, ESPN and Sirius/XM, the New York Yankees are [...]
NY Yankees Trade Talk: 6 Aces Manny Banuelos Could »
Merely implying that the New York Yankees should consider trading Manny Banuelos, the "crown jewel" of their farm system, gets some fans foaming at the mouth and fired up like a rabid dog.So please, roll your chair back from your monitor, wipe your mouth, take a deep breath and count to 10.Better? Good.On Friday, we looked at the past 11 years of [...]
New York Yankees: Bidding on Hiroyuki Nakajima Was a »
By now, most people know that the New York Yankees placed the highest bid for 30-year-old infielder Hiroyuki Nakajima, formerly of the Seibu Lions.For $2 million, the Yankees have the exclusive negotiating rights to bring Nakajima over to the major leagues.Apparently, Brian Cashman knew when going in to the bidding that it was a big question mark [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Yanks Target Mets’ Niese, Add »
Whenever a starting pitcher becomes available, we can expect the New York Yankees to be interested.When it is a 25-year-old starter who is under team control through the 2015 season, you can guarantee the Yankees will be inquiring.That is exactly what happened yesterday when the New York Mets let it be known that Jonathan Niese was available, as [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: 5 Reasons Kyle Drabek Trade Makes »
Three days after Thanksgiving, while most of us were still contemplating exactly how much food we ate and how we fit it all in there, Brian Cashman was back at work.Or, at least on the phone—he very well could have been contemplating the same thing we were from his living room couch.Cashman and his staff spoke with front office and scouting [...]
New York Yankees: 5 Reasons They Must Sign Yoennis »
If I asked you a month ago who Yoennis Cespedes was, how many people would have been able to answer correctly?Anyone?I don't know if you noticed, but I'm not raising my hand either.Now, if given enough time, I think that eventually I would have remembered that he was an über-talented Cuban outfielder that I had heard about quite some time [...]
MLB Free Agency 2012: Where Would Grady Sizemore Fit »
The New York Yankees are one of eight teams that have either asked for copies of Grady Sizemore's medical records or reached out to his agent Joe Urbon to express their interest in the 28-year-old free-agent outfielder, according to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick (ESPN Insider required to view link).Once considered to be one of the up-and-coming stars of [...]