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Carl Crawford, Cliff Lee, And The Top 50 MLB Free »

Carl Crawford and Cliff Lee are still available in Major League Baseball Free Agency. Some of the major names have already landed with new teams including Jayson Werth and Victor Martinez.That leads to the question of who are the best remaining free agents. While it is a simpler process to measure these players from a numbers standpoint, who are [...]

Yankees’ Brett Gardner Has Surgery, Should Be »

Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner had surgery on his wrist yesterday to remove some inflammation and everything went well. The Yankees expect that he’ll be ready to go by spring training. Gardner suffered through wrist tendinitis during the second half of last season. He had a couple of cortisone shots, but when that didn’t help, he [...]

New York Yankees Have Been Meeting with Carl Crawford »

The Yankees continue to target Cliff Lee as their primary free agent target this offseason, but with talks of another team offering him a seven-year deal and the talks moving at a frustratingly slow pace, they are gearing up for plan B, Carl Crawford. Buster Olney of ESPN reported earlier today that the Yankees held a meeting to discuss Crawford [...]

MLB Rumors: Cliff Lee Being Chased By Yanks, Rangers, »

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—The new Cliff Lee rumors indicate that there are two teams that have made seven-year offers for the left-handed pitcher.The New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Angels have all denied they are one of the teams.No one knows if the reports are true, and they could have just been [...]

Yankees Rumors: Teams Making Offers to Russell Martin »

Via Buster Olney of ESPN: "Russell Martin‘s negotiations have reached the point where teams are making offers to his agent, Matt Colleran; NYY, Bos center of mix." At this point, it seems clear that the Yankees are interested in signing Martin as their backup and an upgrade over Francisco Cervelli. Now, it seems to be coming down to who [...]

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 [...]

Captain Candid: Derek Jeter Opens Up on New York »

Stop the presses: Derek Jeter said something interesting.We've waited a long time for this; sat through 15 years of interviews and press conferences devoid of even the slightest semblance of insight or intimacy.It's been a decade and a half of stock quotes lifted from the Professional Athlete Handbook of Clichés, the foreword written, [...]

MLB Hot Stove: New York Yankees Playing a Game of »

Free-agent ace Cliff Lee is burning his talents right through the MLB winter meetings this week. Just a week ago Lee was on his way to New York, unless the Rangers could convince the southpaw he had good reasons to stay in Texas. Well things have certainly changed, as rumors that the Nationals, Angels, Phillies and two unknown suitors want a piece [...]

George Steinbrenner Can Wait To Be a Hall of Famer »

I have no problem with sports figures who are the personality equivalent of a stiff drink. Ted Williams is one of my all-time favorites. To me, Bobby Knight is a genius coach. If I shut down the moral center of my brain, I can even appreciate Kobe Bryant and Ty Cobb for their statistics and work ethic. So it’s not out of character prejudice [...]

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 [...]

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