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New York Yankees Trade Rumors: Soria, Dunn, Oswalt »
Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman ran down a list of 15 teams that are looking to buy before the trade deadline. Here’s what he had to say about the New York Yankees: The Yankees say their priority is the bench and bullpen, but it seems they can’t resist the star players. They have made a “big proposal” for Joakim [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Yankees Prospects Rumored in Dan »
I’ve posted a few profiles of Yankee prospects last night and this afternoon and despite the fact that they seem kind of random they aren’t. Right handed pitchers Ivan Nova and Zach McAllister as well as lefty Manny Banuelos have all been attached to a potential Dan Haren to the Yankees trade in various ways. So since we’ve spent [...]
Yankees Trade Rumors: Favorites for Scott Downs? »
According to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports , the market for Blue Jays lefty reliever Scott Downs is heating up and the Yankees, along with the Red Sox, are said to be the favorites to land him. The Mets, Reds, and Twins are also said to be involved. Morosi may be calling the Yankees favorites in this one, but I would suggest not getting too excited [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Cliff Lee Might Be Keeping the »
Depending on which reports you believe the Yankees were either very close to acquiring Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Dan Haren the other day or they weren’t close at all. Either way one of the bigger obstacles the Yankees are facing internally is figuring out a way to add the $29 million Haren will be owed over the next two years and still [...]
New York Yankees Notes: Andy Pettitte, Brett Gardner »
The Yankees lost 7-4 to the Royals and Alex Rodriguez failed to hit home run no. 600. Sergio Mitre started and allowed 7 runs, 5 earned, but Dustin Moseley went 4.2 scoreless innings to save the bullpen. Mark Teixeira hit a pair of home runs and came to the plate as the tying run in the 9th, but failed to homer a third time. Here are some notes: [...]
Latest Dan Haren to New York Yankees Trade Rumors »
Nothing really happened between the Yankees and the Diamondbacks regrading RHP Dan Haren today. That hasn’t stopped the usual suspects from passing along information they’ve heard throughout the day. Early morning reports Buster Olney of ESPN tweeted : To be clear: The Yankees do not value Haren as much as they valued Cliff [...]
New York Yankees Notes: Burnett, Milestones, Swisher, »
It was a big night for the Yankees, who sat through about an hour and a half wait through a rain delay to beat the Royals 7-1 last night. Here are some notes: AJ Burnett looked sharp as he evened his record to 8-8. He left after five innings though because of the rain delay. Jorge Posada picked up the 1,000th and 1,001st RBI of his career. [...]
New York Yankees Never Really Close to Trading for Dan »
According to Jayson Stark of ESPN , the Yankees were never actually as close to landing the Diamondback’s ace starter Dan Haren as reporters made it sound last night. Stark reports that the Yankees rejected a deal that would have been centered around Joba Chamberlain, Ivan Nova, and two other prospects. The Yanks countered with a deal that [...]
New York Yankees: Dan Haren Trade “Not That Close” »
Final update of the night: Arizona president Derrick Hall has confirmed that the Yankees are one of “a few teams” it is talking to about Dan Haren. He also said there is no front runner and other clubs have made offers “of at least equal value” to the Yankees' offer. Update 10:54: Now we’re hearing that a deal is [...]
When and Where Will A-Rod Hit No. 600? »
When Alex Rodriguez went from 499 homers to 500, it took him nine games and 28 at-bats to do it. Now that he’s at 599, let’s take a look at how long to expect it to take this time. If it took him another nine games, that would set him up for No. 600 on July 31st in Tampa against the Rays. This time could be different, though. Since [...]