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MLB Free Agency: Has Yu Darvish Been the Plan All »
The 2011 baseball winter meetings came and went, and a lot of the big names got crossed off in Dallas.Albert Pujols signed with the Los Angeles Angels.Jose Reyes signed with the Miami Marlins.C.J. Wilson will join Pujols and also sign with the Angels.Mark Buehrle and Heath Bell signed with the Marlins and will join Reyes in South Beach.Yep, it [...]
MLB Winter Meetings 2011: Yankees Not the »
UPDATE (10:13 a.m.): According to Tim Brown of Yahoo, the Los Angeles Angels will sign first baseman Albert Pujols to a 10-year deal worth around $250 million to $260 million.Looks like the Angels were the team after all and landed their guy. -------------------------Ah, the "mystery team."A phrase in free agent negotiations that can either [...]
MLB Winter Meetings 2011: Yankees Win Bidding Rights »
Going into Wednesday, the New York Yankees winter had been very quiet.At the baseball winter meetings in Dallas, Yankees GM Brian Cashman had not been very active.However, it looks like he's been very stealth in his move-making.According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated and WFAN, the Yankees won the bidding rights for Japanese shortstop [...]
MLB Winter Meetings 2011: Should the Yankees Inquire »
The baseball winter meetings are under way, and there has been no shortage of rumors and talks going on from Dallas.Most of the movement has been coming from the Miami Marlins, who have added closer Heath Bell and shortstop Jose Reyes and are in serious discussions for first basemen Albert Pujols.While they have been a team that's been [...]
MLB Free Agents 2012: Yankees Will Re-Sign Freddy »
The Yankees' priority for this winter has been pitching.They re-signed CC Sabathia to a contract extension and have been in negotiations with Texas Rangers ace C.J. Wilson.According to David Waldstein of the New York Times through his Twitter account, the Yankees will bring back one of their surprise pitchers from 2011.The Yankees and Freddy [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Are New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves »
The winter offseason for baseball has gotten off to a rather quiet start. Aside from the Yankees re-signing some of their own players like CC Sabathia, Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher, they too have been on the quiet side. But according to John Harper of the New York Daily News, the Yankees could be involving themselves in a trade very [...]
MLB Free Agents 2012: Yankees Inviting C.J. Wilson to »
This week began the General Manager's meetings, which were held in Milwaukee.For Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, he only met with one agent, but it's the agent of two of the most sought after pitchers this winter.According to Wallace Matthews of ESPN, Cashman and Bob Garber had a meeting in Cashman's hotel room at the Pfister Hotel to [...]
MLB Free Agents 2012: Should the New York Yankees Look »
The Yankees' main priority going into the winter has been upgrading their starting rotation.Yankees GM Brian Cashman will look all over the market and through trading to help the Yankees.He could, however, look to deal one of his own pitchers to help the team going forward in 2012.The Yankees are still on the hook for another two years and $33 [...]
MLB Free Agents 2012: Should Yankees Call the Marlins »
For the past few weeks, we've floated around trade ideas for the Yankees to improve their starting rotation.We've gone over the pros and cons on certain players and whether trading top prospects would be worth the move.And now, it's time to toss another name into the ring: Florida Marlins ace Josh Johnson.The 27-year old right-hander is one of the [...]
MLB Free Agency: If Tim Lincecum Is Put on the Block, »
The Yankees need pitching. We all know this. So now it's time for another one of those crazy trade ideas by me for the Yankees this winter. John Paul Morosi of FOX Sports made a very crazy suggestion for the San Francisco Giants in looking into trading ace starter Tim Lincecum. Yes, the same Lincecum who is a two-time Cy Young winner and is one of [...]