Even with all of the productive moves made by the organization so far this winter, the New York Yankees still have several areas they might want to address before spring training. An aging roster and losses to free agency have made Brian Cashman's job more challenging than in years past. Factor in the Toronto Blue Jays' upgrades and the organizational decision to remain under the luxury tax and the Yankees really have their work cut out for them in 2013.But that's why they are the Yankees. Even when people are counting them out, ...
The New York Daily News reported Wednesday night that the New York Yankees have signed veteran outfielder Matt Diaz to a minor league contract and extended an invitation to spring training to the 35-year-old. Diaz played in just 51 games for the Atlanta Braves in 2012 and missed the second half of the season after having surgery on an injured thumb. He hit an unusually poor .222/.280/.333 with two home runs and 13 RBI in 118 plate appearances for the Braves. For his career, Diaz is a .291/.339/.431 hitter in ...
Update: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports Matsui will retire.According to the Japanese news outlet Sanspo.com, Hideki Matsui is seriously considering retiring and staying in his native Japan. After being cut by the Tampa Bay Rays in middle of last season, Matsui has expressed that he no longer seems to have the strong desire to continue playing and has cut back on regular workouts—no longer training as hard as he used to.The slugger, who has 507 career home runs between Japan and the United States, says he is not 100 ...
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports recently reported that Matt Diaz has signed a minor league deal with the New York Yankees.The deal could potentially be worth up to $1.2 million should Diaz reach the major leagues, with a chance to earn an additional $800,000 in incentives. The 34-year-old Diaz has been suffering from recurring thumb issues since 2010, but according to his agents at Reynolds Sports Management, the outfielder's injury problems are a thing of the past. Prior to the 2010 season, Diaz was a solid contributor, hitting .313 with ...
The New York Yankees are having a quiet winter, but there are some guys who could still end up in pinstripes come springtime.Hal Steinbrenner's organization is not spending as much as usual this offseason, committing to get the payroll below the luxury tax line by 2014.Per The New York Times:'I’m looking at it as a goal, but my goals are normally considered a requirement,' Steinbrenner said while speaking to reporters in the lobby of George M. Steinbrenner Field, named after his father. 'Is it a requirement with baseball that we ...
We're now a couple months into Major League Baseball's offseason, but the question for New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman is the same as it ever was.What's next?The answer would appear to be something along the lines of, "Not much, really." Cashman hasn't made any earth-shattering moves, but he has rounded out the Yankees' depth chart and escalated the club's 2013 payroll to its usual height. As of this moment, the Yankees have about $189.5 million in salaries committed for the 2013 season. Once arbitration costs and other such things ...
It has been an extremely quiet offseason for the New York Yankees thus far, but rumors continue to swirl as to what the Bombers will do the rest of the winter in order to fill their respective holes. There hasn't been any big splashes from general manager Brian Cashman yet, but the Yanks are interested in several players that can still make a significant contribution for what the team needs. Let's take a look at the hottest rumors involving the Yanks.Begin Slideshow
Very much like last offseason, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has gone all of December remaining quiet and allowing big name free agents to land elsewhere. Unlike the Yankees of George Steinbrenner, his son Hal's Yankees are more fiscally responsible and will not splurge on the market's most expensive players unless they are a perfect fit. The result is a Yankees team that goes deep into the offseason with many holes and very little public information on how they will be filled. What questions do the Yankees have that could spill ...
While the New York Yankees have a healthy crop of prospect outfielders in their farm system, it is evident this aging team is one big Curtis Granderson or Ichiro Suzuki injury away from losing offense in a competitive AL East.
With frugal leadership in a tough economy, could the Yankees find a trading partner in the Detroit Tigers to infuse talent and youth into New York's outfield corps?
It has happened before.
In December 2009, Detroit traded Granderson to the Yankees for Austin Jackson and Phil Coke as part of a larger three-team ...
It's been a quiet offseason so far for the New York Yankees. Brian Cashman and the front office only gave fans one new present for the holiday season in Kevin Youkilis (the rest, re-signing Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Hiroki Kuroda and Ichiro Suzuki, were recycled gifts).Yankees fans are going to have difficulty accepting the "Greek God of Walks" as part of Yankees Universe after his years as a member of Red Sox Nation. Here are three things Youk can do to endear himself to Yankees fans. 1. Come Up with a ...