Fox Sports is reporting that trade talks between Seattle and New York have stalled.
A source says that Seattle is concerned about David Adams' health, and that led them to ask for more.
The Yankees are unwilling to accommodate that request, and the two teams are at a standstill.
The Reds have begun to intensify their talks with the Mariners now, and the Rangers are also lingering.
Reports that a deal to the Yankees is imminent may have been a little premature
Lee remains scheduled to pitch tonight. By then we will surely know more.Read ...
Update: (2:28pm CDT) The player to be named later, according to MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan, is minor leaguer Blake Beaven.
Update: (2:25pm CDT) The players involved in the deal to Seattle are Justin Smoak and minor leaguers Josh Lueke, Matt Lawson and one other player to be named later. The player to be named later, and this is just speculation, could be pitcher Derek Holland or possibly minor league pitcher Tanner Scheppers.
Update: (4:15pm CDT) ESPN's Buster Olney on the trade talks between the Mariners and Yankees falling apart. "The Yankees and Mariners had ...
UPDATE (July 9, 2010, 4:10 PM) : It appears via several sources that the Lee to the Yankees deal is OFF. The reason has been given that the Mariners did not feel comfortable with the ankle injury of second base prospect David Adams.
While I view that excuse as a made up one, it seems to me that the Mariners were using the Yankees as leverage to maybe get a better deal from another team.
Or maybe they received a last minute offer which they deem as much better.
The Texas Rangers have appeared to become the ...
Anything that doesn't involve LeBron James in sports talk right now has my attention and the Cliff Lee rumors are at the top of that list.
Though it isn't the magnitude of the 1919 World Series, we have a very odd situation brewing in Seattle tonight, and it isn't their coffee.
Cliff Lee is rumored to be headed to the Bronx for Yankees prospect catcher Jesus Montero and possibly second base prospect David Adams as well.
The problem? Cliff Lee faces the New York Yankees tonight.
"Hey Alex, here comes a fastball middle-in, see ...
UPDATE: Since this article was published The Mariners have traded Cliff Lee to the Texas Rangers, so this article is what could have been, kinda like...LeBron.
So New York City sports fans didn't get LeBron James, but could they be getting the next best thing in baseball?
Cliff Lee who is now on the verge of being traded for the third time in the past 2 years (going from Cleveland to Philadelphia and then Philadelphia to Seattle). Cliff Lee, who has always been a No. 1 option on any team he's ever ...
After months of speculation, rumors and debates, it looks like the Yankees may be landing the most prized pitcher on the trade market.
In what was reported first this morning by Joel Sherman ,of the New York Post, the Yankees and Seattle Mariners are on the verge of completing a deal that would bring Cliff Lee to the Yankees for prospects.
The main prospect who will headline the package going to Seattle was Jesus Montero, the Yankees top catching prospect and also one of the top prospects in the country.
It's also been ...
In what could be a very bizarre situation, rumors have surfaced that Cliff Lee, who is scheduled to pitch against the New York Yankees later tonight, could be dealt by the Seattle Mariners to New York before weekend's end.
It may even be entirely possible that he flies out of the Pacific-Northwest and shows up in Anaheim for the All-Star Game in pinstripes.
Reports have New York sending top prospect Jesus Montero and Class AA second baseman David Adams to Seattle for the coveted southpaw.
The move seems to make sense for the Mariners. Seattle has made it clear ...
The Yankees signed infielder Chad Tracy to a minor league deal and will assign the 30-year old veteran to Triple-A Scranton.
Tracy has played 28 games for the Cubs this year, but will probably not play much, if at all, in the Bronx this year. This likely is for minor league depth, which the Yankees will need since they could be dealing 2B David Adams to the Mariners in the Cliff Lee deal.
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The buzz in the baseball world is that the Yankees are nearing a deal to acquire Mariners' ace Cliff Lee. This blockbuster trade allows Lee to simply hop across Safeco Field into the visitors dugout, and even make his first start for the Yankees tonight, as he is scheduled to pitch for the Mariners against the Yanks.
What is currently in question is who the Yankees will have to give up to get Lee. Rumors say that the Yankees are going to have to part ways with a touted prospect, 20 ...
The New York Post reported that the New York Yankees are in intense talks with the Seattle Mariners that would send ace pitcher Cliff Lee to the Bronx and prospect catcher Jesus Montero in exchange.
Montero is the Yankees prized prospect, ranking No. 4 on Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list. The players in front of him are Jason Heyward, Stephen Strasburg, and Mike Stanton.
That gives you a good idea of how big Montero can be if he ever develops fully.
Cliff Lee is currently 8-3 with a 2.34 ERA, and ...