As expected, the New York Yankees have been at the center of just about all free-agent activity.
Whether it has been signing several of the top free agents like Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran or losing a pair in Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson, players have been on the move early this winter.
The loss of Robinson Cano specifically leaves the Yankees with somewhat of a hole on the infield and extra cash to still spend.
I expect action to slow down a bit heading into the winter meetings. However, the ...
Robinson Cano chose to bolt for the Seattle Mariners over re-signing with the New York Yankees, as one is wont to do when 10 years for $240 million is offered.
But never mind that. They may have lost Cano, but the Yankees most definitely haven't gotten cheap. On the contrary, they're in the middle of a classic pinstriped spending spree, one born out of a perfect storm of opportunity and necessity.
After losing Cano to the Mariners, Friday saw the Yankees respond by re-upping with starter Hiroki Kuroda and agreeing to terms ...
Nobody is offering the New York Yankees a shoulder to cry on following Friday's free-agent departures of Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson.
That's because the club opened up its wallet this week for Carlos Beltran and Jacoby Ellsbury, a pair of All-Stars with comparable offensive potential. Including the newly introduced Brian McCann, the Yanks have committed $283 million to three lineup fixtures, while the competition spent $300 million even to lure Cano and Granderson away:
Now, let's consider how much production is coming and going from the Bronx:
So that's pretty fascinating—the overall ...
Robinson Cano's ten-year, $240 million deal with the Seattle Mariners, which was first reported by Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes (spanish link) earlier in the day, ties him with Albert Pujols for the third-highest contract ever handed out to a major league player—Alex Rodriguez holds the record for the first two spots. While there are plenty of examples of players putting up elite numbers into their late-30's, it's still a significant risk for the M's because of the likelihood that they'll be paying Cano top dollar for at least a few seasons ...
On Friday afternoon, the Seattle Mariners acquired Robinson Cano on a 10-year, $240 million blockbuster deal, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Now that a gratuitous amount of money has freed up for the New York Yankees, the rumors regarding how to spend it have begun to swirl.
After the Cano deal was done, USA Today columnist Bob Nightengale tweeted that the Yankees are showing interest in several players, including Shin-Soo Choo, Carlos Beltran, Stephen Drew and Omar Infante:
Even before the Cano deal was finalized, rumors regarding Beltran and Choo ...
The biggest story of the MLB offseason to this point broke on Friday afternoon, as Robinson Cano and the Seattle Mariners agreed on a massive 10-year, $240 million deal just days before this year's winter meetings kick off in Orlando.
The New York Yankees' offers topped out at seven years and somewhere in the neighborhood of $160-175 million, and, in the end, Cano and agent Jay-Z took the money over a chance to stay with the team he'd spent the first nine seasons of his career with.
So the question now is, where ...
Options. That's what the New York Yankees have now, thanks to their firm stance against giving in to Robinson Cano.
Sure, losing their best player when they wanted him to stay hurts. But Yankees general manager Brian Cashman had made it known all along that if Cano was coming back, it would be on their terms—not his.
And Cano's terms—having started out at more than $300 million over 10 years before dropping slightly to $260 million and winding up at $240 million in his surprising deal with the Seattle Mariners, per Enrique ...
The MLB winter meetings are scheduled to kick off in Orlando, Fla., from Dec. 9-12. For the New York Yankees, they will be an opportunity to continue their march back to relevance.
Already the team has made the loudest splashes this offseason by signing former Atlanta Brave Brian McCann and Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury.
In spite of those acquisitions, the Bombers still have a number of holes to fill. The team needs to determine who ultimately will be manning second base and who will fill out their rotation (currently only ...
Nelson Mandela's death at the age of 95 touched all corners of the world, and the South African's face must surely be one of the world's most recognisable.
Not in Detroit, however, where a gaffe on NBC station WDIV-TV meant that a picture of the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez came up to illustrate a piece on Mandela.
As you can see in the footage above, it's an incredibly unfortunate mix-up.
Or, as Yahoo! Sports wonders, perhaps A-Rod is literally "remembering Nelson Mandela"—he does look suitably thoughtful in the picture.
If you need any help remembering which ...
The Seattle Mariners are blowin' up the New York Yankees' spot, as the kids say.
The Mariners have made it known to free agent Robinson Cano—the longtime Yankees second baseman—that they are willing to offer him a contract for 10 years and upward of $230 to $240 million, according to a report by Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes.
That overall number is in the ballpark with the figure that Cano's camp recently indicated was the new asking price—about $250 to $260 million but over nine years—after it initially started out at $300 ...