The New York Yankees have been the biggest winners in the offseason thus far, signing free agents Jacoby Ellsbury and Brian McCann.
However, the news hasn't been great over the last 24 hours for New York. And the bad news deals with the Yankees' two biggest targets this offseason.
The first deals with Robinson Cano, who has agreed to sign with the Seattle Mariners, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.
Then there's the news that Masahiro Tanaka may not be posted by his Japanese team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles, according to a ...
On Thursday afternoon, the New York Yankees held a press conference to formally introduce Brian McCann to the Bronx. After nine excellent seasons in Atlanta, the 29-year-old catcher agreed to a five-year, $85 million contract with the Yankees last month. During a 15-minute question and answer session with the local and national media, McCann talked about his excitement about playing in New York, desire to fall in line with some of the great Yankees catchers in history, love of the game and which former teammate helped ease his mind about the transition ...
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has done an excellent job of addressing lineup issues this offseason, but the starting rotation has still yet to be tinkered with. With the winter meetings coming up, Cashman has the opportunity to acquire a quality arm.
David Caplan of CSNChicago.com reported at the end of November that there was a "99 percent" chance that the Chicago Cubs would deal ace Jeff Samardzija at some point during the offseason.
ESPN's Jerry Crasnick reinforced that report with this tweet:
Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein wants ...
Super-utility man Kelly Johnson and the New York Yankees have agreed on a one-year deal worth about $3 million, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, and the deal is pending a physical.
Johnson can essentially play everywhere—save for center field and catcher—and that makes him extremely valuable to a team like the Yankees. With injuries abounding in 2013, manager Joe Girardi would have loved to have a versatile guy like Johnson on his roster.
A second baseman by trade, Johnson may even be starting for the Yankees in 2014. Where he ...
The Evil Empire has emerged once again, poaching the top Red Sox free agent away from Boston and signalling to the baseball world a desire to compete for a World Series in 2014.When the signing of Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year, $153 million deal was reported, per Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News, baseball executives, media members and fans were floored. In a matter of two weeks, before the Winter Meetings had a chance to start, the Yankees spent over $240 million to fill their needs at catcher ...
The New York Yankees enter the month of December in much the same way they exited the 2013 regular season—with many more questions than answers about the future of the roster.
Only now, the emotionally charged climax that saw the departures of Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte has turned to the more heartless, calculated transactions surrounding Major League Baseball's Hot Stove.
As we take a look at the Bombers' initial depth chart for the 2014 season, four numbers are most significant for our consideration—189, 40, five and one.
The Yankees are aiming to ...
The New York Yankees are spending like it's 2009 all over again. Too bad they need the outcome to be the same for the payout to pay off.
Five offseasons ago, fresh off a playoff-less 2008, the Yankees went on a massive spree, signing stars CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett for a total of $423.5 million.
The ensuing season, a restocked, motivated Yankees squad went on to win title No. 27.
At the outset of this year's free-agent period—with the Yankees once again coming off a season sans the "post-"—the first ...
While New York Yankees fans await the next impact offensive signing, welcome Brian McCann to the Bronx and hope Jay Z is bluffing when talk of $250 million for Robinson Cano surfaces, the franchise has more work to do in order to field a championship club in 2014.
According to Hal Steinbrenner, the team is focused on doing just that. As part of a statement released to officially announce the signing of catcher Brian McCann, the Yankees owner talked about putting a team on the field capable of winning in October.
"The ...
While New York Yankees fans await the next impact offensive signing, welcome Brian McCann to the Bronx and hope Jay Z is bluffing when talk of $250 million for Robinson Cano surfaces, the franchise has more work to do in order to field a championship club in 2014.
According to Hal Steinbrenner, the team is focused on doing just that. As part of a statement released to officially announce the signing of catcher Brian McCann, the Yankees owner talked about putting a team on the field capable of winning in October.
"The ...
Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariner?
If the latest report—that the Mariners have all of a sudden emerged as a serious threat to sign the five-time All-Star—is to be believed, the longtime New York Yankees second baseman-turned-free agent could be on his way to the Pacific Northwest, turning his would-be former team into something like a puzzle without its biggest piece.
After all, the Yankees' chances of retaining Cano are "less than 50-50," per a source cited by Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York in the report referenced above.
That may well be the case, but it ...