Just when you thought you heard all the rumors possible, there's a new one that sneaks up out of nowhere and catches you by surprise, but makes you think.
We all know the Yankees are looking to add to their starting rotation with CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Andy Pettitte already committed to the 2010 season.
With John Lackey, Randy Wolf, Rich Harden, and Roy Halladay already signed and moved to other teams, the Yankees are still looking in other places to add starting pitching.
They have been linked to Ben Sheets or ...
It's been a year since the Yankees made a major facelift to their starting rotation.
They brought in CC Sabathia for seven years and $162 million and A.J. Burnett for five years and $82.5 million, plus re-signing Andy Pettitte to one year and $5.5 million.
That rotation of Sabathia, Burnett and Pettitte went a combined 46-25 in the regular season and 8-2 in the postseason en route to the 2009 World Series.
With the front of the rotation set, the Yankees are looking to add to it to make it even stronger, because ...
“How are the Red Sox any better than the Yankees?” It’s a question I hear often when I walk the streets of Cleveland dressed in Boston paraphernalia.
Most of my fellow Indians fans see the two big-market clubs as equally evil; as long as they both buy our players and beat us in the playoffs, it doesn’t matter who is worse.
Knowing that trying to convert my peers to dual fandom would be futile, I usually respond by explaining to my questioner why the Red Sox are the lesser of two evils.
The ...
The Yankees have yet to address their left field situation for 2010.
They also have yet to re-sign Johnny Damon, who was the team's left fielder for the past two seasons and has said they have yet to offer him any sort of a contract.
There might be a reason why.
According to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald, the Yankees have contacted the representatives for Jason Bay, who was the left fielder of the Boston Red Sox for the last season and a half.
Bay already rejected a four year, $60 million offer ...
The reign of Godzilla in the Bronx is officially over.
It was announced today that the 2009 World Series MVP, Hideki Matsui, would sign a one-year deal worth about $6.5 million with the Los Angeles Angels.
Matsui would likely be the every day designated hitter for the Angels, which would likely end the stay of Vladimir Guerrero with the team.
Matsui will be 36 next season but showed everyone in the postseason he still had a lot left to offer to a team beyond 2009.
During the regular season, Matsui batted .272, hit 28 ...
Most athletes have good luck charms and superstitions.
Lucky socks. Not changing their underwear. Rally monkeys. Beards during playoffs.
But Alex Rodriguez had a lucky charm and superstition in one, according to Yankees fans anyway.
Kate Hudson was the “thing” that made A-Rod great in the 2009 season, helping him lead the Yankees to win the World Series.
She was always around, and during the playoffs could be seen in the stands or even in the special dugout seats.
This morning they reportedly broke up.
So what happens now? Does A-Rod go back to being just ...
It's been a busy Monday with pitchers moving around the league.
Earlier this afternoon, it was reported that the Red Sox and John Lackey agreed to a five year deal worth around $85 million dollars.
Lackey was in negotiations with teams like the Yankees, Mets, Mariners, and Rangers among others, but now, he lands in Boston.
It's a solid move for the Red Sox, who get a top pitcher and a playoff-experienced pitcher to add to a rotation with Josh Beckett and Jon Lester at the top of it already. Lackey probably will ...
With the winter meetings over and the non-tender deadlines past, news is coming in very slowly.
I'm sure there will be a ton of signings over the next few weeks since there are seemingly endless numbers of free agents available.
The most recent bits of news that have been passed along are in regard to Johnny Damon. Brian Hoch tells us that Damon's agent Scott Boras doesn't think Johnny deserves a pay cut and is still looking for a three-year deal worth $13 million annually.
Now, Boras doesn't expect to actually get that much. ...
Much concern with the Yankees right now centers around the need to sign Johnny Damon to fill the number two hole behind Derek Jeter.
Curtis Granderson is not a good two hitter because he strikes out too much.
But if Damon is not resigned, there is not as much to worry about. The Yankees already have the perfect man for the job.
Robinson Cano would fit very nicely behind Jeter in the lineup. In fact, looking at the 2009 numbers he looks better than Damon. And Cano is only 27 years old whereas ...
I thought he was better than this. I thought that this time it would be more about the team, more about the fans, and more about the prestige of putting on the Yankee Pinstripes.
I was wrong.
With Johnny Damon, no matter what he said in November after helping the Yankees win the World Series, it is still only about the money.
And that is just plain stupid of Damon.
I wrote a piece recently saying it would be in Damon's best interest to stay with the Yankees as long as he can. To stay ...