After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008, the New York Yankees enter a critical offseason as they look to retool and build a roster capable of leading them to a 28th World Series titles in 2014.
The Yankees have already made a significant move, signing veteran shortstop Derek Jeter to a one-year, $12 million deal. While it doesn't make the Bronx Bombers the favorite, it guarantees that they will boast unrivaled experience and leadership in the infield and clubhouse next season.
As for what's next, let's take a look ...
We can make all the predictions we want about the upcoming offseason. But the reality of the prediction business is that each time a move is made that comes out of left field, a lot of the thinking that went into the remaining predictions can go right out the window.
And trust me on this one. There will be signings and trades that no one predicted. Mystery teams are very real. Teams that no one have discussed as being a suitor for a particular free agent will sign that free agent. ...
Desperate times call for desperate measures in New York.After missing the postseason for just the second time since 1994, the New York Yankees are considering adding significant free agent talent to their roster for the 2014 season.
According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Yankees have added Jacoby Ellsbury and Matt Garza to a list of possible targets that already included Shin-Soo Choo, Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran and Masahiro Tanaka.
Despite a self-mandate to keep the 2014 payroll under $189 million, New York's front office, led by general manager Brian Cashman, ...
After missing the playoffs for only the second time since 1995, the New York Yankees and GM Brian Cashman head into the offseason with multiple problems to deal with.
Mariano Rivera's retirement has left the team without a closer; as many as three-fifths of the team's starting rotation may need to be replaced; and Robinson Cano, the team's best player, needs to be re-signed.
The team is looking to stay under the $189 million luxury tax threshold in 2014, something that would be significantly easier to do if Alex Rodriguez's 211-game suspension ...
While this year's class of free agents appears relatively thin in some areas, particularly in the middle infield and third base, it's a strong group overall, with catching, outfield, pitching depth and a handful of superstars that will command deals worth $100 million or more.
But compared to free-agent classes of recent history, how does it stack up?
Starting with the 2005 group and including this year's class, I've ranked the past 10 based on how it would've been viewed at the time and not on how well they have performed. Begin Slideshow
Life is never simple when you're the general manager of the New York Yankees. As the 2013 season comes to a final conclusion at Fenway Park, every team not fortunate enough to be competing in the World Series, including the Yankees, will look to retool and make a run at a title in the near future.
For Yankees executive Brian Cashman, that means two things: competing at a high level and attempting to stay below ownership's $189 million luxury-tax mandate.
With the ongoing saga around Alex Rodriguez's suspension appeal, what he may ...
This winter, Robinson Cano will be the biggest, most expensive name on the free-agent market, which is just the sort of player the big-market, deep-pocketed New York Yankees have been known to land.
But will they? And more importantly, should they?
Cano, of course, actually is a Yankee. At least, technically speaking. For now.
Fresh off his 31st birthday—celebrated in style along with his rep Jay Z in Belgium—Cano remains property of the Yankees until the end of the World Series, although it's all but a formality that he'll hit the open market ...
The New York Yankees don't have many trade assets this winter, but there are a few players whom general manager Brian Cashman could dangle in potential trades.
Cashman will more than likely spend most of his time gauging the free-agent market, but if the right package comes around, he might be willing to deal some major league-ready players.
Unfortunately for Cashman, his roster isn't exactly chock-full of trade assets. His major league team is old and has little value to other teams, and recent history would suggest that he isn't willing to ...
While it took five days before the first free agent signed with a new team last offseason—Maicer Izturis left the Los Angeles Angels to sign a three-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays on Nov. 8; free agents were eligible to sign with new teams as of Nov. 3 (six days after the end of World Series)—and much later before most of the bigger-name free agents began to sign, it's not out of the realm of possibility that one from this year's group signs by the beginning of next week.
It's ...
Masahiro Tanaka may not be the only international pitcher targeted by the New York Yankees this offseason.
According to George A. King III of the New York Post, the Yankees have scouted 31-year-old reliever Seung-Hwan Oh of the Korean Baseball Organization.
News of the Yankees’ interest in Oh doesn’t come as a surprise. The team was expected to be in the market for several relievers this winter as it tries to realign the bullpen in the wake of Mariano Rivera’s retirement.
Oh, a seven-time All Star, has served as the top closer in ...