Yankees sign Chan Ho Park

Reported by Thomas Harding of MLB.com early this morning, the Yankees have agreed to a one-year deal with RHP Chan Ho Park. Signing Park for a base salary of $1.2MM with $300,000 worth of incentives seems like a good move for the Yankees given his success out of the bullpen over the past two seasons. [...]

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Brett The Jet

I’ve had a Brett Gardner article up my sleeve for a while now, and I think it’s about time that I delivered.  I’m a big fan of Gardy and have been hoping all off season that he’d actually get a chance to play this upcoming season.  As we inch closer and closer to spring training [...]

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Left Field, Right Choice

The topic of discussion around the web and on the airwaves lately is who will be playing left field in the Bronx come April.  The big names are still out there and there’s no indication that they’ll be signing anytime soon. There are also a myriad of second tier outfielders available, which seem much more [...]

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Bringing Back Old Faces

I presume that everyone has seen the news of Nick Johnson returning to the Bronx next year, so we’ll just move on to the impact on the everyday lineup. Johnson figures to be the everyday DH for the Yankees, easily filling the void left by Matsui, but where does he fit in the lineup?  Johnson [...]

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Andy Pettitte Update

The Yankees and Andy Pettitte appear to be closing in on a deal worth $12MM.  Updates to follow as information is received (not that you guys don’t read the other sites first). [Hat tip to MLBTR] UPDATE: Yanks and Pettitte agree to a 1-year $11.75MM contract according to the NY Post.  Glad to see they [...]

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The Outfield Vacancy

It’s been a couple of days since I presented the possible OF candidates, so it’s about time I filled you guys in on what I think should happen.  We’ve lost a possible candidate since Wednesday, but to be honest I didn’t think they were going to sign Chone Figgins anyway.  I think the Yankees best [...]

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Around the Web – Thursday, Dec. 3rd

Nothing too exciting out there today. • Buster Olney broke down the largest free agent spenders from 1999-2008 and the boys from the Bronx came in at numero uno (pretty handily too).  Nothing too interesting about the biggest spenders (Mets, Red Sox, Cubs, Giants) but the lowest spenders jump out at me.  The Yankees spent [...]

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Around the Web – Wednesday, Dec. 2

I really like the style Buster Olney uses on his ESPN blog. He writes his thoughts on whatever topic and then posts links from things he read that day.  We’re gonna give that a go from here on out. _ Joe Girardi was at Jets practice the other day as a special instructor.  Pretty funny [...]

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Arbitration? We don’t need no stinkin’ arbitration.

So apparently the Yankees have decided to offer none of their free agents salary arbitration.  I entirely understand the move since either (a) the free agents are in line for raises through arbitration whereas the market value suggests a pay cut (i.e. Damon, Matsui, Nady) (b) the player will be solely negotiating with one team [...]

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