Ramiro Pena to the Rangers?

In case you haven’t heard, shortstop Khalil Greene has been dealt a tough hand and is stepping away from the game of baseball for now.  It’s a sad story to hear, and one that’s not heard very often in a society where athletes are idolized as something more than mere mortals like you and I, but [...]

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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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Thoughts about Jaime Hoffman

As reported earlier, the Yankees selected Jaime Hoffman with the first overall pick in the Rule Five Draft, acquired with the flip of a Bruney. From what I hear (read, actually) Hoffman has the makings to become an above average utility outfielder, a right handed batter that can play solid defense. Essentially, a national league [...]

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Yankees Rule 5 Draft Pick

The Yankees’ trade with the Nationals was completed today as they received Jamie Hoffmann in exchange for Brian Bruney. Chad Jennings at LoHud broke down Jamie Hoffman and naturally it’s all positives.  If Hoffman turns out to be anything close to what’s said about him in the article, then I think he’ll make a fine [...]

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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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Granderson to the Yanks

So yeah, this was a roller coaster ride for 24 hours.  Let’s recap, starting from last night (all times Eastern). 4PM – The beer must be flowing: reporters starting to talk about Granderson going to the Yankees 8PM – Nothing happening on Granderson-to-Yankees front 11PM – Three-team deal sending Granderson to Yanks reaches impasse 9AM [...]

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Poll – Most pressing need this off season?

Discuss in the comments if you’d like.

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