Just as fans start to comprehend that the New York Yankees are all about one-year deals this off-season, the brass throws another curveball that makes no sense. A. J. Pierzynski (Photo credit: Keith Allison) Here is the gist of it: - Russell Martin signs a 2-year, $17 million deal with the Pirates, as Yankees didn’t [...]
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Yankees Hot Stove: Vernon not so Wells
The Los Angeles Angels are supposedly shopping outfielder Vernon Wells, and the New York Yankees are rumored to be the team who is very interested. Now why would the Yankees want Wells? Well, here are some Wells- facts to sleep on: - 2006 signed to a 7-year, $126 million contract with Blue Jays; is considered [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: RA to AL East
FOX Sports Jon Morosi AND Ken Rosenthal just reported that the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets have officially agreed on a trade sending 2012 CY Young winner RA Dickey to Canada for a handful of very talented prospects. The deal’s only hold-up was that Dickey wanted a well-deserved contract extension, and the [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Hamilton wanted to be wanted
Before Josh Hamilton signed with the Angels, rumors were running rampant on the internet that his agent had asked to meet with the New York Yankees but that GM Brian Cashman declined after ownership said no way. But Newsday reported that Cashman had his people do some background checks on the slugger. So it came [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Ichiro Suzuki
The New York Yankees signed 39-year old outfielder Ichiro Suzuki to a two-year deal somewhere between the $12-$13 million range. Ichiro was great for the Yankees last year, as he was traded over mid-season from the Mariners and was the only semi-productive player during the 2012 postseason. Many fans, including myself, are puzzled as to [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Youks welcome to the Bronx
For almost a decade if anyone heard Kevin Youkilis and New York Yankeesin the same sentence you can bet that it was not friendly banter. So a week ago, when Yankees beat writer Bryan Hoch confirmed the rumor of the Yankees making a $12-million, one-year offer to the ex-Red Sox, I honestly didn’t know what to [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Youks got to be kidding me
The New York Yankeesoff-season remains at a standstill, which isn’t so surprising when you have an ownership that refuses to offer anything more than a one-year contract. Why? – See good players, like solid bench guys can usually get two-year deals. – The young and most talented will easily get multi-year offers from many ball [...]
