New York Post (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
By GEORGE A. KING III and JOEL SHERMANLoading new images... Last updated: 3:51 amPosted: 1:50 amWith free-agent movement slow, Brian Cashman is going to the action. The Yankees GM met with agent Scott Boras yesterday at an undisclosed location and has plans to huddle with CC Sabathia in Las Vegas before the Winter Meetings open there on Monday. Boras represents pitchers Derek Lowe and...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
By GEORGE A. KING III Loading new images... Last updated: 6:06 pmDecember 4, 2008 Posted: 5:59 pmDecember 4, 2008Brian Cashman and Scott Boras met today to go over the agent's high-end free agent shopping list that includes Mark Teixeira, Manny Ramirez, Derek Lowe and Oliver Perez.It's the second time in a month Cashman and Boras have met; they had dinner at the GM Meetings in early November...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... to be four years with option for fifth year — The Braves have made an offer to free-agent pitcher A.J. Burnett, who is considered the second-best starter available this offseason behind CC Sabathia.Discussion: , , , and Discussion: Jim Green / : Ben K. / : Greg Cohen / : Charihar / : Rob Harding / : RELATED: George A. King III / : — YANKEES COULD TURN TO OFFENSE IF PITCHERS FALL THROUGH...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
... Dejan Kovacevic / : Discussion: , and Discussion: Ian Casselberry / : Tom Fornelli / : Charlie / : George A. King III / : — YANKEES COULD TURN TO OFFENSE IF PITCHERS FALL THROUGH — Brian Cashman and Scott Boras met today to go over the agent's high-end free agent shopping list that includes Mark Teixeira, Manny Ramirez, Derek Lowe and Oliver Perez.Discussion: Discussion: Steve Lombardi...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tony Massarotti / : — Just as the Red Sox were announcing a new $40.5 million contract for Dustin Pedroia yesterday, baseball's sputtering offseason finally began to whir. The pitching market began to develop, and the price appeared to be going up.Discussion: , , , , and Discussion: Matthew Cerrone / : Tim Dierkes / : Matt Snyder / : Mike A. / : J. Weitzel / : Tim Malcolm / : RELATED: Jack Curry /...
New York Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
By GEORGE A. KING IIILast updated: 2:32 amDecember 4, 2008 Posted: 1:41 amDecember 4, 2008CC Sabathia's options are few with an ocean of dollars separating them. Yesterday, Angels GM Tony Reagins said his primary focus is on re-signing switch-hitting free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira, who is seeking $20 million a year. Though Angels owner Arte Moreno can afford Teixeira and Sabathia,...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
By GEORGE A. KING III Loading new images... Posted: 2:59 amDecember 3, 2008Are the Yankees headed for another Randy Johnson situation when dealing with CC Sabathia?Johnson orchestrated his way out of Arizona to The Bronx for one reason: Yankee dollars.As Johnson discovered, money often doesn't buy happiness in New York. Now it appears Sabathia, who is light years ahead of Johnson as a...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
By MARK HALE and GEORGE A. KING III Loading new images... Last updated: 3:15 amDecember 2, 2008 Posted: 3:04 amDecember 2, 2008There's still a chance the Yankees will re-sign Andy Pettitte and Bobby Abreu, but the Bombers are unwilling to let someone else determine the price. The Yankees opted not to offer arbitration to any of their free agents yesterday, the two big ones being Pettitte...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Ken Davidoff / : — The Yankees intend to offer arbitration to their own free agent, Bobby Abreu, by tonight's midnight deadline, and the Mets likely will do the same with their own free agent, Oliver Perez. — The rest of the local teams' free agents … Discussion: , , , , , and Discussion: Matthew Cerrone / : Ken Davidoff / : Mike A. / : Joseph DelGrippo / : Mark M. / : : Charihar / : RELATED: Matthew...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... teams' free agents … Discussion: , , , , and Discussion: Pete Caldera / : Ken Davidoff / : Mike A. / : George A. King III / : : Anthony McCarron / : Ian Browne / : Discussion: and Discussion: : El Guapo's Ghost / : Peter Abraham / : — Today is the deadline for teams to offer their free agents arbitration. Here are the players the Yankees have to make decisions on: — OF Bobby Abreu...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
By GEORGE A. KING III Loading new images... Last updated: 2:48 amDecember 1, 2008 Posted: 1:35 amDecember 1, 2008The Yankees will be forced into a decision before midnight tonight, one they didn't believe was an issue two months ago: Whether to offer Andy Pettitte arbitration. At the end of an unacceptable 2008 season in which the Yankees didn't reach October, Pettitte said he would pitch...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... would come back to New York or retire. Last week's news that Andy and Joe Torre were talking L.A. upset that balance. — Today, in the Paper That Must Not Be Named … George A. King III / Scott Ham / Matt Snyder / Charihar / Peter Abraham / — The Hot Stove season has been uneventful so far and today could be more of the same. But now that my parents, sister and niece have left NYC,...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Ben K. / River Avenue Blues : Dodgers complicating Yanks' arbitration decision — Updated 10:43 a.m.: Before this week, we all assumed that Andy Pettitte would come back to New York or retire. Last week's news that Andy and Joe Torre were talking L.A. upset that balance. — Today, in the Paper That Must Not Be Named …
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Ken Davidoff / : — A pair of lefthanders on the Yankees' radar - one whom they know very well, one whom they don't - are both talking with West Coast teams. The bad news for the Yankees is that the Angels' interest in CC Sabathia appears more serious than the Dodgers' interest in Andy Pettitte.Discussion: , , , and Discussion: Mike Silva / : : Tim Dierkes / : Mike A. / : Wallace Matthews / : RELATED:...
