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Yankees claim to not be dealing Nick Swisher (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:28:11 PST

New York Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher had a tough postseason at the plate but still got to celebrate at...

Yankees Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:50:30 PST

As free agency opened, the Yankees were reportedly in a wait-and-see mode. Unlike last season, when the club had to act quickly in starting the process on several big moves to erase the taste of a playoff-free 2008, this year the Yankees can savor their World Series title.

Not that the team operates that way, necessarily, but there just is not as much of a panic to chase the big contracts. And probably not as much a desire to, either.

While the Yankees reportedly inquired about Toronto ace Roy Halladay, they do not need to make as desperate a push for him as, say, the other New York team. Jason Bay and Matt Holliday are available as free agents without the price of prospects, but after last year's nearly half-billion haul, the Yankees aren't likely to spend on such...

Baseball shifts into shopping mode (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:00 PST

Free agents can negotiate with every team beginning Friday, and prices for the handful of top names could be high.

Roberto Alomar hoping his 1st time on ballot leads to Hall of Fame election (The Canadian Press)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:19:00 PST

TAMPA, Fla. - Roberto Alomar has career numbers that compare favourably with many of baseball's greatest second basemen. The question is how will one memorable lapse impact his bid to make the Hall of Fame.

Alomar hoping for election to Hall of Fame (AP)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:44:51 PST

Roberto Alomar has career numbers that compare favorably with many of baseball's greatest second basemen. The question is how will one memorable lapse impact his bid to make the Hall of Fame. On the ballot for the first time, the 12-time All-Star's resume is impressive. He was a two-time World Series champion with Toronto, and hit .300 with 210 homers, 1,134 RBIs and 474 stolen bases in 17...

Selig: Some clubs lost money (AP)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:43:00 PST

Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year. "There was no question about that," Selig said. "I don't think the concerns have been ameliorated at all. I think the concerns are still there because all these people have their own economists." Selig said final figures for this year are still being...

Yankees going after Toronto's Roy Halladay (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:50:45 PST

If you're the World Series champ, might as well try to get better, right? The New York Yankees have...

Commissioner: MLB will tighten playoff schedule (AP)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:38:34 PST

Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said he's working on tightening up the 2010 playoff schedule so there will be fewer off days between games. Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia criticized the current format after the New York Yankees and Angels played only eight games in 20 days going into Game 6 of the American League Championship Series.

Nationals prepared to make a play for Lackey (SportingNews.com)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:17:29 PST

Add the Washington Nationals to the list of teams interested in signing right-hander John Lackey as a free...

Yankees decline $1.25 million option on Mitre (PA SportsTicker)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:40:17 PST

The New York Yankees have declined a $1.25 million option on pitcher Sergio Mitre.

Angels focused on Figgins and Lackey, not Holliday (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:22:39 PST

Teams have till Friday to get their own free agents signed before anybody else can offer them any dough and...

A's Bailey and Marlins' Coghlan win Rookie awards (AP)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:27:51 PST

Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in. Figuring it was probably his mom, the Oakland Athletics closer finished one conversation and clicked over. Good news, kid: You're the Rookie of the Year in the American League. "At first I thought it was a prank call.

Florida OF Coghlan wins NL Rookie of Year; Oakland closer Bailey takes AL honour (The Canadian Press)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:18:00 PST

NEW YORK - Chris Coghlan and Andrew Bailey both agreed to change, then quickly got their chance in the majors. Now each has a rookie reward that will last forever.

Three teams already talking Lackey: Mets, Brewers, Red Sox (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:31:59 PST

Los Angel es Angels of Anaheim hurler John Lackey is clearly the top pitcher in this off-season's free-agent...

Torre happy for Girardi, Yankees (AP)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:36:04 PST

Dodgers manager Joe Torre says he was pleased when successor Joe Girardi and the New York Yankees won the World Series this month. Torre managed the Yankees for 12 years, leading them to four titles before leaving after the 2007 season. Girardi replaced him and led New York to its 27th championship this year.

AP Interview: Chapman says no drama in defection (AP)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:27:46 PST

Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament in the Netherlands lacked any of the drama a movie script writer would want. "It was pretty straightforward," he recalled. "I just walked out of the hotel, got in the car and left." Separated from his parents, sisters,...

Mariners coach John Wetteland hospitalized (SportingNews.com)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:16:00 PST

Seattle Mariners bullpen coach and former World Series hero John Wetteland was hospitalized Thursday for what...

George Steinbrenner spends time at his office (AP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:58:49 PST

George Steinbrenner returned to his office at the Yankees' spring training complex for the first time since New York won the World Series last week. The 79-year-old owner spent more than three hours with family members and team officials looking back at the franchise's 27th title and discussing plans for the upcoming season.

Red Sox want Yankees' Hideki Matsui? (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:31:45 PST

Hideki Matsui put on quite an offensive show in Game 6 of the World Series as his New York Yankees made the...

Zimmerman wins Gold Glove for Nationals (AP)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:56:47 PST

That travel team back in Virginia a decade ago must have played great defense on the left side of the infield. Ryan Zimmerman succeeded boyhood friend David Wright as the National League's Gold Glove third baseman on Wednesday. In high school, when Zimmerman was a shortstop, the two played together on a youth team.

Money can't buy happiness, but championships … (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:59:00 PST

Much has been made about this year's World Series champions, the New York Yankees, and their astronomical payroll.

At the Letters: Replaying the postseason (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:51:00 PST

Readers have their say on replay, deep pockets, Manny's shower and the best pitching year of all time.

Damon may be done with Yankees (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:55:01 PST

The New York Yankees were apparently hoping that Johnny Damon would be basking so much in the glow of being a...

Halladay's value falls if he's in Blue Jay blue (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:34:00 PST

The Blue Jays' new GM is on the clock, but he's taking a cool but measured approach to shopping his ace.

Yankees may try to offer Lackey deal similar to Burnett's; Mets to pursue Halladay again? (SportingNews.com)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:16:12 PST

In what can hardly be called a surprise, right-hander John Lackey is on the New York Yankees' radar, SI,com...

Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon become free agents (AP)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:40:44 PST

World Series MVP Hideki Matsui became a free agent Monday along with New York Yankees teammates Johnny Damon, Eric Hinske, Jose Molina and Xavier Nady. Matsui and Damon both said after the Yankees' six-game victory over Philadelphia last week that they would like to stay with New York. The Yankees said it was too early to address how they want to formulate their team for 2010.

Cuban pitcher hurt stopping fight (AP)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:11:47 PST

The pitcher who helped Cuba defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the United States a decade ago tried to stop a fight and was smashed in the face with a blunt object. His injuries are not life-threatening but he will need reconstructive surgery. Norge Luis Vera is in "delicate, stable condition and fully conscious," the government-controlled Radio Rebelde said Monday.