Baseball

Where's Cashman?

As usual, Brian Cashman is working overtime heading into next week's Winter Meetings in Las Vegas. Cashman jetted across the country, supposedly headed to L.A. for a sit down with Satan Scott Boras (George King got that one wrong).... Full story

The Yankees Hate Draft Picks

As unbelievable as it may seem, the Yankees played the budget-concerns card when explaining why they didn't offer arbitration to Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, Bobby Abreu and Ivan Rodriguez.To be honest, this move has me baffled and more than a... Full story

Moose Calls It Quits...Or Does He?

The news broke late this afternoon that Mike Mussina would retire. It's been reported everywhere and the fact of the matter is, he probably will hang up his cleats in the next day or two, but nothing's final yet.... Full story

How The Rasner Deal Went Down

Over the weekend, the Yanks sold Darrell Rasner to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League for $1M.I wasn't aware players could be sold, like cattle, but it appears the move was not only legal, but they... Full story

Yanks Land Swisher

MLB Trade Rumors has all the stories compiled in one place. It looks like the deal is going to be Wilson Betemit, Jhonny Nunez and Jeff Marquez for Nick Swisher and Kanakoea Texeira.The best thing about this trade, as far... Full story

$500,000 Per Pound

According to Joel Sherman, the Yanks won't waste any time in their pursuit of C.C. Sabathia. Sherman pegs their initial offer at $150M/6 years and thinks that could be only the starting point. Sherman says they'll submit their first... Full story

Yanks Lock Down Marte...Maybe

According to Impacto Deportivo, the Yanks have signed Damaso Marte to a three-year, $12M deal. The link (and translation) comes via MLB Trade Rumors.If true, it's a good move for the Yanks this season, but I disagree with the logic... Full story

Billy Beane's Futures Market

The offseason trade market got an official start on Monday and someone should call Michael Lewis because I think Billy Beane is looking to have another book written about him.In a turn-baseball-logic-on-its-head type of move, Beane ponied up the one... Full story

Mussina Wins Gold, Marte's Option Not Picked Up

Mike Mussina picked up his 7th Gold Glove award today. These awards are typically based on reputation and/or offensive prowess rather than any statistical method of judging a player's defensive ability, but the Moose deserves a nod nonetheless. Here... Full story

Three-Team Matsui Deal?

I first saw this one on MLBTR, apparently Tim Brown is reporting on a possible three-team deal that would send Hideki Matsui to the Mariners and Robinson Cano to Colorado, Seattle would send a young pitcher, possibly Ryan Rowland-Smith, to... Full story

Connecting the Dots

I'm dying for something sports-related, so let's talk Yankees hot stove. Two rumors out of the GM meetings caught my eye today, and if you put them together (and believe both of them), they could point toward something unexpected.First, Jon... Full story

Manny Is A Bad Idea

Word on the street, and by street I mean straight out of Hank's mouth, is that the Yanks may be interested in signing Manny Ramirez. The headline of this post tells you how I feel about that rumor, after... Full story

Congratulations, Phils Fans

It was a long time overdue, enjoy it. Hopefully this will be the beginning of a string of championships for Philadelphia teams.... Full story

Yankees and Cowboys Team Up To Rip Off Fans

In case you missed the news today, the Yanks and Cowboys have joined forces to create Legends Hospitality LLC. In a nutshell, the teams themselves will take over all vending and merchandising done at their respective new stadiums. The... Full story

Not Bad For A Bye Week

When none of my teams are active I'm usually forced to watch the enemy play. Today was no different, well, that's not 100% accurate. Today was actually quite different when you take the results into account.The day started off with... Full story

Hank On Joba: He'll Start.

The Hammer held court after the first day of the Yankees organizational meetings, he said Joba would be a starter in 2009. Nothing earth-shattering here, and honestly it doesn't even begin to answer the biggest question. Will Joba begin the... Full story

Updates On Moose and Pettitte

While all media reports seemed to point toward Mussina riding off into the sunset following his first 20-win season, some of us were holding out hope. Now, according to Buster Olney, it looks like Mussina may be leaning toward coming... Full story

Meacham Canned, Drinks Are On Me!

Peter Abraham has the scoop. Bobby Meacham was shown the door today. If you ask me, this is an excellent beginning for the changes this team needs to make this offseason. Meacham was probably the worst third base coach I've... Full story

Whoops!

On a scale of 1 to 10, I think this post rates a 15 on the embarrassment meter. Back in November when the Phils traded Michael Bourn for Brad Lidge I didn't like the move for the Phils. Well, it's... Full story

Bye Bye Bobby?

If true, this rumor could spell the end of Bobby Abreu's time in Pinstripes. (Hat tip to MLBTR) According to Mark Feinsand, Abreu is looking for a three-year deal, minimum. He'll probably get it, somewhere, but does it make... Full story