Surprisingly, the Yankees won the bidding right to Seibu Lions shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima. Their bid was for a very reasonable $2 million dollars. The Yankees view Nakajima as a utility man to backup Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and Robinson Cano throughout the season. He’s basically replacing Eduardo Nunez, who could be part of a package to possibly bring back some pitching. Jon [...]

John Harper of the Daily News reported this weekend the Braves interest in Yankees utility man Eduardo Nunez. This created speculation the Yanks could work out a deal for Jair Jurrjens, who is available this offseason. Jurrjens is arbitration eligible and made $3.25 million a year ago. His salary will certainly enter the $5 million a year range after [...]

Tonight, I am live from the studio of 1240 AM WGBB. It’s been a slow hot stove, but I will recap where both team’s stand after the GM meetings. Hear my thoughts on the Yanks “wait and see” approach with the free agent starting pitching market, if Eduardo Nunez can be used as the centerpiece [...]

Earlier in the week Seattle GM Jack Zduriencik told ESPN New York that he doesn’t have any intention of trading Felix Hernandez despite the Mariners owning one of the worst records in baseball. He went on to say that ”You can say nine guys. You could say 12 guys. What does it matter? The deal is we have [...]

I talked about the market for Carlos Beltran earlier this morning, but there is another Mets player that I think might be desirable to contenders: Mike Pelfrey. After losing to the Phillies on Sunday afternoon Mike Pelfrey is 5-9 with a 4.67 ERA. After making so much progress with his splitter last season it appeared [...]

I had the pleasure of Seattle Mariners television broadcaster Dave Sims joining me for a few minutes on Sunday’s holiday podcast. We talked about his time here in New York on WFAN, but we also discussed the state of the Mariners. When I brought up how Yankees fans would love to see Felix Hernandez in [...]

A member of the Kansas City media reached out to me yesterday, asking if we had heard anything about the Yankees making another run at Royals closer Joakim Soria. Last summer, we reported Yankees interest in Soria, but the demands of Kansas City GM Dayton Moore were excessive. Bill Madden later reported the Yankees made overtures [...]

It’s always hard to take the temperature of an entire fan base. The internet is a great tool to accomplish this; however it’s hardly scientific. Talk radio? The cream of the crop usually doesn’t wait on hold during working hours. These tools are all I have to go by on a daily basis, so for [...]

It appears that Derek Jeter might miss some time with a calf injury. Although this puts a crimp in the quest for 3,000, it’s a great opportunity to see Eduardo Nunez play every day at the big league level. Jeter is putting up his second consecutive below league average season. His offense continues to decline, and he [...]

Ken Rosenthal suggested today the Yankees offer Seattle a package of Jesus Montero, Ivan Nova, one of Mannny Banuelos/Dellin Betances, and two from a group of second baseman David Adams, RHP Hector Noesi, and shortstop Eduardo Nunez. Although this is a package that could land arguably the game’s best pitcher, it’s one that I wouldn’t [...]

Cliff Lee‘s interview on WIP via Sports Radio Interviews: Who finished second to the Phillies in his mind: “Texas probably finished second to be honest with you. Just as far as the quality of the team and the chance to win a World Series ring, I think they’re a better team. That’s just my opinion. [...]

It’s still early in camp, but I believe the Yankees 25 man roster is taking shape. Most of it was a given, but there were a few spots up for grabs. Here is my March 8th projection: Starting Lineup C- Russell Martin 1B- Mark Teixeira 2b- Robinson Cano SS- Derek Jeter 3B- Alex Rodriguez LF- [...]

Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported yesterday that either Joba Chamberlain or Ivan Nova could be traded within two weeks for Twins lefty Francisco Liriano. Brian Cashman denied this to Wallace Matthew of ESPN New York later in the day. In speaking to my Tampa source, there are rumblings the Yankees are working towards a [...]

In all likelihood the Yankees will go with four bench players to start the season. One will be the backup catcher, which I suspect will be Francisco Cervelli, as Jesus Montero and Austin Romine will start the season in the minors. Andruw Jones will be the fourth outfielder that will also split time at DH. [...]

Bill Madden discussed the Yankees overtures to Kansas City this offseason regarding closer Joakim Soria. During the summer, we discussed Yankees interest in Soria with Jesus Montero as the center of the package. Madden reports that Brian Cashman would be willing to part with Montero, as well as Eduardo Nunez,in a deal. I believe this [...]