The Yankees may have one or two more moves up their sleeve, but with the start of spring training officially under way it is time to recap the offseason.
- Oct. 25: Yankees fire pitching coach Dave Eiland.
- Oct. 26: It’s announced that Joba Chamberlain will be back in the bullpen next year.
- Oct. 26: Dominican OF Wilmer Romero is signed.
- Oct. 27: Options for Kerry Wood, Nick Johnson, and Lance Berkman are turned down. Option for RHP Andrew Brackman is picked up.
- Oct. 28: Manager Joe Girardi is re-signed.
- Nov. 1: Hitting coach Kevin Long is re-signed.
- Nov. 2: Chad Gaudin and Royce Ring become free agents after being outrighted to the minor leagues.
- Nov. 2: Melky Mesa added to the 40-man roster.
- Nov. 5: It is announced that Jesus Montero is expected to be starting catcher next year.
- Nov. 10: Jorge Posada told he will be regular DH next year.
- Nov. 18: Dominican RHP Rafael DePaula is signed.
- Nov. 18: Yankees trade 1B Juan Miranda to Arizona for RHP Scottie Allen.
- Nov. 19: Jonathan Albaladejo is released.
- Nov. 19: Yankees announce Larry Rothschild is hired as pitching coach.
- Nov. 19: 3B Brandon Laird, RHP’s Dellin Betances and Ryan Pope are added to 40-man roster. Yankees trade cash for Braves OF Cody Johnson.
- Nov. 23: Yankees sign LHP’s Neal Cotts and Daniel Martinez.
- Nov. 23: Yankees offer arbitration to Javier Vazquez.
- Nov. 28: Yankees sign relievers Brian Anderson and lefty Andy Sisco.
- Nov. 29: Vazquez signs with the Marlins getting the Yankees a supplemental draft pick.
- Nov. 30: Minor leaguer Marcos Vechionacci signs with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan.
- Dec. 2: Sergio Mitre is re-signed.
- Dec. 2: Yankees sign reliever Buddy Carlyle.
- Dec. 2: Alfredo Aceves and Dustin Moseley are non-tendered.
- Dec. 3: Mariano Rivera is re-signed.
- Dec. 4: Derek Jeter is re-signed.
- Dec. 9: Yankees lose RHP’s George Kontos and Lance Pendleton in the Rule 5 draft. They acquire LHP Robert Fish and RHP Daniel Turpen in the same draft.
- Dec. 14: Cliff Lee signs with the Phillies.
- Dec. 14: Russell Martin is signed.
- Dec. 14: Yankees sign Mark Prior.
- Dec. 17: Pedro Feliciano is signed.
- Dec. 17: Jordan Parraz is claimed off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
- Dec. 20: Luis Vizcaino is signed.
- Dec. 21: Yankees sign amateur pitcher Leonel Vinas.
- Dec. 22: Yankees sign lefty pitcher Steve Evarts.
- Jan. 6: Yankees sign reliever Brian Schlitter.
- Jan. 13: Rafael Soriano is signed.
- Jan. 18: Yankees avoid arbitration with Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, and Boone Logan and sign the trio to one-year deals.
- Jan. 20: Andruw Jones is signed.
- Jan. 26: Bartolo Colon is signed.
- Jan. 31: Freddy Garcia is signed.
- Feb. 2: Yankees trade RHP Adam Olbrychowski to the Nationals for OF’er Justin Maxwell.
- Feb. 3: Andy Pettitte announces his retirement.
- Feb. 4: Yankees sign Ronnie Belliard.
- Feb. 4: Eric Chavez is signed.
- Feb. 8: Yankees sign Dominican amateur OF’er Freiter Marte.
- Feb. 9: Yankees sign Luis Ayala.
- Feb. 9: Yankees release Luis Vizcaino.
When you look at it this way it seems like the Yankees had one busy offseason. Most of these moves won’t effect the major league team in 2011 though.
Excellent synopsis. December 14 aptly sums up the whole off-season, I think:
"Dec. 14: Cliff Lee signs with the Phillies.
Dec. 14: Russell Martin is signed.
Dec. 14: Yankees sign Mark Prior."
On that date, we lost the giant of the offseason, Cliff Lee, and fired back with … Russ Martin and Mark Prior.
And the coup de grace:
"Feb. 3: Andy Pettitte announces his retirement"
What letter grade would people give this offseason? I said B-.
Tend to agree. B- sounds about right. I don't think Lee ever had any intention of coming to New York, though Cashman could have pressed harder. Andy retiring was out of everyone's hand. other than that….meh.
Exactly right on Lee. Nobody can fault Cash for Lee or Andy making their respective decisions. And with a crappy selection amongst the rest of the available starting pitchers Cash did the next best thing he could with the money and improved the rest of the team.
Agreed.
I’d give him a “C”. Cliff Lee was not his fault bec I’m convinced Lee had no intention of coming here, if you look at the way he and his agent went about it and read b/w the lines. But the best acquisition this off season was not even Cashman’s idea (R. Soriano). Cash really hasn’t done anything this winter to warrant even a B-. Also, I think he could have tried to talk Andy back, could have tried a lot more than he did.