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Yankees aren’t offering and nobody is asking to trade for Alex Rodriguez

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

We've been over this a few times, but people keep asking about it so here it is one more time -- Brian Cashman confirming that he has not shopped Alex Rodriguez around and nobody has called to talk trades for him either. “I’ve already been on record right after the postseason, we’re not trading Alex,” Yankees ...

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Yankees still consider David Phelps a future starter

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

David Phelps filled many jobs for the Yankees this year -- he was a starter, a long reliever, and at times a short reliever too, but despite his ability to wear many hats they still see him as a starter going forward. “I don’t pencil him in anywhere right now, but I think he’s best as ...

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Cashman: I believe that Andy Pettitte will play

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Andy Pettitte still hasn't made a decision as to whether he'll play next year or retire, but Brian Cashman is very hopeful that he'll return and thinks that it will happen. “I talked to Andy a few days after we got eliminated,” Cashman told Chad Jennings of the Journal News. “In that conversation, he was going ...

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Yankees have reached out to Russell Martin

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

This is not exactly news, but the Yankees have officially reached out to the agent of free agent catcher Russell Martin and expressed interest in the defensive minded catcher, according to Anthony McCarron of the NY Daily News. “We’ve had some initial conversations and they’ve expressed interest in bringing him back, but nothing substantial to date ...

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Kuroda wants another year in Japan before he retires

Posted on November 3, 2012 by RobAbruzzese

The Yankees couldn't have been more happy with the season Hiroki Kuroda had for them this year and have extended him a $13.3 million qualifying offer to bring him back. Hopefully he'll take it, but there is a chance the Dodgers could get involved and then there is Japan to worry about too. “I think he ...

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Yankees may limit CC Sabathia’s innings going forward

Posted on November 3, 2012 by RobAbruzzese

Yankees ace CC Sabathia spent time on the DL two different times this year and still threw 200 innings because that's what he does -- he's a horse who throws a ton of innings. That may be taking a toll on him though as he experienced elbow troubles for the first time in his career this ...

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Cashman: I don’t think Soriano will sign if he’s not the closer

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

It's beginning to sound like the only way Rafael Soriano comes back to the Yankees is if Mariano Rivera retires. "I don't think Soriano would sign here if he's not going to be the closer," Cashman told Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com. "And I don't think we would do again what we did before. He's going to ...

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Levine said Boras wants a 4-year, $60 million deal for Soriano

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees president Randy Levine and Rafael Soriano's agent Scott Boras have entered into negotiations to bring back the de facto close that opted out of the final year of his contract this morning and so far things are not going smoothly. According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Yankees are under the impression that ...

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