Category Archives: Yankees Rumors

Rumor: Phillies interested in Ramiro Pena

The Philadelphia Phillies have had trouble keeping their middle infielders healthy and have expressed interest in the Yankees' Ramiro Pena, according to George King of the NY Post. Chase Utley is expected to start the season on the DL. If the Yankees did make a trade and send Pena to Philly he wouldn't fetch anybody of ...

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Rumor: Yankees asked Miami if it had interest in Garcia

The Yankees lost a pitcher in a horrible accident yesterday, but today they are trying to get rid of another one - Freddy Garcia. With seven starters vying for five spots, the Yankees are trying to trade Garcia and apparently offered him up to the Miami Marlins who were not interested, according to Danny Knobler of ...

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Rumor: Jorge Vazquez wants Yankees to call him up or trade him

The Yankees signed infielder Jorge Vazquez out of the Mexican League before the 2009 season and after three years and a season where he hit 32 home runs, he either wants to be called up to the majors or traded, according to Fernando Ballesteros of Puro Beisbol. In the article, translated from spanish, the president of ...

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Pettitte’s un-retirement doesn’t change Posada’s plans

Now that Andy Pettitte has returned and Raul Ibanez's spring numbers are not upto the liking of some fans it might seem like the perfect opportunity for Jorge Posada to make his comeback and go for a DH spot. Just don't hold your breath. Joel Sherman of the NY Post checked back in with Posada since the ...

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Yankees didn’t have the budget for Mike Gonzalez

The Yankees were supposedly at budget before signing Andy Pettitte out of retirement last week. In fact, after signing Hiroki Kuroda there were rumors that they might not even have enough to sign both Eric Chavez and Raul Ibanez (obviously they did). So what happened in the case of Pettitte? They made an exception. As Brian ...

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Rumor: Yankees had interest in Willis in offseason and could again

The Phillies became the latest team to give up on former 20-game winner Dontrelle Willis as they announced they released him Friday morning. Since he is still relatively young, 30-years-old, and left handed he'll get as many opportunities to try to succeed as possible. However, he hasn't pitched at least 200 innings since 2007 and hasn't had an ERA+ ...

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Cashman denies $16 million bid for Cuban infielder

Yesterday a rumor went around the internet thanks to Jorge Ebro of El Nueva Herald that the Yankees made a $16 million bid for Cuban infielder Adonis Garcia. However, today Brian Cashman denied that there was anything truth to that rumor, according to Chad Jennings of the Journal News. “That’s not true,” Cashman said. “We have ...

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Rumor: Yankees make $16 million offer to Cuban infielder

It's not Yoenis Cespedes, or even Jorge Soler, but the Yankees have offered Cuban infielder Adonis Garcia a six-year and $16 million offer, according to Jorge Ebro of El Nueva Herald. The Yankees would use the 26-year-old Garcia as an outfielder as opposed to the Athletics who are said to have made an $18 million offer ...

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Rumor: Yankees and Martin call off extension talks

The Yankees and Russell Martin re-kindled talks of a three-year contract extension this week, but have quickly abandoned those talks and have decided to wait until after the season, according to Andrew Marchand of ESPNNewYork.com. The two sides had started talks of a multi-year extension much earlier this offseason, but ultimately agreed on a one-year $7.5 ...

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Rumors: Yankees offered Martin 3-years, $20 million

There has been talk this week of a possible three year extension between the Yankees and catcher Russell Martin, but while the sides have revived talks this week, they do not appear to be close to a deal though. Martin will earn $7.5 million this season with another $100K in possible incentives. The Yankees want to ...

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