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Yankees Lose Another Option As Zack Greinke Traded to Brewers

If the Yankees are going to upgrade their rotation this offseason they aren't going to be doing it with Zack Greinke who was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Milwaukee Brewers in a six player deal, according to Jim Breen of Bernie's Blog. The deal sends Greinke, Yuniesky Betancourt and $2 million ...

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Zack Greinke Switches to Derek Jeter’s Agent

Zack Greinke, perhaps in anticipation of getting traded and signing a contract extension, has switched agents to Jeff Berry and Casey Close, according to Ed Price of AOL FanHouse. This probably doesn't mean much for the Yankees who would still have to trade for Greinke even to have a shot at signing him. It is ...

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10 Starters Yankees Could Trade For After Missing Lee

Last night Cliff Lee dropped a bombshell on the Yankees - he was taking his talents to Philadelphia. With Andy Pettitte possibly retiring the rotation as of right now is CC Sabathia, Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett, Ivan Nova, and Sergio Mitre. Not exactly inspiring. So whom could the ...

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Rumors: Royals Want Gardner Plus IF Prospects for Greinke

Via Jerry Crasnick of ESPN: The Royals have a wealth of pitching talent in the minor leagues, a hot first-base prospect in Eric Hosmer, an elite young third baseman in Mike Moustakas and a hard-hitting catcher, Wil Myers, who is probably going to have to shift to the outfield in the majors. As a ...

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Rumors: Royals Trying to Get Yankees Involved in Greinke Bidding

Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: KC trying to involve Yankees in Greinke but NYY hesitant to risk him in NYC. deep in mix: Tex, Mil, Wash, LAD, Tor. Of course the Royals are trying to get the Yankees involved in Zack Greinke talks. The Yankees have been desperate to add an elite starter and if ...

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Rumors: Nobody Believes Greinke is Going to be a Yankee

On top of this morning's rumor that the Yankees are wary of Zack Greinke there are a few other rumblings that I wanted to pass along. The first one is from Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe: My Zack Greinke source indicates there's no way he'd play in New York. The second is from Jon Heyman ...

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Rumors: Yankees Still Wary of Greinke

Via George King of the NY Post: Despite a report yesterday in which a source said Zack Greinke was not against pitching for the Yankees if the Royals dealt him to The Bronx, the Yankees don't buy it. They believe the right-hander, the 2009 Cy Young winner who has dealt with social anxiety disorder, does ...

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Rumors: Zack Greinke Hasn’t Ruled Out Yankees

Via Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports: Though Kansas City starter Zack Greinke has a no-trade clause in his contract that includes the Yankees and other big-market teams, a source close to the right-hander suggested he would happily pitch anywhere that would provide a winning team. “I wouldn’t put it past him to go to New York,” ...

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Making Sense of the Yankees Offseason Rumors

The Yankees have been linked to lots of players already this offseason. So many that it makes it hard to tell what's real and what isn't. I thought I'd throw together this story in order to help our readers make sense of what's happening. First of all, it should be said that while most of the ...

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Zack Greinke Will Never Go To The Yankees

We've discussed this before, but some people will not give up on this idea that the Yankees could get him so I'm passing this along for those people. Via Jayson Stark of ESPN: Clubs that checked in on [Zack Greinke] have also come away with the impression he wouldn't approve a deal to ANY major-market East ...

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