Grady Sizemore and a Mid-Summer Classic

I’m going to do a quick rundown of the latest MLB moves until after the Winter Meetings.  I’m going to take a general perspective and a fantasy perspective.CC Sabathia: Yankees, 7 yrs - $161 million General: CC is a good pitcher, but this deal is waaay too long.  The Yankees will be paying ...

Apparently Kenny is still bitter over the way the Yankees treated him back in '04.From George A. King III: Lofton was out of the game last season, but recently he tried to hurt the Yankees again when he attempted to dissuade CC Sabathia from signing with the Bombers. "He painted a bad picture ...

Header provided by GrandmasterB. Contact him for all your graphical needs.Here is what we are smokin today.Waiting For Next Year - Friend of Kendra Wilkinson spotted on the arm of Grady Sizemore.AfroJacks - A tribute to antiquing.Maxim - Vote for the best album of 2008.Banned in Hollywood - ...

According to the NY Post CC is set to arrive tomorrow night and take his physical on Tuesday.There's also a nice piece on Sabathia by John Harper in today's Daily News. Harper interviews CC's former principal, coaches, and CC's mother Margie. Check it out.As for A.J. Burnett, his agent is unsure ...

That was going to be the gist of my piece after the Yankees landed the best free-agent pitcher on the market a few days ago, then turned their sights on… the second-best free agent on the market. I put it to bed after my main man in Baltimore deftly skewered the deal. But now that [...]

Joel Sherman of the New York Post is reporting that Brian Cashman has finally convinced C.C. Sabathia to sign with the Yankees: After three straight days of face-to-face meetings between GM Brian Cashman and Sabathia, the big lefty decided he wants to spend the next six years of his career as a Yankee. The decision came late last night after Cashman flew to see Sabathia...

The Yankees made a huge investment in their starting rotation this week, reaching agreements with pitcher C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett on a pair of lucrative, long-term contracts. But while the acquisition for Sabathia for seven years, $161 million dollars includes all of the necessary upside such an expensive deal should provide while addressing a clear [...]

From George A. King III: According to several baseball officials, the Yankees New York Yankees remain in the Mark Teixeira hunt. But the same connected voices insist if the Yankees don't land the switch-hitting first baseman, they will turn their money toward controversial slugger Manny Ramirez. "If they can't get Teixeira, they are right there on Manny," an official with knowledge...

From Matt Gagne:Rivera, who turned turned 39 on Nov.29, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his throwing shoulder this offseason but said he'll be ready for Opening Day. "Everything is OK, a lot of rehabbing," he said. "It's definitely painful, but everything is good."He's also very happy about ...

It seems that Hal Steinbrenner, Brian Cashman and the Yankees have it out for the Braves this offseason.  As part of their $243.5 million thus-far shopping spree, the Yankees have now added AJ Burnett to their rotation, just shortly after signing CC Sabathia.  Burnett and the Yankees agreed to ...

With some help from MLBTradeRumors.com, The Bottom Line complied the latest pre-Winter Meeting rumors... enjoy. ESPN's Buster Onley says CC Sabathia, who will be sitting down with the Red Sox and Yankees today or tomorrow, may want to wait for Mark Teixeira to sign first. If the Angels don't land Sabathia, they could be expected to compete with the Yankees $140MM offer...

The Mets and Yankees both made the moves they needed to at the winter meetings. The Yanks signed CC Sabathia, the prize pony from this years free agent class. They also appear to be the front runner for AJ Burnett. Price tag: nearly a quarter of billion dollars. The Mets signed K-Rod, the single ...

It must be a very confusing time to be a Yankee fan right now. Yankee fans gotta love the fact that they are spending so much money trying to make it back to the playoffs and win a 27th championship. Yankee fans should feel very good about signing CC Sabathia, even if his 7 year/ $161 million ...

Despise the New York Yankees, do ya? Well get ready to hate them even more because they’re about to become every Yankee-hater’s worst nightmare this offseason. By the time they’re done making moves, the head of every non-Yankee fan across this great nation will be long blown off.Think the ...

I really cannot pretend to even find a way to justify inking a pitcher who rarely makes more than 30 starts a year and is damn near always on the disabled list to a five year contract worth $82 million, that is, if I were the general manager of a baseball franchise. However, I am not a GM, and not Brian Cashman, who has decided that after inking CC Sabathia to $161 million over seven...