Found November 09, 2009 on The Evil Empire:
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As far as current Yankees are concerned he ranks Andy Pettitte 6th and believe he'll remain in the Bronx. The same goes for Johnny Damon, who he ranked 12th. He believes Hideki Matsui, who was ranked 27th, will end up in Seattle. Xavier Nady even made the list at 48, and Dierkes expects him to land in Arizona.

The top three names on the list are the ones everyone has already been talking about; Matt Holliday, John Lackey, and Jason Bay. He believes that Holliday will wind up in New York, but with the Mets, and Bay will stay with Boston. But he does think that the Yankees will make a run at, and land, Lackey.
  • According to SI.com, the Phillies have picked up Cliff Lee's $9 million option for the 2010 season.
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