YANKEES RUMORS & GOSSIP

The Yankees announced their list of non-roster 27 players ( 14 pitchers, five infielders, five catchers, and three outfielders) who are on minor league contracts and will be invited to Major League Spring Training. With 27 invitees and everyone on the 40-man roster, the total number of players schedule to report to Tampa, Fla., is [...]

Not a good news day for the Yankees today as YES Network host Bob Lorenz was charged with a DUI yesterday. Here is more from an AP report: The 48-year-old Lorenz was arrested early Wednesday morning. Police say they found him slumped over the wheel of his car and when they woke him up he drove away slowly and nearly hit a utility pole. Officers say his speech was slurred and he...

Image via Wikipedia Since six-time Gold Glover Eric Chavez seems to be AWOL, at least on the New York Yankees radar, GM Brian Cashman is up to his old tricks and I don’t mean off the field. Once again Cashman is handing out minor league deals and 2012 Spring Training invites, and the latest recipient, according to the New York Post, is 37-year old Russell Branyan. The left-handed...

They Yankees announced their list of non-roster 27 players who are on minor league contracts and will be invited to spring training. Those 27 players plus everyone on the 40-man roster means that there will be 67 players in spring training. The most notable among these are Bill Hall and Russell Branyan because both have a chance to make the opening day roster. Hideki Okajima is...

The Yankees would like to move pitcher A.J. Burnett, but are any teams willing to acquire him and take on part of his salary?

ESPN's Keith Law came out with his farm system rankings today and surprisingly the Yankees still made the top 10: 10. New York Yankees I might be jumping the gun here, but I see a lot of star potential on their bottom few affiliates, including new acquisition Jose Campos from Seattle, to go with the two power arms from their Scranton club (Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances...

The Yankees just signed Bill Hall and supposedly only have $2 million to spend, but that they don’t still have big plans for the rest of this offseason. Joel Sherman of the NY Post has reported that the Yankees are “quietly, but diligently” trying to trade A.J. Burnett with the idea that they could use the money they save on him to add both Eric Chavez and another...

MLB Trade Rumors had a post about A.J. Burnett, who is still looking for work in 2012. The post lists the Pirates as a possible fit for Burnett. The iffy thing here is that Burnett has 10 teams listed in his no trade clause that he won't play for, and I would be pretty surprised if the Pirates weren't on that list.It is pretty clear that the Pirates want to add another starter...

There is never a dull moment in Yankee Universe, even in the wake of the New York Giants winning Super Bowl XLVI the stuff that was happening over in the Bronx almost rivaled the new NFL Champs. So, if you need to catch up on what the heck the Yankees have done you came to the right place. Here are 3 news stories that you might have missed: 1) ESPN New York’s Wallace Matthews...

These aren’t your father’s Yankees. They aren’t your 1996 Yankees, either. Only the Yankees could be self-important enough to launch a non-baseball related product with a cocktail party. According to Wallace Matthew of ESPN NY, the Yankees will launch two official fragrances called ”New York Yankees” and “New York Yankees for Her” at a cocktail reception...

Women who have always yearned to smell like the essence of Bucky Dent and Yogi Berra are in luck as the Bronx Bombers appear set to release their own custom perfume.

Anyone who says the Yankees stink can now take back those words, literally. The Yankees are set to begin selling two "official fragrances" starting Tuesday, Feb. 21, ESPN reports. The scents will be called "New York Yankees" and "New York Yankees for Her." It takes "smells like a million bucks" to a whole new level.

In the days leading to the Super Bowl, only one story rivaled the Giants for attention from the New York tabloids. The off-field affairs of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. Mistresses! Extortion! Divorce! The story is a tabloid dream, but it will not and should not jeopardize Cashman's job status with the Yankees. Cashman, regardless of what you think of his conduct...

Last season, Michael Pineda went from relative unknown to all-star, so what pitchers have a chance to follow a similar path this season?

This is going to toe the line between “unlikely” and “utter fantasy” but I don’t plan on getting TOO crazy so stay with me on this.  As we know the New York Yankees are still in the market for another bat. Even if they throw some slop together for the DH spot in 2012, there are still going to be some questions to answer on the offensive side of things...