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Yankees on verge of dealing erratic righty to Pirates
A.j. Burnett is on the brink of becoming an ex-Yankee.
An industry source yesterday confirmed the Pirates and Yankees have the outline of a deal in place that would send Burnett to Pittsburgh. Three other teams also are believed to have interest in the erratic right-hander.
Burnett is owed...
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Trading Burnett gives hope to young arms
TAMPA — Change is good. Call it the “Lin Effect.’’
Clearing some space on the pitching staff by trading 35-year-old A.J. Burnett will get spring training off on the right foot for both the Yankees and for Burnett.
Manny Banuelos, Dellin Betances, Jose Campos, David Phelps and Adam Warren, the...
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Ageless Jeter first in camp — again — lending his guidance as he preps for stellar 2012
TAMPA — The youngest Yankees are spread over the four fields at the team’s minor league complex for pre-spring training workouts. Derek Jeter, the Yankees’ oldest position player, is here, too, just like every other early February for the past 20 years.
It’s the Old Man and the Sea...
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1 day ago
Source: Yanks gauge teams’ interest in A.J.
The Yankees still haven’t given up on getting rid of A.J. Burnett.
According to an industry source, the Yankees continue to have “conversations with several clubs” about trading the right-hander.
Though the Pirates have been among the teams to show the most interest, they reportedly shot down the...
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3 days ago
Yankees broadcaster Lorenz charged with DUI in Connecticut
WESTPORT, Conn. — YES Network television host Bob Lorenz has been charged with drunken driving in Connecticut where police say he was found passed out in his car in his hometown of Westport.
The 48-year-old Lorenz was arrested early Wednesday morning. Police say they found him slumped over the wheel of...
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3 days ago
Yanks sign Branyan to minor-league deal
The Yankees remain in the hunt to add a left-handed DH, with Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Raul Ibanez still available, but they took a flier on another aging lefty slugger yesterday when they agreed to sign Russell Branyan to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league...
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4 days ago
Yankees want to keep Chavez, add DH
The Yankees claim they have just a small amount of money left to spend this offseason, but yet they retain big plans on how they want to use it.
The perception has been that the Yankees have less than $2 million to sign a lefty-swinging designated hitter with free agents...
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4 days ago
Yanks wait to sign DH for cheap
There is a growing sense the Yankees want to complete a deal with a lefty-swinging DH before the beginning of spring training, though team officials keep insisting they have very little financial maneuverability to make a deal. “The prices are still too high,” one club official said yesterday. The Yanks...
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6 days ago
Yanks' GM makes quick visit to wife's house day after she filed for divorce
A day after his wife filed for divorce, embattled Yankee general manager Brian Cashman emerged publicly for the first time since a lovesick woman with a history of stalking was busted for harassing and extorting money from the Bronx Bomber bigwig.
Cashman spent less than a minute inside the family...
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8 days ago
911 panic call stopped accused Cashman stalker
Even her own shrink thought she was dangerous.
Alleged Brian Cashman stalker Louise Meanwell’s psychiatrist urged the Yankees general manager — and Meanwell’s own mother — to call 911 and report her troubled patient to police, sources told The Post.
The advice came last week, after a panicked Cashman called...
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8 days ago
Wife of Yankees GM files for divorce after latest cheating allegations
She’s cashing out.
The wife of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman filed for divorce yesterday — a day after her husband was publicly accused of a second affair, this time with a woman who has been charged with shaking him down, The Post has learned.
Mary Cashman, 42, submitted divorce...
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8 days ago
Girardi says Yankees need some more offense
Joe Girardi got plenty of pitching help this offseason, but with spring training approaching, the Yankees manager wouldn’t mind more offensive weapons as well.
“I think it will be helpful,” Girardi said of potentially adding another hitter. “I think we’ve had a good offseason, [but] I think it...
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8 days ago
Woman who allegedly stalked Yankees GM Brian Cashman arrested
A Manhattan woman with a criminal history for harassment and trespassing was arrested today for allegedly stalking Yankees general manager Brian Cashman.
Louise Meanwell, who also goes by the last name Neathway, was awaiting arraignment on aggravated harassment charges in Manhattan criminal court late Thursday.
She is also accused of...
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10 days ago
Tex threatens to try bunting
Mark Teixeira has resisted the idea for years, but after hitting a career-low .248 last season, the first baseman is considering adding bunting to his game.
“One thing I noticed is that my average with men on base was good, but when no one’s on base, it wasn’t...
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12 days ago
Yanks take shot at Delcarmen
The Yankees signed former Red Sox righty Manny Delcarmen to a minor-league deal yesterday. The 29-year-old could add depth to their bullpen, but he hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2010, when he spent time with the Red Sox and Rockies.
Delcarmen pitched in a combined 26 Triple-A games...
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13 days ago
Tigers' Martinez needs second surgery, likely to miss season
DETROIT -- Victor Martinez had knee surgery and will need a second operation, another indication he is likely to miss the entire 2012 season.
The Detroit Tigers star had microfracture surgery Friday to repair the medial and lateral meniscus in his left knee. He is projected to have anterior cruciate...
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13 days ago
Dealing away big-hitting Montero was no home run
We should start with this proviso: Just about every personnel expert I respect thinks the Yankees did very well in shipping Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to the Mariners for Michael Pineda and Jose Campos.
In fact, quite a few of the executives thought it was an overwhelming triumph for...
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15 days ago
Yankees ink two; Ibanez on radar
The Yankees have their pitching pieces in place, now it’s time to come up with one more left-handed bat.
The Yankees officially announced yesterday the signing of free agent right-hander Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year deal worth $10 million with another million in incentives. They also announced they had...
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17 days ago
Yanks may deal for lefty bat
Andruw Jones is officially back with the Yankees, finalizing a one-year, $2 million deal yesterday and Hiroki Kuroda is expected to be next.But as Brian Cashman said repeatedly this week, he’s hardly finished with his off-season.The Yankees GM said he is continuing to look for a left-handed...
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18 days ago
Jorge delivers a tearful goodbye
Jorge Posada had a rough final season with the Yankees, but on his final day in pinstripes, a teary-eyed Posada admitted he never considered playing anywhere else.
“Playing for the Yankees has been an honor,” Posada said during a press conference at the Stadium yesterday. “I could never have worn...
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19 days ago
Dedication was ‘Core’ of Posada career
The press conference was long and cathartic. It felt as much about a healing process as a wave goodbye.
Jorge Posada announced his retirement yesterday in a This-Is-Your-Life-type tribute in which he was honored by Thurman Munson’s widow, a family impacted by his charity work, fans who admired his...
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19 days ago
Pitching surplus OK with Girardi
Joe Girardi is looking forward to having Michael Pineda pitch every five days but still isn’t sure what his rotation is going to look like.“I like the additions we made,” the Yankees manager said. “We had a really good year last year. We got a lot from our...
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19 days ago
GM: Montero’s best I’ve traded
Brian Cashman has dealt away players like Alfonso Soriano, Nick Johnson, David Wells and Mike Lowell as general manager of the Yankees, but he believes Jesus Montero could be better than all of them.
“He may very well be the best player I’ve traded,” Cashman said of Montero, whom...
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20 days ago
Retiring Posada still best DH option
Jorge Posada is scheduled to announce his retirement today at 11 a.m. The press conference is all wrong. It should be to reveal he is coming back to the Yankees for one more season.
So often the instinct is to tell athletes when to retire. Here is one vote...
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20 days ago
Mariners welcome Montero; Yankees trade for Pineda official
SEATTLE -- Before even playing his first game in Seattle, Jesus Montero is already being touted as the middle-of-the-order answer to the Mariners’ offensive woes.
The New York Yankees hope Michael Pineda does the same for their pitching rotation.
The Mariners and Yankees finalized their four-player trade on Monday that...
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20 days ago
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