Yankees meeting with Girardi goes well
General manager Brian Cashman met with Joe Girardi’s agent Steve Mandell Wednesday and the Yankees remain hopeful they will be able to lock up their manager before the end of...
View ArticleYankees expected to bid big on Japanese pitcher
According to industry sources, the Yankees are going to be serious players in the Masahiro Tanaka bidding battle next month, hoping to fill crater-sized holes in their rotation with a...
View ArticleGranderson has tough call with $14.1M qualifying offer
The qualifying offer teams have to extend to either keep their own free agents or gain a draft pick if the free agent departs will rise to $14.1 million this...
View ArticleGranderson gets $14M qualifying offer from Yankees, too
The Yankees made $14.1 million qualifying offers to free agents Robinson Cano, Hiroki Kuroda and Curtis Granderson on Monday, and now await decisions by Kuroda and Granderson on whether they...
View ArticleInside the top 30 list, plus more Yankees, Mets free agents
Let’s kick things off with this week’s Pop Quiz entry, which came to us from Gary Mintz of South Huntington: In a 1952 episode of “I Love Lucy,” Fred gives...
View ArticleGranderson rejects Yankees’ qualifying offer
ORLANDO – Curtis Granderson has turned down the qualifying offer of $14.1 million from the Yankees and become a free agent, as first reported by The Post. Granderson believes there...
View ArticleYankees emerging as favorite for Carlos Beltran
Carlos Beltran wants a three-year deal and would like to call The Bronx home. The Yankees would love to plant him in right field, but aren’t willing to go beyond...
View ArticleYankees have offered Kuroda more than $15M
Knowing they have three open spots in the rotation, the Yankees have offered a one-year deal to Hiroki Kuroda for more than the $15 million he made last year. Kuroda’s...
View ArticleCashman pessimistic on Yankees re-signing Cano
Brian Cashman didn’t sound like a general manager who expects his best player back. Speaking Monday night about free agent second baseman Robinson Cano returning to The Bronx, Cashman didn’t...
View ArticleCashman hoping to bring Kuroda back
Brian McCann was welcomed to The Bronx Thursday and Jacoby Ellsbury is up next. The Yankees are engaged with Robinson Cano and Shin-Soo Choo. Yet, the elephant in the room...
View ArticleYankees retain Kuroda on 1-year, $16M deal
Hiroki Kuroda and the Yankees finalized a one–year deal for $16 million Thursday night, according to The Post’s Joel Sherman. Kuroda will earn $16 million and can add $250,000 for...
View ArticleYankees prioritizing Beltran & Co. over Cano an odd call
OK, now that the Yankees have agreed to terms with Carlos Beltran, The Post finally has deciphered this team’s offseason strategy: Go overboard for everyone besides Robinson Cano. An epic...
View ArticleYankees’ roster is one for the ages
The Yankees have accomplished the near impossible — they had the oldest player in the majors (Mariano Rivera) and the oldest starter (Andy Pettitte) retire and yet somehow have gotten...
View ArticleYankees still could dip below $189M with in-season selloff
If the Yankees sign Masahiro Tanaka — as they badly want to do — then they would all but eliminate any chance of getting under the $189 million luxury threshold....
View ArticleYankees pitching coach has his work cut out for him
TAMPA — Like much of the rest of baseball, Larry Rothschild is keeping close tabs on the Yankees’ pursuit of Masahiro Tanaka. “You can’t help but watch it,” the Yankees...
View ArticleInto spring training, Yankees hope big spending pays off
The consensus across the baseball landscape is that the Yankees club that starts spring training this week in Tampa is better than the outfit that ended 2013, a season highlighted...
View ArticleTanaka ‘honored’ by attention, gets Rivera’s locker
TAMPA — As if the hype surrounding Masahiro Tanaka weren’t cranked high enough, now the Japanese pitcher has been given Mariano Rivera’s old locker at Steinbrenner Field. When a staff...
View ArticlePitch perfect day as Yankees’ top four starters throw
TAMPA — Joe Girardi didn’t attempt to downplay the idea it was symbolic for his four starters to throw live batting practice Friday. Four names and four questions that if...
View ArticleMasahiro Tanaka puts full arsenal on display
TAMPA — CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda and Masahiro Tanaka threw batting practice Monday morning on Field 2 of the Yankees facility. Tanaka’s session naturally garnered the most curiosity. The prized...
View ArticleYankees’ Tanaka to climb hill for first time Saturday
TAMPA — Masahiro Tanaka will debut as a Yankee Saturday against the Phillies at George M. Steinbrenner Field after CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda each take a turn. “We’re going...
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