Royals revamp outfield, will put Rick Ankiel in center

January 25, 2010 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Dayton Moore, New York Yankees News, Scott Podsednik, new york yankees
The Kansas City Royals are reshaping their entire outfield and making Jose Guillen their full-time designated hitter.

The best team realistic money can buy, all for $80 million

December 31, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Carl Crawford, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Cy Young, Derek Jeter, Dustin Pedroia, Evan Longoria, Grady Sizemore, Hanley Ramirez, Houston Astros, Ichiro Suzuki, Jayson Werth, Joe Mauer, Kevin Youkilis, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Mariano Rivera, Matt Holliday, Mike Scioscia, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rick Porcello, Ryan Rowland-Smith, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Todd Wellemeyer, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, new york yankees
Our annual exercise to field a team based on the major league median payroll yielded a fleet, flexible team.

Alomar, Larkin, Edgar Martinez, McGriff spur Hall debate

December 30, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Dennis Eckersley, Derek Jeter, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Manny Ramirez, Mark McGwire, Miguel Tejada, New York Yankees News, Nomar Garciaparra, Ozzie Guillen, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, World Series, new york yankees
Rickey Henderson was easy to vote into the Hall of Fame last year. Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez and Fred McGriff are tough. They are the four most notable retirees of 15 newcomers to the ballot this year, perhaps joining Bert Blyleven, Andre Dawson and Mark McGwire as the players we most love to argue for or against.

Organizational report: Jays ace is wild card in pitching plans

December 30, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cliff Lee, J.P. Ricciardi, John Buck, Lyle Overbay, New York Yankees News, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay, Scott Rolen, Toronto Blue Jays, new york yankees
Pitcher Roy Halladay gets all the attention around the Toronto Blue Jays these days, but manager Cito Gaston knows putting together a pitching staff is going to be a challenge emdash/ with or without his six-time All-Star.

Who’s available? Fielding a team of free agents

December 28, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Cincinnati Reds, Erik Bedard, Houston Astros, Jarrod Washburn, Jason Bay, Jim Thome, John Smoltz, Johnny Damon, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Holliday, Miguel Tejada, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, Pedro Martinez, Philadelphia Phillies, Randy Johnson, Rod Barajas, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto, Xavier Nady, new york yankees
With the holiday shopping season behind us, it is time for general managers to open their checkbooks for the large and talented group of free agents still available. USA TODAY's Seth Livingstone takes a position-by-position look at players seeking jobs emdash/ and where they could land emdash/ as 2010 approaches:

Countdown to ‘10: Top sports meltdowns since 2000

December 20, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chicago Cubs, Mark McGwire, National League Championship Series, New York Yankees News, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, World Series, new york yankees
As we count down to 2010, USA TODAY recounts top moments in 10 categories from the last 10 years.Today: The top meltdowns since 2000

Bargain deals abundant, but most have some sort of blemish

December 14, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chien-Ming Wang, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees News, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rafael Soriano, Ryan Garko, San Francisco Giants, new york yankees
For teams that found the free agent wares at the winter meetings unappealing or too expensive, there's a cheaper market that opened Saturday, sort of baseball's version of Filene's Basement.

Wang, Atkins, Cust become free agents

December 13, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Chien-Ming Wang, Cla Meredith, James Andrews, Kyle Davies, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, Philadelphia Phillies, Roman Colon, Ronny Cedeno, Washington Nationals, World Series, new york yankees
Former ace Chien-Ming Wang, power-hitting Jack Cust and slumping third baseman Garrett Atkins joined an already saturated free agent market when they weren't offered contracts for next year by their teams on Saturday.

Free agent forecast: Hot topics

November 25, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, Chone Figgins, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, Dayton Moore, Derek Jeter, Hank Blalock, Houston Astros, Jason Bay, Joe Mauer, Johnny Damon, Kenji Johjima, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mariano Rivera, Mark DeRosa, Matt Holliday, Miguel Tejada, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Roy Halladay, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Shane Victorino, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Vicente Padilla, Xavier Nady, new york yankees
The New York Yankees dominated the free agent scene last offseason, but how active will they be now that they have a championship team in place? Which other clubs are in position to make big moves this offseason? Who isn't? What players will be most and least enticing to teams? We tackle these questions and more as we preview the free agent class.

Free agent forecast: Hot topics

November 25, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, Chone Figgins, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, Dayton Moore, Derek Jeter, Hank Blalock, Houston Astros, Jason Bay, Joe Mauer, Johnny Damon, Kenji Johjima, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mariano Rivera, Mark DeRosa, Matt Holliday, Miguel Tejada, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Roy Halladay, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Shane Victorino, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Vicente Padilla, Xavier Nady, new york yankees
The New York Yankees dominated the free agent scene last offseason, but how active will they be now that they have a championship team in place? Which other clubs are in position to make big moves this offseason? Who isn't? What players will be most and least enticing to teams? We tackle these questions and more as we preview the free agent class.

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