The news on the Yankee front is mainly no news. Newsday has a “friend” of Rivera reporting that he’s ready to sign the 3-year $45 million offer the Yanks have on the table but the Daily News says he’s still trying to squeeze an option year out of the team.
Meanwhile, the NY Post  reports that [...]

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Let’s get A-Rod out of the way early today. Everyone (I saw it in the NYT and the NY Post) is reporting that the Yankees and Alex are down to working out the details on the bonus he’ll receive if he breaks the career home run record. Apparently that’s against the rules so they’ll call it “revenue sharing.” The [...]

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In today’s mandatory A-Rod rumor, the New York Daily News has A-Rod settling for $275 million spread over 10 years. That $21 million less than what he could have gotten if he hadn’t declared for free agency (and $21 million Texas won’t have to pay over the next three years).Word is the contract will be announced once [...]

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I imagine it was with some glee that MLB.com reported that A-Rod has crawled back to the negotiating table to meet with the Yankees minus super-agent Scott Boras. The Yankees have refused to talk if Boras is even in the room. Apparently A-Rod wants to play in a World Series at least once in his [...]

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Newsday reports that the Yankees are interested in World Series MVP Mike Lowell. The Red Sox supposedly want to retain Lowell but have only offered three years and he wants four. The Yankees, minus A-Rod’s hefty salary, could certainly afford to offer that. Of course, if the Sox lose Lowell, they’re likely to enter the [...]

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