Can we have a mulligan? That's what Hal Steinbrenner or Randy Levine, the Yankees' president, is believed to have asked either Commissioner Bud Selig or Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball's top negotiator, when they were formulating the strategy for base

Can we have a mulligan? That's what Hal Steinbrenner or Randy Levine, the Yankees' president, is believed to have asked either Bud Selig or Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball's top negotiator, when they were formulating the strategy for baseball's new la

For the most part, things are quiet down in Tampa. The minor league complex where players have been working out for the past week is locked, but over at the big league complex, Hiroki Kuroda just threw a 25-pitch bullpen. Kuroda included quite a few offs

Can we have a mulligan? That’s what Hal Steinbrenner or Randy Levine, the Yankees’ president, is believed to have asked either Commissioner Bud Selig or Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball’s top negotiator, when they were formulating the strategy for base

No. 2 Yankees: 29th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Angels. Can we have a mulligan? That's what Hal Steinbrenner or Randy Levine, the Yankees' president, is believed to have asked either Commissioner Bud Selig or Rob Manfred, Major Le

NEW YORK (AP) — Remaining bidders for the Los Angeles Dodgers have been told they will be scheduled for meetings with Major League Baseball's ownership committee early next month. The exact date of each group's meeting has not been set yet, but the range

Five days before Mets pitchers and catchers officially report on Monday, the Mets' spring-training complex already is abuzz with activity. Among the most prominent players already making appearances in Port St. Lucie: Johan Santana , David Wright , Ike D

In the last two days, the New York Yankees have signed veterans Bill Hall and Russell Branyan to minor league deals. Of all the rumors we've heard about the possible candidates to fill the Yanks' DH spot, none have been signed as of yet, which makes me w

NEW YORK -- Joe Girardi is generally pleased with the work done during his club's offseason, but the Yankees' manager would like to have one more bat added to his lineup card before Spring Training begins. Girardi said on Friday that he would be in favor

25 Questions, 25 Days : Day 7 Everybody who pays any attention to professional sports is familiar with the number: $200 million. It is the amount, give or take 10 mil, that the Yankees spend on baseball players every year. To some, it is an abomination,

His first reason was: "The loss of Mariano Rivera." There's a good chance that Mariano Rivera could retire after 2012. Nobody would blame Rivera. He's the greatest closer in the history of the game who has done everything possible in the game. And in 201

Updated: January 24, 2012, 11:52 AM ET By Andrew Marchand ESPNNewYork.com Archive NEW YORK -- With tears filling his eyes, Jorge Posada announced his retirement from baseball on Tuesday. Posada began the press conference by reading from a prepared statem

It seems there hasn't been much talk yet about Hiroki Kuroda. What are the Yankees' plans for him?

View full sizeWilliam Perlman/The Star-LedgerA.J. Burnett went 11-11 with a 5.15 ERA last season for the Yankees. Nitpickers may point out that Burnett nearly didn’t make it out of the first inning of that game, escaping a bases-loaded jam only because C

Of course the Yankees have the highest payroll. They are the Yankees. The Mets and the Dodgers and the Cubs are not. The Red Sox have the second-highest payroll and not only haven't they made the playoffs the past two years, but they haven't won a postse

Admit it, you and most everyone else in the baseball industry rode shotgun on the Yankees’ quiet winter. The idea of Hal Steinbrenner shutting off the spigot, ludicrous at first, became more and more believable as free agents came and went in a blur, beg

All winter, the New York Yankees spoke in hushed tones about the new austerity that kept them from remaking their roster. It was true at least on one level: Owner Hal Steinbrenner insisted on a hard-ceiling payroll that topped out at $200 million. All t

Ron Jenkins/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCTMichael Pineda made the All-Star Game as a rookie pitcher last season for the Seattle Mariners. NEW YORK — In just two frenzied hours tonight, the Yankees accomplished a task that took nearly two years, radically r

By Brian Costa A quiet Yankees offseason took a dramatic turn for the better Friday when they agreed to a trade to land pitcher Michael Pineda from the Seattle Mariners and agreed to sign free-agent pitcher Hiroki Kuroda.In the trade, the Yankees will se