In this corner, you have a Jayson Stark report in which an anonymous source claims that the Dodgers have called Adam Dunn’s agent either because they’ve moved on from all of the Manny drama, or because they want to pressure Ramirez. In this corner, you have a Bill Shaikin report in which Adam Dunn — […]

If, at around 9:30 this morning, you did a Google News search for “baseball,” these two articles would have showed up right at the top: 1. “Yankees’ spending could hurt baseball“; and 2. “The Marlins, not the Yankees, are Killing Baseball.” Hurm. The first article is an editorial from a somewhat venerable newspaper of record […]

This makes no sense, but a deal obviously didn’t happen, so it probably doesn’t matter anyway. And the more I think about it, the more I believe that it’s a leak, the sole purpose of which is to make those Red Sox fans who care about such things think that their team is actually doing […]

Lost in Transactions rounds up the meager moves over holiday week.

The Yankees aren’t the only team in the AL East making high-profile deals: Mark Hendrickson just signed with Baltimore. Hendrickson is like 6’9″, and it doesn’t get any higher profile than that this side of Chris Young.

So sayeth Robo. No financial details yet. Just that it’s, as expected, a one year deal. My big bold Boxing Day prediction: the Giants get more out of the Big Unit in 2009 than the Yankees get out of Burnett.

. . .that the Yankees payroll on Opening Day 2008 was $209 million. It’s also worth noting that even with the additions of Teixeira, Sabathia, and Burnett, the Yankees’ 2009 payroll obligations — including signing bonuses — stand at roughly $201-205 million, give or take. Yes, that will change some as they fill out the […]

Maury Brown has crunched the numbers in the wake of the Teixeira signing and has found all kinds of fun financial factoids. Among them: The total base salaries of A-Rod ($32 million), Jeter ($20 million), Teixeira ($20 million), and Sabathia ($14 million) for 2009 will be $82.5 million, or more than the Opening Day payrolls […]

(Anyone remember 11.1.8?)

Jason has the definitive take. At this point they should just sign Manny too.