After rainout, Santana raring to go

Despite Mike’s well-reasoned argument , the Yankees are not going to offer Andy Pettitte arbitration, according to Ken Davidoff . The Newsday scribe writes that the team is planning on extending an arbitration to Bobby Abreu and Mike Mussina but not to Pudge. Team officials feel that doing so with Pettitte would give the lefty leverage to earn more than the team wants to pay him. If Pettitte feels slighted and undervalued, this move could blow back in the Yanks’ face as he jets ... more

The Yankees declined salary arbitration with all eight of their former players who became free agents, a group that includes pitcher Andy Pettitte and right fielder Bobby Abreu. More... ... more

The Yankees have announced that they have not offered arbitration to any of their free agents, including Andy Pettitte, Bobby Abreu and the recently retired Mike Mussina. As I mentioned in a previous piece today on NY Baseball Digest, the Yankees had been expected to refuse arbitration to Pettitte, but were expected to offer it to Abreu. Both players made $16 million last season, and it appears the team was not going to allow either the chance to accept arbitration and have the Yanks stuck wi... more

By Pat Jordan I was 12 the first time I visited Yankee Stadium in 1953. I had been invited to appear on Mel Allen’s pre-game TV show because, as a Little League pitcher in Connecticut, I had pitched four consecutive no-hitters and struck out every batter I faced except two. I arrived in a tan suit, and tie, with my glove in a paper bag. I expected the Yankees to ask me to throw a few, and then sign me to a contract. But they didn’t. Mel Allen just talked to my parents, then asked ... more

After the city has been taken to task in recent months for its dealings with the Yankees in the process of financing the team’s new stadium–so far as being accused that it served no public interest –it can’t be good PR for the Bloomberg administration for everyone to know just how strongly they pushed to get the best luxury box possible for themselves . Well new e-mails made public do just that in revealing how the mayor’s office put on a full court press in i... more

Not that we need more evidence that the Yankee Stadium parking deal was rancid to the core, but a Saturday story in the Times reveals the sad details of the Bloomberg administration's push for luxury read more ... more

Jack Cust and Travis Buck hit early homers, and Donnie Murphy added a late grand slam as the A’s topped the Hanshin Tigers, 10-2, early Sunday in the exhibition game before the season opener against the Red Sox. Justin Duchscherer allowed two runs in five innings. ... more

D-backs confident in back end of ‘pen ... more

The A’s are enjoying their trip to Japan, even their press conferences, where they have to wait on translators on both ends of questions. It’s just another thing that’s different from the United States. ... more

The Detroit Tigers reached a preliminary agreement with third baseman Miguel Cabrera on an eight-year, $153 million contract extension on Saturday, according to a report by ESPNdeportes.com. ... more