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Byline: Bob Nightengale, @BNightengale, USA TODAY Sports The American League East is so woeful that, yes, even third baseman Chase Headley could make a difference. The New York Yankees entered [...]

In 2007, the Joba Rules were the talk of baseball. To protect the developing arm of Joba Chamberlain, the Yankees' prized 21-year-old pitcher, the team limited how often and how [...]

There was a pitcher in Japan in the 1950s and '60s named Kazuhisa Inao who was so good that the popular saying at the time was God, Buddha, Inao, in [...]

TOKYO -- Major league sluggers hit hard. Coaches are careful with pitch counts. And New York has bad weather. That is about all Masahiro Tanaka knows about America and baseball, [...]

Winners New York Yankees: Desperately in need of an ace with CC Sabathia in decline, the Evil Empire confirmed it was back among baseball's powerhouses. Tanaka's signing completes a $465 [...]

Byline: Paul White, @PBJWhite, USA TODAY Sports As strange as it seems, the New York Yankees might be a better bet to stay under baseball's $189million luxury tax threshold than [...]

The Yankees settled all of their arbitration-eligible cases on Friday as their payroll crept closer to the $189 million threshold for luxury-tax purposes. If the Yankees were to sign the [...]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- For nine years they were next-door neighbors on the same stretch of real estate: five years on the left side of the infield at the [...]

This was their test. The Yankees, having already absorbed the costly and crippling embarrassment of a 10-year contract to a player over 30, were asked to do it again. They [...]

On Thursday afternoon, shortly before they were scheduled to meet with the Seattle Mariners, representatives for Robinson Cano placed a call to the Yankees, saying they believed their client could [...]

On two previous occasions when Carlos Beltran was a free agent, he told friends in baseball that he idolized Bernie Williams and that his lifelong dream was to play for [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale,bnighten@usatoday.com,USA TODAY Sports The New York Yankees, after bluffing that they would slash their payroll this winter, exposed their hand to the baseball world Tuesday. Yep, the Yankees [...]

The agents for Robinson Cano met with Yankee officials on Tuesday to continue their negotiations on a new contract, but little progress was made, according to a person who was [...]

With uncertainty about all their infielders, the Yankees acted Saturday to solidify their catching position, agreeing in principle with Brian McCann on a five-year deal worth more than $82.5 million. [...]

Derek Jeter endured the most agonizing season of his career in 2013, getting into only 17 games as a series of leg injuries and four trips to the disabled list [...]

With other teams peering in from the outside, the Yankees made a contract offer to Manager Joe Girardi on Friday, and expect to find out within a few days whether [...]

Byline: Adi Joseph Jeter excited to return to Yankees lineup Derek Jeter was dealing with plenty of emotions as he prepared for his latest return to the New York Yankees [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, @BNightengale, USA TODAY Sports The sparring between Major League Baseball and Alex Rodriguez intensified Monday, as the New York Yankees third baseman pondered options for recourse against [...]

In the Yankees' continual search for right-handed power, the team on Thursday signed Mark Reynolds, a veteran infielder, according to a person in baseball with knowledge of the deal. Reynolds, [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports Alex Rodriguez will be suspended through at least the 2014 season in an announcement today by Major League Baseball, but the New York [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports The New York Yankees and Alex Rodriguez promised Thursday to stop fighting. No more name-calling. No more accusations and condemnations. And no more [...]

Byline: Pat Murphy Less than one week from Major League Baseball's non-waiver trading deadline on July 31, multiple media reports have Alfonso Soriano being traded by the Chicago Cubs back [...]

If ever there were a season for the Yankees to have their names stitched onto the backs of their jerseys, this would be the one. As a service to Mariano [...]

At the end of last year, after Alex Rodriguez had been pinch-hit for and benched in the playoffs, speculation raged that he would be traded, cut or somehow removed from [...]

Byline: Compiled by John Tkach from staff, wires The New York Yankees, ravaged by injuries, are on the verge of acquiring Los Angeles Angels outfielder Vernon Wells, who is owed [...]

The Yankees' search for a right-handed-hitting outfielder/designated hitter continues to take on a distinct bargain-bin feel. Just after Christmas they signed Matt Diaz, the former Atlanta Brave, and on Friday [...]

The Yankees' search for a right-handed-hitting outfielder has led them to the former Atlanta Braves outfielder Matt Diaz, who has agreed to a minor league deal with the team and [...]

Trying to bolster their bench for the playoffs last season, the Yankees surprisingly traded for Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. Not much was expected. His best days had seemingly passed. Yet [...]

In the backward modern world of the fiscally responsible Yankees, the team has become an old age home of sorts for veteran players. On the day the Yankees officially announced [...]

Outfielder Brett Gardner and the Yankees agreed to a one-year, $2.85 million contract. Gardner was limited to 31 at-bats last season because of a right elbow injury. He made $2.8 [...]

When Mariano Rivera was injured in May and was lost for the season with a knee injury, the Yankees' initial plan was for Dave Robertson to replace him. That plan [...]

TAMPA, Fla. -- Less than an hour after hitting his first home run this spring in the Yankees' Grapefruit League finale, Francisco Cervelli was summoned to a meeting Wednesday with [...]

The Yankees understand the folly of sentimental decisions. When they need to be bloodless, they can. Ask Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada, who gathered their championship rings and went home [...]

TAMPA, Fla. -- After A. J. Burnett's first season with the Yankees in 2009, a year fondly remembered in the Bronx for Champagne and cream-pie facials, Burnett was considered an [...]

The Yankees announced the signing of Hiroki Kuroda, a right-handed starter, and also agreed to a one-year deal with reliever Boone Logan to avoid arbitration. Kuroda, 36, agreed to a [...]

The Yankees avoided arbitration with relievers Joba Chamberlain and Dave Robertson by agreeing to one-year contracts with both, the team announced Tuesday. Robertson emerged last season as perhaps the best [...]

The Yankees announced on Monday that they would offer contracts to every unsigned player on their 40-man roster, ensuring that key players like Phil Hughes, Dave Robertson, Russell Martin and [...]

The Yankees agreed to a minor league deal with the right-handed reliever Luis Ayala, who has not pitched in the majors since 2009. Ayala, 33, spent all of last season [...]

Snubbed by Cliff Lee and discouraged by the lack of attractive available starters, the Yankees improved their pitching staff Thursday night by working backward. They strengthened their bullpen by agreeing [...]

''Isn't loyalty a two-way street?'' Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of baseball's White Sox and pro basketball's Bulls, posed this question rhetorically, then explained indirectly how much Derek Jeter would benefit [...]

In front of 50,287 empty seats, Javier Vazquez climbed the mound at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday for what could have been his final time in pinstripes. There were no farewell [...]

Hideki Matsui wrapped his fingers around his lips, making a megaphone with his left hand. In a deep voice that needed no translation, he bellowed a sound he did not [...]

The fourth game of the World Series was tied, 4-4, with two outs, no base runners and a 1-2 count on Johnny Damon in the top of the ninth inning [...]