Every year there are baseball teams that shell out loads of cash for a high priced free agent. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. One thing is for sure though, these free agent moves are definitely the top ten baseball free agent busts of all time: Carl Pavano - New...

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Back in 2005, free agent outfielder Carlos Beltran wanted to become a member of the New York Yankees. Unfortunately, for Beltran, the Yankees' money that year went to Randy Johnson and Carl Pavano. Knowing what it do now, New York should have signed Beltran over Pavano, but the...

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Losing to his former team wasn't on the list of reasons why Carl Pavano was unhappy with his outing Sunday. Pavano had his worst outing of spring training, giving up five runs to the New York Yankees, but the Minnesota Twins still won, 7-6. Pavano, slated to start on opening day for the Twins, took a 0.95 ERA into the game against the team he won only nine games for in four injury plagued...

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MINNEAPOLIS - The moustache isn't going anywhere.

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Big League Stew's coverage of the division series comes to you courtesy of BlackBerry.

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Edwin Jackson overcame a wild start to throw the fourth no-hitter in the season of the pitcher, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night. Jackson (5-6) threw a whopping 149 pitches -- a major league high -- and walked eight, all but one in the first three innings, in the second no-hitter in Diamondbacks' history.

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Straight from the Yankees’ Media Relations Department:

YANKEES DECLINE OPTIONS ON 1B JASON GIAMBI AND RHP CARL PAVANO

The New York Yankees announced today they have declined their options on first baseman Jason Giambi and right-handed pitcher Carl Pavano, making each player a free agent.

Giambi, 37, hit .247 (113-for-458) with 19 doubles, 32 home runs and 96 RBI in 145 games with the Yankees in 2008, making 112 starts at first base and 26 starts at designated hitter.  He ranked second on the team in home runs, recording his eighth career 30-homer season and reaching double-digits in home runs for the 13^th consecutive year.  Giambi’s 209 home runs as a Yankee rank 10^th on the club’s all-time list.

Pavano, 32, was 4-2 with a 5.77 ERA in seven starts with the Yankees in 2008.  He made his first Major League start and appearance of the season on August 23 at Baltimore, recording the win.  The victory was his first win and appearance since April 9, 2007 at Minnesota, after recovering from “Tommy John” surgery.  In four seasons with the Yankees (2005-08), Pavano went 9-8 with a 5.00 ERA in 26 starts.

The Yankees’ roster now stands at 36.

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