The Yankees finalized a $1.1 million, one-year contract with Raul Ibanez and reached a $900,000, one-year deal to keep Eric Chavez. Ibanez's deal, announced Tuesday, includes $2.9 million in performance bonuses. A 39-year-old outfielder who played with Philadelphia the previous three seasons, Ibanez hit .245 last year with 20 homers and 84 RBIs.

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The New York Yankees signed Raul Ibanez to a one-year, $1.1 million contract on Monday, according to ESPN's Buster Olney. Ibanez, 39, who hit .256 with 16 homers and 60 RBIs against righties in 2012 for the Phillies, can earn up to $4 million with incentives according to the...

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Now that A.J. Burnett has been shipped off to western Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to pay $13 million of the $33 million owed to him over the next two seasons, the New York Yankees are " closing i n on adding Raul Ibanez as the left-handed hitting option for their designated hitter role," according to MLB.com. "The preference would be to find someone from the left side that can do some damage against right-handed pitching, but ... in the event we have injuries that hit in-season, that my manager could put out for defense," Yankees GM Briand Cashman said on Sunday, the site reports. The Yankees will also likely re-sign 34-year-old Eric Chavez to serve as a backup corner infielder. Chavez batted .263 with two homers and 26 RBIs in 58 games for New York last year. The 39-year-old Ibanez was the starting left fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies last year, batting .245 with 20 homers and 84 RBIs in 144 total games. Let the rumors come to you. Follow Scoop du Jour on Twitter or Facebook .

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Russell Branyan has agreed to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees and will try to win a bench job as a corner infielder during spring training. The Yankees announced the deal Wednesday. He would get a $750,000, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster. Branyan hit .197 with five homers and 14 RBIs in 127 at-bats last season for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angels,...

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The New York Yankees are seeking a utility player and the New York Daily News has heard that they are considering 32-year-old Bill Hall, who has played for five teams since entering the majors in September of 2002. Hall has spent time with the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants over his career, compiling a .248 batting average. Last year, he played for the Astros and the Giants, batting .211 with two homers, three stolen  bases and 14 RBIs in 62 games. In 2010, he hit 18 homers for Boston. Back in 2006, he had his career year, hitting 35 homers and 39 doubles with a .291 average. Hall still had "a couple of teams" to consider as of Monday, the Daily News reports, and the Yankees could still end up just re-signing Eric Chavez to fill the spot. Chavez batted .263 for the Yanks last year. Let the rumors come to you. Follow Scoop du Jour on Twitter or Facebook .

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Andruw Jones and the Yankees have finalized a $2 million, one-year contract that keeps him in New York for a second season. The deal, agreed to last month and finalized Wednesday, allows him to earn another $1.45 million in performance bonuses. Jones hit .247 with 13 homers and 33 RBIs in 222 plate appearances last year, providing a right-handed bat off the bench.

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The New York Yankees announced Tuesday that they avoided arbitration with catcher Russell Martin, who agreed to a one-year, non-guaranteed contract. In 125 games (118 starts) last season--his first in pinstripes--Martin batted .237 with 18 home runs and 65 RBIs.

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Outfielder Brett Gardner and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $2.8 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. The agreement announced Friday was at the midpoint between the $3.2 million Gardner had asked for earlier in the week and the $2.4 million the Yankees had offered. Gardner hit .259 last season with 19 doubles, seven homers, 36 RBIs and 49 steals, which tied...

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On Aug. 15, Delmon Young was playing out a miserable season with the fourth-place Minnesota Twins. The former No. 1 overall draft pick (2003) was batting .266/.305/.357 with four home runs and 32 RBIs in 325 plate appearances for a … Continue reading →

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Manager Terry Francona took input from his players in writing a revamped lineup and sent his ace to the mound. Yet the Boston Red Sox lost yet again. David Ortiz has another idea. "What you got to do right now is laugh, just see if you can fool somebody," the big designated hitter said. Derek Jeter capped a six-run second inning with a three-run homer, rookie Jesus Montero had four RBIs in...

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