The Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Pittsburgh Pirates have all been in on trade talks for New York Yankees hurler A.J. Burnett. The New York Post reports, however, that talks with Cleveland have "cooled" while Burnett would use his limited no-trade clause to stop a move to the Angels. The paper notes that the name of Travis Hafner "surfaced" as possibly moving to the Yankees in the Cleveland talks while former Yankee Bobby Abreu's name came up in the conversations with the Angels. As it stands now, though, Burnett will either be showing up for spring training for the Yanks or the Pirates. "It's likely to get done before the weekend,'' a source told the Post Wednesday. "But there are differences that need to be resolved.'' The main difference is that the Pirates only want to pay $10 million of the $33 million owed to Burnett over the next two years and the Yankees would like them to pay a little bit more, according to the paper. The Post also reports that the left-handed DH spot that the Yanks still have available will likely fall to either Raul Ibanez or Johnny Damon, depending on who will take less money. Find out before your friends. Follow Scoop du Jour on Twitter or Facebook .

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The New York Yankees have finalized their acquisition of right-handed starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, signing him to a one-year, $10 million deal, the team announced Thursday afternoon. As a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011, Kuroda, 36, went 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA over 32...

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Bill White was a New York Yankees announcer on television and radio from 1971 through 1989--the first African-American to become a play-by-play announcer. As a fan of those Yankee teams, as well as the current version, I fondly remember White and his banter in the booth with the...

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Jorge Posada was watching television when he saw speculation on which teams were interested in signing him as a free agent. "They put my face on different uniforms," he said. "And it didn't look good." He began a Yankee and ended as a Yankee, spending his entire career in pinstripes.

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Andy Carey, third baseman for the New York Yankees dynasty of the 1950s that won four straight American League pennants and two World Series, has died at 80. Daughter Elizabeth Carey tells the New York Times (http://nyti.ms/zPIC61) he died Dec. 15 in California of Lewy body dementia. Joining the Yankees in 1952, Carey became a regular at third two years later on a team that included Mickey Mantle,...

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Andy Carey, third baseman for the New York Yankees dynasty of the 1950s that won four straight American League pennants and two World Series, has died at 80.

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Reports indicate that Jorge Posada, long time catcher for the New York Yankees, has decided to retire after 17 seasons. Posada is a card-carrying member of the core four, as they are affectionately called around the Yankee kingdom, the fulcrum of a dominant baseball team for...

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Lindy McDaniel celebrated his 76th birthday this Dec. 13. Fans of the New York Yankees--such as me--remember Lindy McDaniel as a reliable reliever who toiled for some substandard Yankee teams in the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, his career before he arrived in New York took...

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The New York Yankees avoided a dangerous opt-out by C.C. Sabathia and arrived at a new contract agreement that features an average salary just shy of $25 million over the next five years. Virtually simultaneously, the team re-signed General Manager Brian Cashman for three years for...

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Major League Baseball brought its traveling roadshow to Taiwan less than 48 hours after the 7th game of an epic World Series capped the season in North America. New York Yankees stars Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano lead the MLB squad, which will play five games this week against a team that includes former Yankee -- and current Washington National -- Chien-ming Wang, one of a pair of...

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