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Brian Cashman, right, said pitching remains the Yankees' top priority. INDIANAPOLIS -- Wrapping up the day from Day 1 of the Winter Meetings.

This year, starting on Monday, the overheated trade and free-agent signing sessions will unfold at the downtown Marriott in this quiet Indiana capital.

This is the point on the calendar when the Yankees' farm system can really jump to the forefront of the baseball consciousness, and it's not necessarily to chronicle the progress each player has been making toward reaching the Bronx.

Deadlines, artificial or not, are a large part of what the MLB off-season is all about.

I hope everybody out there had a pleasant Thanksgiving. Despite the incessantly bad financial news that we've been battered with this year, there are plenty of things to be thankful for.

He hits for a lot of power , steals bases, plays above avg defense, and he is young.

There has been a lot of speculation about Roy Halladay becoming a Yankee. I'm sure you get a lot of these "general manager-wannabe" potential trades.

As I mentioned before, there is some buzz surrounding the availability of Curtis Granderson and the perceived involvement of the New York Yankees.

Yesterday the Yankees added seven players to their 40-man roster, protecting them from the Rule 5 draft.

The Yankees on Friday protected seven players from the upcoming Rule 5 draft by adding them to the 40-man roster.

These are the projections that Sean Smith has put out for his site baseballprojection.com. To see the entire Yankee team, click through to his page.

The guys over at Pinstripe Alley had some questions for Frankie Piliere , former SaberScouting writer and former Rangers' scout.

If you wear a Curtis Granderson jersey or are just a fan who really appreciates the Detroit Tigers' All-Star center fielder, take a deep breath and settle down.

The Yankees will hold their organizational meetings early next week, and from the sounds of things, they'll have plenty to talk about - most of it involving the potential trade market.

The Tigers have reportedly informed team officials that Curtis Granderson is on the trading block, an NL executive told The New York Post.

The baseball offseason is one of the great misnomers in the game. There is no offseason anymore in baseball.

Before the confetti was even falling in the Canyon of Heroes, the subject already had switched to 2010.

Let me first congradulate your team on a great season and for winning the 2009 World Series.

Things happen for a reason. In the case of the reasonable expectations of Johnny Damon, he's four wins from living happily ever after in New York, even if those are his last four here.

JC over at Sabernomics hits us with the Hitter and Pitcher projections from The Bill James Handbook 2010 .