Sergio Mitre News

Alot of people here seem to think that the Yankees have a sure-fire top rotation.

Adam Lind himself seems to be at least a tad in awe of his breakout 2009 season.

Yesterday, I took a look at the pitcher with the highest True ERA/ERA differential in the majors: Reds closer Francisco Cordero, whose 2.16 ERA was 2.70 runs lower than his 4.86 True ERA.

The Yankees may have solidified their rotation with Tuesday's trade for Javier Vazquez , but Melky Cabrera 's departure leaves a hole in left field.

Does this mean that Britt Burns is not available? Via Mark Feinsand - Even after bringing back Andy Pettitte and tendering contracts to Chad Gaudin and Sergio Mitre, the Yankees are looking for more pitching.

Chien-Ming Wang is no longer Yankees property. The Yankees opted not to offer a contract to the injured, arbitration-eligible righty before last night's deadline, making Wang a free agent.

The Yankees would have to offer Chien-Ming Wang at least $4 million. Wang said he expected to return from shoulder surgery by May.

Movements in the world of baseball Tuesday: American League CLEVELAND INDIANS-Named Sandy Alomar, Jr.

Outfielder Quintin Berry, left-hander Yohan Flande and right-hander Jesus Sanchez had their contracts selected to the Philadelphia Phillies ' 40-man roster, the club announced today.

Mitre's 2010 Option Declined: Sergio Mitre's 1 year, $1.25 million dollar option has been declined by the Yankees.

Mitre remains under team control and is arbitration eligible. 12:43pm: George A. King III of The NY Post has some Yankee rumbings for us today, so let's round 'em up... GM Brian Cashman said he's received calls from various agents, but hasn't returned them yet because he has to "wait to see about payroll." The team's pro scout meetings begin ...

The New York Yankees have declined a $1.25 million option on pitcher Sergio Mitre.

The Yankees declined their $1.25 million option for right-hander Sergio Mitre on Tuesday, according to reports.

We now return to the business portion of the program. The Yankees were hoping all the joy associated with being a champion Yankee would motivate Johnny Damon to accept a one- or, at the most, two-year deal to return.

Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball has the full list of arbitration eligible players announced by the MLBPA on Thursday.

For a team that just won the World Series, the Yankees don't currently have much in their rotation for 2010.

Alex Rodriguez is No. 1! At least that's how New York Yankees fans feel after casting their votes in the Daily News' online poll.

No team has won the World Series using only three starting pitchers since the Twins beat the Braves in 1991.

George Steinbrenner isn't in the best of health these days. He traveled from Tampa to Yankee Stadium for the start of the World Series but might have wished he had stayed home.

Andy Pettitte has his game-face on, which usually means bad news for Yankee opponents.