Xavier Nady News

Is it cyanide fishing season yet? When I first heard the Yanks were about the sign Nick Johnson and say goodbye to Johnny Damon last night, my mind immediately went into "If I were Omar, what would I do?" mode.

If the Braves have any interest in re-signing first baseman Adam LaRoche , he said he's not been told about it.

Yes, yes, we know, too easy. But between Brad Ausmus, Rod Barajas, Jason Bay, Adrian Beltre, Marlon Byrd, Mike Cameron, Jack Cust, Johnny Damon, Mark DeRosa, Ryan Doumit, Jermaine Dye, Nick Johnson, Jason Kendall, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Adam LaRoche, Xavier Nady, Miguel Olivo, Scott Podsednik, Ivan Rodriguez, Yorvit Torrealba and Dan Uggla, all ...

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With the signing of Curtis Granderson the Yankees have added a formidable bat to centerfield, but if the Yankees miss out on the free agent outfielders they might still find themselves lacking.

Chien-Ming Wang being non-tendered by the Yankees has me salivating in spite of his recent injury history.

Having been provided permission to attempt to trade reliever Rafael Soriano as soon as possible, Braves general manager Frank Wren has once again committed his focus away from his reconstructed bullpen that seemingly won't include Soriano's financial burden.

How come Xavier Nady to the Mets hasna TMt gained any traction? This is completely a scenario that I made up this morning, but it makes so much sense that Ia TMm bringing it up in blog form.

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.

The Giants know they must find a hitter or two to fortify themselves for next season.

The offer was reportedly for 4yrs/$60mm, which is what a lot of people thought the Sox would offer.

Xavier Nady was dealt from the Pirates to the Yankees in 2008. An X-Man sequel? The Pirates have made initial inquiries on free-agent outfielder Xavier Nady, as well as reliever Ron Villone and shortstop Bobby Crosby, though none of those inquiries is known to have moved past that stage.

As I noted in the column, the best outcome for the Yankees is to bring back Damon.

The Yankees announced Tuesday they will not offer arbitration to World Series MVP Hideki Matsui and six other eligible players.

The Los Angeles Dodgers declined arbitration offers to all seven of their ranked free agents -- the largest unilateral action made by any team -- as the clock ticked down to the 11:59 p.m. ET deadline for a decision.

The Pirates acquired outfielder Jose Tabata in a 2008 trade with th Yankees. In late March, his wife was arrested and charged with child abduction, which prompted him to announce angrily that she had lied to him and said the child was his.

Now showing up on Google, new spam comments from Steiner! Tom Palomino has done his time, and now "Sam Enriquez" is making the rounds with new, more to-the-point ad comments on unsuspecting blogs.

If this offseason is anything like last offseason -- and it just might be, given the continuing economic problems in the real world -- the free-agent market will take quite awhile to develop.

Facing a midnight deadline last night to set their 40-man roster, the Pirates announced yesterday that they waived starter-reliever Jeff Karstens and officially added hard-throwing reliever Ramon Aguero, outfielder Gorkys Hernandez plus starters Brad Lincoln and Bryan Morris to that roster, thus protecting those minor leaguers from being exposed ...

Every free-agent market has a focal point, and in this one, the bull's-eye falls on a pair of outfielders who are strikingly similar.