What have you done this weekend? Brian Cashman made the Yankees $1 million.

The Yankees sold the right to RHP Darrell Rasner to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League in return for $1 million. Rasner is expected to sign a two-year deal with the team. He and his agent approached the Yankees [...]

The Yankees have made the pitch to CC Sabathia and it was a big one as he was offered six years and $140 million.
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After hours of unrelenting torture at the hands of the Associated Press, Hank Steinbrenner broke down tonight and revealed what the Yankees are up to.

Steinbrenner confirmed that Brian Cashman made an offer to CC Sabathia. Then he added: “And we’re prepared to make offers to (A.J.) Burnett and (Derek) Lowe. I’m starting to become very [...]

Here is the message the Yankees are sending the rest of baseball:

Don’t. Even. Try.

The Yankees have offered CC Sabathia a six-year deal worth $140 million. The record for a pitcher is six years and $137.5 million for Johan Santana. Don’t be surprised if CC ends up with $150 million, or an average of $25 million [...]

Jason Zillo took the beat writers on a tour of the new Stadium today. It was the first time I have been there since February and obviously they’ve come a long way.

Bradd Crowley of HOK showed us around the site and pointed out some of the features.

It’s an impressive place. The scope of the building [...]

This is a view from one of the broadcast booths. Just think, five months from now Joe Morgan will be sitting here explaining how wins and losses determine the worth of a pitcher.

Here’s another shot of the entire field.

This is a view of left field. As you can see, it’s a lot like the old Stadium with the seats above the bullpen.

This is the Yankees dugout. It’s considerably larger than what they had at the old Stadium.

This is the view from the press box. The area closest to the field that has no seats is where the Legends seats will be. The seats are cushioned and won’t be installed until after the winter. All the other seats in the park are in.