The New York Yankees told second baseman Robinson Cano to stop playing winter ball, his Dominican Republic team told ESPNdeportes.com on Thursday.
"The Yankees sent a letter to Cano to stop playing, but they didn't offer many details or reasons," said Alfredo Griffin, the Estrellas Orientales' General Manager.
Cano told Estrellas teammates, however, that the Yankees didn't want him to aggravate a calf injury that is still healing.
The Dominican winter league baseball tournament began its round-robin playoff series Wednesday. Cano hit .389 in nine games during the regular season. He was hitless in his first postseason game Wednesday.
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The New York Yankees finalized a $3.75 million, one-year contract with LaTroy Hawkins on Thursday, strengthening their weak middle relief with the veteran right-hander.
Hawkins, who turned 35 last Friday, was 2-5 with a 3.42 ERA last season for the Colorado Rockies. He made $3.25 million, and Colorado declined a $3.75 million option, choosing instead to pay a $250,000 buyout.
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Joba Chamberlain is preparing for his role as a starter while knowing that he is unlikely to be as untouchable as he was as the Yankees' setup man.
"You know? No, because I put those expectations on myself," Chamberlain said, though he also is grounded in realism.
As a starter, "I'm not going to be able to throw 15, 16 scoreless innings, and do what I did as a reliever", Chamberlain said in a recent telephone conversation. "But I'm going to do whatever it takes to keep my team in the game and go deep in my starts.
"There's going to be times when I get hit around. But you understand that that's a part of it."
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Yankees Dec 2007 Archive
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ESPN.com | Dec 26, 2007
In a video posted on his official Web site, Roger Clemens said that he has become "almost numb" to the steroid accusations against him in the Mitchell Report and that he has granted an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" in an effort to clear his name.
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AP | Dec 24, 2007
The Yankees did accomplish something this year: they lowered their luxury tax for the second straight season.
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MLB.com | Dec 23, 2007
Roger Clemens spoke for the first time about his alleged steroid use on Sunday.
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MLB.com | Dec 22, 2007
Tommy Byrne, a hard-throwing left-hander who pitched in four World Series and was known for struggles with his control, died on Friday in Wake Forest, N.
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Buster Olney/ESPN | Dec 22, 2007
The Yankees want to restrict the number of innings Joba Chamberlain throws, and working him out of the bullpen for at least a couple of months will allow them to do that.
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New York Post | Dec 21, 2007
Derek Jeter wants everybody to wait until all the facts are in before declaring Roger Clemens guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs.
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ESPN.com | Dec 19, 2007
Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called on Roger Clemens to give up the four Cy Young Awards he's won since 1997 if he can't clear his name from allegations that he used steroids to prolong and enhance his career.
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Yahoo.com | Dec 18, 2007
It took five days for Roger Clemens to respond to the Mitchell Report.
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AP | Dec 17, 2007
The final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium will be Sept.
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ESPN | Dec 17, 2007
Alex Rodriguez's desire to go it alone in contract talks with the Yankees drove a wedge between him and his longtime agent Scott Boras.
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New York Daily News | Dec 17, 2007
Ex-Met righty Kris Benson, who missed last season because of rotator cuff surgery, will throw for what his agent said was "10-12 teams" in Phoenix today.
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New York Daily News | Dec 17, 2007
The Yankees and Mets are two of 11 teams that have expressed interest in Mark Prior.
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New York Daily News | Dec 17, 2007
The possibility of the Yankees and Mets competing for a big-name pitcher always puts sizzle into a free-agent chase, but it remains to be seen how deep the two teams get into discussions over rehabbing righty Mark Prior, the ex-Cub.
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AP | Dec 17, 2007
Mariano Rivera and the Yankees made it official Monday, finalizing a $45 million, three-year contract that will keep the ace closer in pinstripes.
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AP | Dec 17, 2007
Alex Rodriguez denied using performance-enhancing drugs, telling CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview aired Sunday night that he's never felt as if he needed them to compete.
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New York Daily News | Dec 16, 2007
Baseball's gossip mill has been pumping out rumors that disgraced Yankees' ace Roger Clemens is considering suing Major League Baseball for his inclusion in the Mitchell Report.
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AP | Dec 15, 2007
Andy Pettitte said he tried HGH on two occasions, stressing he did it to heal faster and not to enhance his performence.
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ESPN | Dec 15, 2007
Upon word that the Minnesota Twins were considering dealing Johan Santana, the New York Yankees jumped at the opportunity to land the ace.
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New York Daily News | Dec 14, 2007
More than 80 players were named in one capacity or another in the Mitchell Report, but Jose Canseco was certain there would be at least one more name in the document: Alex Rodriguez.
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MLB.com | Dec 14, 2007
With quite possibly the final pitch of his career, Roger Clemens buzzed a fastball past the Indians' Victor Martinez and walked off the mound at Yankee Stadium.
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Star-Ledger | Dec 13, 2007
Alex Rodriguez, whose return to the Yankees was made official today, admitted he erred in opting out of his previous contract during Game 4 of the World Series and made it clear agent Scott Boras had misled and disappointed him.
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MLB.com | Dec 13, 2007
The New York Yankees announced today they have signed third baseman Alex Rodriguez, three-time American League Most Valuable Player, to a 10-year contract.
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ESPN | Dec 13, 2007
"It's going to be a rough day in the Bronx," the Bergen Record quoted the source as saying.
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AP | Dec 13, 2007
Andy Pettitte thinks the Yankees would do just fine without Johan Santana or Dan Haren.
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Yahoo.com | Dec 12, 2007
Andy Pettitte will be back in pinstripes for at least one more season.
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The Journal News | Dec 12, 2007
The Yankees today will go through the formality of offering Chien-Ming Wang a contract for next season.
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Boston Herald | Dec 12, 2007
The Red Sox, Yankees and Mets remain the top candidates to be Johan Santana?s next home, and a Sox source yesterday indicated that nothing had changed since last week?s Winter Meetings ended in Tennessee.
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Hartford Courant | Dec 11, 2007
Carl Pavano is still mulling a Yankees' proposal to release him and then re-sign him to a minor league contract.
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New York Post | Dec 11, 2007
There appear to be strong indications that Hideki Matsui would not stand in the way of a deal if presented to him.
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MLB.com | Dec 10, 2007
The Yankees moved forward to bolster their bullpen on Sunday, reaching a preliminary agreement with reliever LaTroy Hawkins on a one-year, $3.
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ESPN | Dec 9, 2007
LaTroy Hawkins had a 3.42 ERA last season pitching in relief for the NL champion Rockies.
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AP | Dec 9, 2007
The Yankees designated outfielder Bronson Sardinha for assignment Saturday, clearing room on the 40-man roster for left-hander Andy Pettitte.
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New York Daily News | Dec 9, 2007
There are reports in Japan that the Yankees have shopped Hideki Matsui to the Giants and other teams, possibly the Indians and the White Sox.
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New York Post | Dec 9, 2007
Carl Pavano spoke to Brian Cashman on Friday at the Stadium and said he is going to accept a minor-league assignment after the Yankees release him from the final year of a disastrous four-year, $39.
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New York Post | Dec 9, 2007
According to a team in discussions with the A's about Dan Haren, the Yankees are interested in the stud right-hander if Oakland is serious about moving him.
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ESPN | Dec 9, 2007
A can of bug spray used in the Yankees' dugout when those tiny midges swarmed Cleveland's Jacobs Field during the American League playoffs fetched $673 online.
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Newsday | Dec 8, 2007
The Yankees, searching for affordable bullpen help, met with the representative for Japanese free agent Kazuo Fukumori during the Winter Meetings in Nashville.
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New York Daily News | Dec 8, 2007
Hank Steinbrenner acknowledges that he hasn't slammed the door on a potential blockbuster deal for Johan Santana.
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MLB.com | Dec 7, 2007
First baseman Andy Phillips refused an outright assignment to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday and is set to become a free agent.
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New York Daily News | Dec 7, 2007
The Yankees made just one official move during the Winter Meetings, acquiring reliever Jonathan Albaladejo for starter Tyler Clippard, but there could be some more movement in the coming days that would further bolster the bullpen.
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Star-Ledger | Dec 7, 2007
Hideki Matsui is reported to be of interest to the San Francisco Giants, and the Yankees aren't shooting it down.
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ESPN | Dec 6, 2007
A source says the San Francisco Giants did call the New York Yankees about Hideki Matsui.
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ESPN | Dec 5, 2007
What exactly are the Minnesota Twins thinking as they sit back and contemplate Boston's two trade proposals? And are the New York Yankees really, truly out of it?
The Yankees pulled out of the Santana sweepstakes Tuesday when Senior VP Hank Steinbrenner told the Associated Press that "a deadline is a deadline.
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New York Times | Dec 4, 2007
According to Hank Steinbrenner, the Yankees? pursuit of Johan Santana has come to an end.
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The Sports Network | Dec 4, 2007
The New York Yankees have apparently dealt right-hander Tyler Clippard to the Washington Nationals for right-handed reliever Jonathan Albaladejo.
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New York Times | Dec 4, 2007
The Yankees? pursuit of Johan Santana showed a flicker of life early Tuesday morning when the Minnesota Twins backed off their demand that the right-hander Ian Kennedy be added to the Yankees? trade offer.
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New York Daily News | Dec 4, 2007
Cross Johan Santana off the Yankees' holiday shopping list.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune | Dec 4, 2007
The Twins and Red Sox exchanged medical reports on Johan Santana and Jon Lester late Monday.
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ESPN | Dec 4, 2007
Johan Santana may be dealt to Boston or stay in Minnesota in 2008.
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ESPN.com | Dec 3, 2007
In what may be a calculated response to Hank Steinbrenner's ultimatum that a deal to acquire the Twins' Johan Santana must be agreed to by Monday, Red Sox GM Theo Epstein took the opposite approach.
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AP | Dec 3, 2007
The Yankees finalized their two-year, $4 million deal with catcher Jose Molina on Monday and designated infielder Andy Phillips for assignment.
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ESPN | Dec 3, 2007
Andy Pettitte has decided to put off retirement and pitch for the New York Yankees in 2008.
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Newsday | Dec 3, 2007
By the end of Monday, Johan Santana will be a Yankee or VP Hank Steinbrenner will remove his team from trade considerations with the Twins.
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AP | Dec 2, 2007
Yankees senior VP Hank Steinbrenner said Sunday, "so if they want the best offer that has been offered to them, then they need to make up their minds."
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MLB.com | Dec 2, 2007
Andy Pettitte and Luis Vizcaino were offered salary arbitration by the Yankees on Saturday, as well as two players who are nearing new agreements with the club: Alex Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera.
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New York Post | Dec 2, 2007
The Yankees are not going any deeper into their talent vault, even it if kills the deal, and Johan Santana lands with the Red Sox.
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New York Daily News | Dec 2, 2007
The Yankees were hoping their decision Friday to include Phil Hughes in a trade package would seal a deal for Johan Santana, but the Twins weren't wowed by the offer.
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ESPN | Dec 1, 2007
The Twins may have reached the point where they have the best offers they are going to get from the Yankees and Red Sox for pitcher Johan Santana.
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