What's Next?

The Yankees are currently in discussions with Derek Lowe on a 4 year $64 million deal that may be the Yankees next move.

On the trade market, the Yankees may now be able to trade for Mike Cameron as I mentioned in a post yesterday and has been an object of the Yankees desire for a while now. With the CC to the Brewers stumbling block out of the way in the Cameron deal, I would not be surprised if the Yankees get it done.

There are also the Manny to the Yankees rumors. These are odd because there is no where for him to play. There is a complete log jam in the outfield with Damon, Nady and Matsui around to play with none capable of playing CF and Posada on the list of those available to play DH. Manny is a huge risk who can obviously hit a ton, but for him to be worth all that money, he would need to play a full season and I don't think he is prepared to do that.

Finally, everyone bugs out about the cost of all these free agents and how much it will bloat the Yankees salary. However, don't forget that Giambi, Mussina, Abreu and Pettitte (he is not going to get nearly as much money) are now all off the books and that gives the Yankees a ton of money to spend. All I'm saying is the if one cancels out the salaray of Giambi with that of CC as they are relatively comparable, the Yankees has another $50+ million a year coming off the books. The Yankees can sign Teixeira, Lowe and another guy for that much money!

Yaros