It's no secret the Yankees have spent like madmen this offseason. After a year of "going young" -- which isn't enough time to truly "go young," but that's a different argument -- the Bronxies have decided that was stupid, and are now spending like never before on the best free agents money can buy. Except there's one free agent who isn't sexy, and who isn't dangling his services in front of a bunch of different teams. Andy Pettitte has sworn his dying loyalty to the Yankees. In return, they've offered him a one-year, $10 million deal, a pay cut from the $16 million he made last year. Not shabby, to be sure, but not exactly a king's ransom in the same winter as the C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Mark Teixeira deals. And now, Pettitte has decided to turn that money down.

The market for
Baseball was warned that the Yankees were desperate for starting pitching and would do anything to improve it, bad economy or not. With Friday's signing of A.J. Burnett to a five-year, 
I'm sure you heard the rumors: the Yankees want to sign a potential ace, but reports indicate that he might bolt for California. But wait, says an informed source, the rumors aren't true!
The Yankees officially severed ties with all six of their free agents, opting against offering arbitration to
The deadline for being offered arbitration is Monday, and the Yankees have yet to act on
The Moose has vamoosed. 

