According to a report on MLB.com, the Yankees are very close to getting Lance Berkman. There is no talk about who the Yankees would deal, but when Astros General Manager Ed Wade approached Berkman, who like former teammate Roy Oswalt, has a full no-trade clause, about eight teams interested in him, he approved four teams. One of those teams was the Yankees. Berkman was quoted in the article saying: “He approached me with a list of teams two days ago, I guess, and there was probably eight teams that expressed some interest, and there was four yays and four nays and we’ll kind of...

A little over two weeks ago, Cliff Lee, one of the best pitchers in baseball was traded from the Mariners to the Rangers… over the weekend, Dan Haren, starter for the Diamondbacks was traded to the Angels in a 5-player swap, and now, Jake Westbrook is on the market. As if it’s any surprise, the Yankees are a contender in a potential trade with the Tribe that could bring Westbrook to the Bronx. This is just a rumor right now, but with Andy Pettitte on the DL, and after Sergio Mitre’s awful start on Saturday, the Yankees will need another starter to bring them into October,...

According to a report on ESPN Insider, the Yankees, along with the Atlanta Braves, are in the hunt for Florida Marlins outfielder Cody Ross. A report in today’s New York Post says that a deal has been discussed, but the asking price is too rich for the Yankees. In addition to the high price, the Marlins have talked with the Braves about Ross and asked for left reliever Mike Dunn, a former Yankee who was part of the Javier Vazquez trade last winter. ESPN’s Buster Olney was quoted as saying: Heard this: The asking prices in the current market for guys like Cody Ross are...