CC and AJ Visited Yankee Stadium Today

Running Down a Possible Free Agent Scenario
In the coming weeks, the Yankees will have a lot of decisions to make. As Rob discussed last night, the Yankees have seven free agents to be. For this article, I will be focusing on two of them: Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon. First let me say this: we as fans, and the front office should heed this advice as well, should not be swayed in our willingness to see these players back in pinstripes after a strong World Series. For the better part of 2009, we all assumed that these two would be walking this winter. Both definitely come with risks

Yankees Have 7 Free Agents
The Yankees won the World Series and the next thing to do is to determine which players they are going to keep and which they are going to let go. They have seven free agents to make decisions on. Here is a list of those seven free agents including their 2009 salaries and free agents type: Johnny Damon OF, $13M, type-A Hideki Matsui OF, $13M, type-B Xavier Nady OF, $6.55M, type-B Andy Pettitte LHP, $5.5 base plus incentives, type-B Jerry Hairston Jr. INF-OF, $2M, type-B Jose Molina C, $2M, no type Eric Hinske OF, $1.5M, no type

2010 MLB Free Agents
The Yankees are likely to only be looking for an outfielder or two and maybe one or two pitchers depending on the status of Andy Pettitte. But because there are always trades to consider and weird injuries that occur, think Aaron Boone playing pickup basketball, so here is the entire list of free agents this offseason courtesy of Cot’s Baseball Contracts: Player Club First Basemen Hank Blalock TEX Russell Branyan SEA Carlos Delgado NYM (B) Nomar Garciaparra OAK Jason Giambi COL Ross Gload * FLA

Video of the Yankees 2009 World Series Victory Parade
Here is a decent video I found on YouTube of today’s World Series victory parade down the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.

Video of Jay-Z Performing During Yankees Victory Parade