Originally Posted by Eric5273

His contract is not as large as you may think. Texas is already paying about $9 million per year of his contract until the end. The Yankees are responsible for $16 million per year. So you never know what kind of deal could be worked out if they wanted to trade him. But I doubt they will trade him. Look for them to trade one of the outfielders, perhaps Damon or Matsui.

Also, the talk this morning on the local sports-talk radio programs is that Joe Torre is out and Lou Pinella will be the next Yankees manager.