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3 UP: Sabathia, Cano and Vazquez
1. I want to help all the backpage headline writers in town because I think we are going to see something like this next week: CCNY. No it is not a return to the glory days of City College...
Buster Olney Blog
insider.espn.go.com — Posted by Buster Olney• The Red Sox are meeting with CC Sabathia sometime in the next few... days, and so will Yankees GM Brian Cashman , who reportedly met with Scott Boras , the agent for Mark Teixeira and Derek Lowe . It's unclear whether the Red Sox ... (more) Buster Olney Blog
Buster Olney Blog
insider.espn.go.com — Posted by Buster Olney• The Red Sox are meeting with CC Sabathia sometime in the next few... days, and so will Yankees GM Brian Cashman , who reportedly met with Scott Boras , the agent for Mark Teixeira and Derek Lowe . It's unclear whether the Red Sox ... (more) Buster Olney Blog
Buster Olney Blog
insider.espn.go.com — Posted by Buster Olney• The Red Sox are meeting with CC Sabathia sometime in the next few... days, and so will Yankees GM Brian Cashman , who reportedly met with Scott Boras , the agent for Mark Teixeira and Derek Lowe . It's unclear whether the Red Sox ... (more) Buster Olney Blog
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Atlanta Braves potentially chasing AJ Burnett
New York Yankees Fan Blog — ... as the only horse in the race. And since the offer has been out there for more than two weeks, it makes you wonder why Sabathia hasn't inhaled it. So what if CC is only coming for the money? And as far as we're concerned, he's entitled to take a couple of weeks and sit on the Yankees' offer while waiting for a possible offer from a west coast team (assuming that's where his heart is). We can wait, CC. In other news... On ther other hand, maybe we won't have to wait all that long. Joel Sherman thinks we could be reading headlines about CC heading to NY as early as next week. ...

Angles Haven't Turned Attention Away From Tex
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — Angels GM Tony Reagins said the reports from last week that the Angels were switching their attention from Mark Teixeira to CC Sabathia were not true. "There was nothing to" those reports he said. He also doesn't think the Angels will make any moves before next week's Winter Meetings. Because of the story above as well as the poor economy the NY Post's Joel Sherman and George A. King III believe that the Yankees are the only horse in the Sabathia race. And Sherman thinks Sabathia will be a Yankee by next week. ...

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