LANE MIGHT JOIN YANKS AT 1ST BASE

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Yankees Have Interest In Lane
Published 1/10/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
From the NY Post: January 10, 2008 -- Just in case Jason Giambi Jason Giambi , Shelley Duncan Shelley Duncan and Wilson Betemit Wilson Betemit aren't enough at first base heading to spring training, the Yankees have interest in adding free agent Jason Lane, according to a source. Lane, 31, was not tendered a contract by the Padres after hitting .178 with eight homers and 27 RBIs last season. He began last year with Houston and went to San ...

Things have changed
Published 1/10/2008 by Shyster at ShysterBall
... ; and (b) bringing in a shockingly below-average corner player who was just non-tendered in order to address their first base concerns, I would have said you were nuts.

JASON LANE MIGHT JOIN YANKS AT 1ST BASE (RR)
Published 1/10/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
JASON LANE MIGHT JOIN YANKS AT 1ST BASE (RR) A Jason Lane—everybody wants one A Jason Lane—everybody needs one Just in case Jason Giambi, Shelley Duncan and Wilson Betemit aren’t enough at first base heading to spring training, the Yankees have interest in adding free agent Jason Lane, according to a source. Lane, 31, was not tendered a contract by the Padres after hitting .178 with eight homers and 27 RBIs last season. He began last year with Houston and went to San Diego in a September trade. Though Lane is a career outfielder, the Yankees believe he would be a quick ...

Jason Lane
Published 1/10/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
From the Post - Just in case Jason Giambi , Shelley Duncan and Wilson Betemit aren't enough at first base heading to spring training, the Yankees have interest in adding free agent Jason Lane, according to a source. Lane, 31, was not tendered a contract by the Padres after hitting .178 with eight homers and 27 RBIs last season. He began last year with Houston and went to San Diego in a September trade. Though Lane is a career outfielder, the Yankees believe he would be a quick study at first base, where he has appeared in four games ...

Yankees Interested In Jason Lane
Published 1/10/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... The Yankees are looking an affordable option as a possibility at first base.  Mike Puma of the New York Times reports that 31 year-old free agent Jason Lane is on the radar. ...

Jason Lane is in their ears and in their eyes
Published 1/10/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
... For some reason, the Yanks seem to be interested in Jason Lane as a potential first base solution. Lane, 31, is a career NLer with an offensive line of .241/.314/.457 and one good season under his belt. He’s also played a grand total of four career games at first base. Why bother? ...

Jason Lane: An Experiment with Exclamation Points!!!
Published 1/10/2008 by Nick-YF at YFSF
... The NY Post is reporting that the Yanks are interested in Jason Lane! They would like to sign him to compete for playing time at first base with Wilson Betemit and Shelly Duncan! Lane has been an outfielder most of his career! So he would have to learn to play first on the fly! But the Yanks think he'll be a quick study! His career OBP is .314! He has not demonstrated any noticeable platoon split tendencies! He is 31! ...

The answer at first is ... Jason Lane?!
Published 1/10/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
The Post reports that the Yanks are considering former Houston Astro and brief San Diego Padre Jason Lane for the (let's call it..."vacant-ish") first base position. Or, in other words, three in-house options later (Shelley Duncan, Giambi, and Wilson Betemit), and Brian Cashman still doesn't like what he has. By the way, Lane has played just four games in his career at first base. Seriously. He's an outfielder. That the Yanks are considering for first base. Awesome. Also, we'll just throw this stat out there: since batting .267 and hitting 26 homers in 2005 for the Astros ...

Rumor: Yankees Looking at Jason Lane
Published 1/10/2008 by McFleece at MLB Fleece Factor
The New York Post is reporting that the New York Yankees may look to add former Astro and Padre Jason Lane to their 2008 1st base mix. Lane, 31, was recently not-tendered by the Padres after hitting .175 with 8 homers , 27 RBIs and a miserable .254 OBP last season for the ‘Stros (68 games) and Padres (acquired in September, but only played in 3 games for San Diego). Although he’s only appeared at 1st base four times in his six year Major League career, that is the position the Yankees would most likely have Lane play.  The righty would ...

Life in the Jason Lane
Published 1/10/2008 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... in bringing him in with a move to 1st Base. Lane, once a prized prospect in the Astros organization, was non-tendered in December after a poor showing with the Padres. The 31-yr old hit just .178 with 8 HR and 27 RBI in 71 games. He had his best season for the Astros in 2005 when he hit .267-26-78. Lane turned heads at Single- and Double-A levels in 2000 and 2001, when he hit .299-23-104 and .316-38-124. But that success has not translated to the majors. Source

Yankees sign Lane
Published 1/11/2008 by Andrew Fletcher at Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
Earlier today, the Post reported that the Yankees were looking at possibly signing outfielder Jason Lane. Tonight, the Yankees signed Lane to a minor-league contract, according to Brian Cashman on YES (via Peter Abraham). Though Lane is a career outfielder, the Yankees believe he can play first even though he has only played four career games there. After hitting 26 home runs in 2005, Lane has struggled over the last two seasons. He hit 15 home runs, but only hit .201 in 2006. He then hit .175 last season in 71 ...