Yanks Feed NY Media Disinformation To Excuse Them from Failing to Improve Team

That not the real headline, but it is the way trade rumors should be viewed.

The whopper in this one are Oakland asking for Cano, Cabrera and Hughes for $7MM 10-HR OF Mark Kotsay.

A couple of other nuggets do arise though. The first is Texas asked for Wang and Cano and offered Soriano. If true, then Soriano could be the involved innthe blockbuster trade of the summer. There hasn't been any talk since the Spring of Soriano changing uniforms, but the Rangers do have Ian Kinsler at AAA. There is also little chance the Rangers would committ to the $12+ million per year he would want in free agency especially with Blalock and Texeria becoming free agents within the length of the contract.

The other interesting nugget is the Big Stein is asking why melky Cabrera could not get a shot 2005 shot at playing CF. I guess when you have men's league level defense in the OF, anyone professional OF is , at minimum, a lateral move.