When Javier Vazquez last threw a pitch for the New York Yankees, it was a nadir in the team's storied history. He gave up two homers to Johnny Damon, including a key grand slam, as the Yankees lost Game 7 of the 2004 AL championship ...

The Chicago Cubs and Mariners traded headaches Friday, with mercurial outfielder Milton Bradley heading to Seattle for underperforming pitcher Carlos Silva. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry had been trying to deal Bradley since the team suspended him for the final two weeks of last season, shortly after ...

Nick Johnson is returning to the Yankees, a move that likely will end Johnny Damon's time in New York after four seasons. Johnson reached a preliminary agreement Friday on a $5.5 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations said, speaking on condition of anonymity ...

Detroit star centerfielder Curtis Granderson is headed for the World Series champion New York Yankees as part of a tentative three-team, seven-player trade agreement. The biggest move so far at Major League Baseball's winter meetings will ship Granderson from Detroit the Yankees, where he would bump Melky Cabrera to another fielding spot depending on the fates of Hideki Matsui ...