With Cliff Lee Off Board, Options Limited for Pitching-Thin Yankees

by Ed Price

Filed under: Phillies, Rays, Royals, Yankees, MLB Transactions, MLB Inside Scoop, MLB Free Agency

Even if the Yankees get to Plan Z, that won't stand for Zack.

Having missed out on Cliff Lee, and badly in need of starting pitching, the Yankees aren't going to get the next best pitcher available.

Despite a report two weeks ago that Zack Greinke would waive his partial no-trade clause to go from the Royals to the Yankees, two people who have dealt frequently with Greinke said he would not want to play in New York. (One theory is that the willingness to go to New York was put out there to lead other teams interested in Greinke to believe they were competing against the Yankees.)

On a media conference call Tuesday, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman repeated over and over: "Plan B is patience."

But his most telling quote may have been: "It doesn't have to happen in the wintertime."

In other words, the Yankees might open the season with the question-filled rotation they have now and add a big arm in July.

 

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