The Yankees recently reached terms with two outfielders they may or may not have much use for next season. 

Joe Torre takes some harsh swings at Alex Rodriguez, Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees in a book due out early next month, according to New York newspaper reports. 

Scorned skipper Joe Torre is blasting the Yankees — calling many of his former players prima donnas, confessing he stopped trusting the powers that be years before he left the team and charging that general manager Brian Cashman betrayed him. 

There were moments of humor, sincerity and candidness. 

Heads up, St. 

The Yankees threw money at their problems but made smart choices by filling glaring needs, and hope an offseason full of blockbuster deals returns them to prominence on the field after failing to make the playoffs in 2008. 

The Yankees threw money at their problems but made smart choices by filling glaring needs, and hope an offseason full of blockbuster deals returns them to prominence on the field after failing to make the playoffs in 2008. 

The Yankees recently reached terms with two outfielders they may or may not have much use for next season. 

--RHP Brian Bruney, who passed on surgery last season so he could rehab a foot injury in time to return for the end of the year, did not immediately join teammates Xavier Nady and Melky Cabrera in avoiding arbitration. 

The Yankees recently reached terms with two outfielders they may or may not have much use for next season. 

--RHP Brian Bruney, who passed on surgery last season so he could rehab a foot injury in time to return for the end of the year, did not immediately join teammates Xavier Nady and Melky Cabrera in avoiding arbitration. 

For the Q&A portion of theMilwaukeeBrewers' variety show Friday night, the audience plant asked general manager Doug Melvin how he proposed to replace CC Sabathia. 

The Yankees threw money at their problems but made smart choices by filling glaring needs, and hope an offseason full of blockbuster deals returns them to prominence on the field after failing to make the playoffs in 2008. 

The Yankees recently reached terms with two outfielders they may or may not have much use for next season. 

--RHP Brian Bruney, who passed on surgery last season so he could rehab a foot injury in time to return for the end of the year, did not immediately join teammates Xavier Nady and Melky Cabrera in avoiding arbitration.