NY Daily News | Wallace Matthews: With a multitude of pitching options available, the Yankees are weighing the benefits and costs of signing free agents against trading for another team’s top starter. Yesterday, Brian Cashman began kicking tires on Mariners’ ace James Paxton in full.
Sports Illustrated | SI.Com staff: Bryce Harper and his agent Scott Boras have begun their coy courtship of various MLB teams. Meanwhile, sources around the Yankees claim the team isn’t pursuing the former MVP. Something has to give eventually, but what’s Harper’s real interest in the Yankees and vice versa?