It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Grapefruit League play has begun and the weather is warming up. Baseball is upon us. Also upon us: another edition of our MLBTR Archives series. All we do is go back five years and look through all the Yankees rumors culled together by MLB Trade Rumors, because few things in baseball are as silly as rumors in hindsight.
We’re now into March 2011, so the offseason is over and Spring Training has begun. The Yankees lost out on Cliff Lee, re-signed both Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, panic signed Rafael Soriano, watched Andy Pettitte retire, and brought in a bunch of scrap heap veterans to fill out their rotation.