Buzz: Yankees not interested in Long-Term Deals
In a report for the New York Post, Joel Sherman writes, “The 
Yankees are much more focused on Johnny Damon, Andy Pettitte and Hideki Matsui than they are on Jason Bay, Matt Holliday and John Lackey.”
Last month, in a post to his blog for Newsday, Ken Davidoff said Holliday’s first choice is to sign with the Yankees, followed by the Mets. Similarly, in a report yesterday for SI.com, Jon Heyman said Holliday has the Mets and Yankees high on his list of preferred teams.
According to Sherman, the Yankees would prefer to give one-year deals to their own free agents, ‘than give another long-term contract to a thirty-something player such as Lackey.’
Holliday will be 30 years old in January.
