Yesterday, the Yankees and OF Xavier Nady settled on a one-year, $6.55 million contract, avoiding salary arbitration.
Nady, who will be a free agent at the end of this season, hit .305 with 25 HR and 97 RBI last season, while playing for the Yankees and Pirates.
…this is significant for two reasons…
…one) it is an affordable [...]

The Braves have been in touch with the Yankees about OF Xavier Nady and 1B-OF Nick Swisher, according to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com.
Speaking of outfielders…
Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com believes that Adam Dunn is still looking for a four-year, $56 million deal.

Last wek, Ken Davidoff said in Newsday that the Yankees prefer to trade OF Xavier Nady, instead of 1B-OF Nick Swisher.
“The Angels and possibly the Giants and Mets could be suitors,” Nick Cafardo simply writes in the Boston Globe.
However, Davidoff added, “The Mets are focused on their starting rotation and are not looking to acquire a bat either through [...]

Ken Davidoff of Newsday believes the Yankees prefer to trade OF Xavier Nady, instead of 1B-OF Nick Swisher.
According to Davidoff, “The Mets enjoyed having Nady on their club… and they inquired about him last July… For now, however, the Mets are focused on their starting rotation and are not looking to acquire a bat either [...]

The Yankees are looking to trade either Xavier Nady, Nick Swisher or Hideki Matsui, with the Angels, Braves, Rangers and A’s all showing interest, reports the Rocky Mountain News.
…if you recall, rumor had it that the Mets were trying to re-acquire nady from the Pirates last summer, but the asking price was too much…as i [...]

The three-year, $30 million contract signed by Raul Ibanez and the Phillies, should put a ceiling on contracts for Adam Dunn, Bobby Abreu, Milton Bradley and Pat Burrell, among other outfielders, explains Mark Topkin in the St. Petersburg Times.
Speaking of right-handed hitting corner outfielder, the Royals may have to trade OF Jose Guillen, if they end up [...]

According to FSN Pittsburgh, the Pirates have traded OF Xavier Nady and LHP Damaso Marte pending medical reviews.
However, the receipent of both Nady and Marte are unknown at this time.
…Update…7:50 pm…
According to Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus, the Yankees have acquired Nady and Marte.
…hat tip to MLB Trade Rumors for the link…
…added to by Matthew [...]

In a recent post to his blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney writes that the Mets, Yankees, Rays and A’s continue to keep in contact with the Pirates regarding OF Jason Bay and Xavier Nady.
According to Olney, citing one rival executive, the Pirates asking price has been slightly downgraded from ‘absurd to crazy.’
In his latest Rumblings [...]

In his most recent report for FoxSports.com, Ken Rosenthal writes that suitors for OF Xavier Nady, such as the Yankees, Rays and Phillies, “continue to balk at the Pirates asking price.”
Earlier this week in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dejan Kovacevic listed the Braves and Mets as having interest in Nady as well.
Last week, Kovacevic wrote that [...]

Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports the Mets have expressed interest in A’s RHP Huston Street, but does not believe the Mets matchup up well with the A’s.
Rosenthal also suggests the White Sox, Dodgers and Brewers are interested in Street.
Meanwhile, according to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the Mets still continue to be a [...]

According to Jon Heyman at SI.com, while the Mets and Rays are interested, ‘the D-Backs and Cardinals are among the most ardent pursuers of Pirates star outfielder Jason Bay.’
In the report, Heyman quotes Pirates GM Neal Huntington as saying, “If we get the right match, we’ll make a move.”
The Pirates are believed to be seeking ‘multiple upper-echelon [...]

Yesterday, Omar Minaya announced that Moises Alou could realistically miss the remainder of the season should he chose to have surgery on his torn hamstring.
Meanwhile, as I mentioned on SNY’s The Wheel House yesterday, which you can watch by clicking here, it would be wise for the Mets to approach this year’s Trade Deadline assuming Ryan [...]

In a report for SI.com, Jon Heyman lists 19 pitchers who could be traded before the deadline on July 31, including A’s RHP Rich Harden and Huston Street, Reds RHP Bronson Arroyo and O’s RHP Chad Bradford, among others.
Regarding the outfield, Heyman writes, “Jason Bay and Xavier Nady should be highly coveted, and I can imagine [...]

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pirates OF Xavier Nady may be placed on the disabled list with a Grade 1 sprain in in his left shoulder.
Nady injured his shoulder when he crashed into the right-field wall Saturday night while trying to catch a fly ball.
He is hitting .310 with 28 extra base hits and 49 [...]

According to Dan Graziano in the Star-Ledger, citing officials with three major-league teams, ‘Mets GM Omar Minaya has been calling around this week to gauge the availability of players he thinks could help the Mets improve,’ such as O’s 1B Kevin Millar, and Pirates OF Jason Bay and Xavier Nady.
Graziano compares the Mets to the [...]