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The Yankees announced today that they have signed right-handed pitcher Chien-Ming Wang to a one-year contract for $5 million, avoiding arbitration.

The Yanks have the budget, so why not make Mark Teixeira an offer? What about Bobby Abreu? Beat reporter Bryan Hoch tackles these topics and more in the mailbag.

Yankees prospect Damian Taveras was suspended for 50 games Monday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball's Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment program.

There are rumblings that the New York Yankees will get seriously involved in the bidding for free-agent outfielder Manny Ramirez.

The Yankees remain connected to the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes, waiting and watching to see what develops with the free-agent first baseman's situation.

Clay Zavada works several jobs, pinches pennies and sells stuff on eBay. But a big payoff could be at his fingertips.

Mr. Ellis infamously claimed he pitched a no-hitter for Pittsburgh under the influence of LSD and later fiercely spoke out against drug and alcohol addiction.

The debate over whether Manny Ramírez is groomed enough to be a Yankee rages on.

The Yankees have had internal discussions about signing Mark Teixeira over the last few days and would be willing to offer him an eight-year, $160 million contract, said a source.

Mr. Smith, a former All-Star closer, holds the Houston Astros record for games pitched and was a member of all three Houston playoff teams in the 1980s.

A quirk in the Baseball Hall of Fame voting effectively rules out many worthy candidates.

It may have been a contest pinning two teams that wouldn't move on to the playoffs in the last month of the regular season, but on Sept. 21, the Orioles and Yankees weren't playing a typical baseball game.

Andy Pettitte wants to call the new ballpark in the Bronx his home, and it's reportedly "inevitable" the Yankees will have him in their 2009 rotation.

Mr. Ellis infamously claimed he pitched a no-hitter for Pittsburgh under the influence of LSD and later fiercely spoke out against drug and alcohol addiction.

CC Sabathia will likely throw the first pitch at the new Yankee Stadium on April 16, and he will have been well-compensated for that honor. The left-handed ace is scheduled to cash $9.5 million of his record-setting contract by that time.