Yanks could still chase big bats

If the Yankees don't bag two of the top three free agent pitchers, they aren't going to deposit the money back into the Steinbrenner family vault or throw a financial lifeline to America's mismanaged auto industry.They will attempt to add muscle to a lineup that is expected to lose  Bobby Abreu and Jason Giambi  and hope to slug their way back into the postseason.

According to a person familiar with the club's thinking, if only one of the pitchers from the free agent pool of CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe sign with the Yanks, they are set to be aggressive with switch-hitting free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. Continue