The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the Yankees could join the bidding for Torii Hunter if they deal Melky Cabrera, who they are shopping for pitching.

Doug Miller has a nice piece on Ronan Tynan.

... a lot of fans write to me and say, 'I'm not a Yankee fan, but I'm a fan of what you do, and I appreciate it. It gives me a moment to understand the bigger picture.' They'll say things like, 'I hate the fact that every time you sing, we lose,' but at the end of the email, they're saying, 'God bless you and keep you safe. You do do a great job.'

"I always write back, and I say, 'Thank you,' and 'Go Yankees!'

"And that must really drive them through the roof."

Buster Olney reports that Johan Santana has rejected the Twins 5 year, $93 million dollar offer (that's $18.6 million a year).

George King reports on new Yankees pitching coach, Dave Eiland, stating that it's not 100% settled that Joba will be in the rotation, though they are leaning that way. The article also notes that the Yankees are interested in Jeremy Affeldt and Trever Miller and that they were interested in Francisco Cordero as a setup man, but he wants to close (that's unfortunate).

Finally, George King and Mike Puma report that Shelley Duncan was in the hospital recently. His agent and the Yankees are mum on what's going on, however.

Shelley Duncan is out of an Arizona hospital, but the extent of a circulatory problem believed to be a blood clot in an arm isn't known because the Yankees aren't talking about it.

Duncan was admitted to the hospital last week, and according to agent Barry Meister and GM Brian Cashman, he is no longer there.

Whatever it is, hopefully it's nothing serious. We'll be keeping him in our thoughts.

Via Steve and Ben.