Yanks declined options on Giambi and Pavano today; this coming a week after Abreu had filed for free agency. All in all, the Yankees have temporarily lost $89 million in base-salary from their 2008 roster. Moose, Pettitte and Abreu may all return(for less, if the Yankees are smart), but, as anticipated, this does give them some spending room. My guess would be that at least one of the set of Sabathia-Burnett-Lowe-Sheets-Dempster will be in pinstripes next year, and that how much they have left from the trip down "Free Agent Pitcher Lane" will determine how much they put on Manny and/or Teixeira's table.

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