Around the Empire: New York Yankees News - 7/27/13

By Jason Cohen@Jason00Cohen Jul 27, 2013, 7:00am EDT

Yesterday on Pinstriped Bible

Baseball Prospectus | Ben Lindbergh: The Yankees traded for Alfonso Soriano to improve upon the worst right-handed hitting team of all time.
CBS Sports | Scott Miller: Trading for Alfonso Soriano might not be pretty, but he will be helpful against left-handed pitchers.
New York Post | Joel Sherman: All the drama surrounding Alex Rodriguez has pushed his career from remarkable to ridiculous.
It's About the Money | Brad Vietrogoski: In the last week, Austin Romine might actually be showing signs of life with the bat.
Penn League Report | Matt Filippi: A team report on the Staten Island Yankees with comments about Eric Jagielo, Michael O'Neill, Brandon Thomas and other 2013 MLB Draft picks.
Notgraphs | Mike Bates: A list of those that the evil Alex Rodriguez has killed.

NoMaas believes the Yankees have become a one-trick pony when it comes to acquiring talent.
2013 draft pick Ty Afenir has been promoted to Low-A Charleston.
In the Alfonso Soriano deal, the Yankees are paying $1.8 million this year and $5 million next year, leaving the Cubs to pay $18 million.
Alex Rodriguez did non-baseball activity yesterday and will do tee and toss and defensive drill today.
Francisco Cervelli's broken finger is feeling sore and he will be re-examined.
The Yankees signed Brendan Harris and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton.
Apparently Yankees farmhand Zachary Varce's agent was on To Catch a Predator.