Around the Empire: New York Yankees News - 12/15/13

By Jason Cohen@Jason00Cohen Dec 15, 2013, 7:00am EST

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New York Post | Ken Davidoff: Yankee fans won't forgive Robinson Cano.
Star-Ledger | Dave D'Alessandro: Jacoby Ellsbury is nice, but he isn't enough to change the team around.
Baseball News Source | Vince Mercandetti: A Brett Gardner for Austin Jackson swap could actually make sense for both the Yankees and the Tigers.
LoHud | Chad Jennings: Who will be on the Opening Day roster between Brett Gardner, Kelly Johnson, Vernon Wells and others.
Minor League Ball | John Sickels: A community discussion on how best to fix the Yankees minor league system.
Miami Herald | Fred Grimm: MLB feels like they can do anything they want in the Biogenesis Investigation, but they have actually committed far worse crimes than Alex Rodriguez has.
Star-Ledger | Andy McCullough: The Yankees went overboard for Jacoby Ellsbury as a direct result of how negotiations with Cano were going.
Pinstripe Pundits | Derek Albin: Weighing the pros and cons of Brett Gardner.
It's About the Money | Brad Vietrogoski: The 2014 Yankees will rely heavily on Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia having bounce back years.