So Much For That...

Remember all that talk earlier in the day from ESPN that the Yankees were officially out of the Santana sweepstakes? Well guess what? ESPN got it wrong again. Apparently there was no official offer to withdraw in the first place, and the team is still trying to figure out what they want to to.

From SI.com:

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner has not closed the door on a trade for Minnesota Twins left-hander Johan Santana.

"It's still in the deciding process," Steinbrenner said Monday night outside Legends Field at the Yankees' spring training complex. "We're still discussing it. There's still a little talk back and forth."

Right-hander Phil Hughes and center fielder Melky Cabrera would likely be part of a multiplayer package needed to obtain Santana, a two-time Cy Young Award winner who can become a free agent after this season.

Steinbrenner said reports that the Yankees recently withdrew a formal offer to the Twins are not true.

"There wasn't an official offer anyway. You can't withdraw something that wasn't there," Steinbrenner said. "There was no official offer on the table at this time."

And so it goes.