Peter Abraham reports that the Yankees have added a pair of prospects from Venezuela to their list of international signees: catcher Jackson Valera and outfielder Ramon Flores.

Chad Jennings reports that Shelley Duncan appears to be headed to surgery to repair his injured right shoulder. Duncan told Jennings that it's "not for certain" that the injury will take him out of play for the entire season.

Peter Abraham reports that Johnny Damon is going to be out for at least two games, if not more and that the DL is a definite possibility. Ed Price takes it a step further, citing a pair of anonymous sources

Peter Abraham's game thread for today features a few transactions as well as some news on sume injured Yanks. To summarize:Before today's game, Billy Traber was called back up and Alberto Gonzalez was sent down. Brian Bruney began his regan

OK, so the holiday isn't actually ruined. I had a great lunch, spent time with the family, got some work done. But, it would have been a bit better had the Yankees won and Johnny Damon not been injured.Let's tackle