Yankees fans know this story all to well. A big-name acquisition, the fans are excited, the pressure is on and he struggles ...

Gary Sheffield. Kevin Brown. Randy Johnson. Carl Pavano. Kei Igawa. Bobby Abreu. A-Rod. These were the Yankees teams that had nothing. They were just winging it. Each spring, they'd broken baseball.

Kansas City Royals that Pavano would “get away from baseball” to allow strength to return to his shoulder. He doesn’t know how long Pavano will be out.