Reports: Yankees want out of paying Ellsbury

The New York Yankees reportedly will seek to retain some or all of the $26 million they owe to recently released outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury. The New York Post reported Friday that the Yankees will file a grievance because Ellsbury used a non-team rehab facility as he attempted to recover from assorted injuries.

CBS Sports' Jon Heyman later tweeted the Yankees "plan not to pay" Ellsbury, requiring him instead to file a grievance to receive the money. Heyman said the Yankees are basing their case on his visits to outside, non-approved doctors. Ellsbury last played on Oct. 17, 2017, when he appeared as a pinch-runner in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. The Yankees released the 36-year-old on Wednesday and owe him the final year's pay on the seven-year, $153 million contract he signed on Dec. 3, 2013.

Ellsbury arrived in New York after a star stint with the Boston Red Sox. But injuries and inconsistency interrupted Ellsbury's career in New York, however. In his first seven seasons with the Red Sox, he played in 715 games, batting .297 with 65 home runs and 314 home runs and stole 241 bases. He was an All-Star in 2011 when he led the American League with 364 total bases.

In 520 games over four seasons in New York, he added 39 home runs, 198 RBIs and 102 stolen bases. 

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