Archive for February, 2011
Yankees Have No Choice but to Put Faith in A.J. »
It was the snapshot that summed up a season: A.J. Burnett standing on the mound in disbelief, his hands on top of his head, while a pumped up Bengie Molina carried his impressive gut around the base-paths at Yankee Stadium.The Texas catcher's three-run homer in Game Four of the ALCS neatly accomplished two feats—it effectively ended the [...]
2011 Fantasy Projections No. 58: New York »
Our 2011 fantasy baseball projections will be released one-by-one until the top 100 players have been revealed. These rankings consider past achievements, current performance and expected future results based on standard 5×5 H2H settings. Despite posting a sub-3.40 ERA for the fifth consecutive season in 2010, CC Sabathia’s [...]
New York Yankees Should Skip Trading and Hold on To »
If anything can be taken from the first two days of spring training, it's this: The Yankees have a great farm system. The Yankees are choc-full of talent ranging from starting pitchers to catchers. At nearly every position there are legitimate prospects that should be making their ways to the Bronx over the next couple of [...]
Yankees Prospects Shine in Spring Training: Is It »
The New York Yankees faced off against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday and allowed some of their developing prospects get some playing time.Among the crop of prospects were Ivan Nova, Dellin Betances and Jesus Montero.Nova and Betances are two pitchers looking for a shot to pitch in the Major League rotation for the Yankees. The Yankees have [...]
Ivan Nova and Dellin Betances Impress in New York »
Strong pitching and a two-run homer from Curtis Granderson helped push the New York Yankees past the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in their second Grapefruit League contest of the spring.The pitching staff was led by Ivan Nova, who started the game and worked two scoreless innings in his initial bid to win a spot at the back end of New York's [...]
Yankees Pitching Prospect Preview, Part 1 of 5: »
Hector Noesi is just 24 years old, but he has experience in the Yankees system. The club signed the big 6'2" right-hander when he was just 17 years old, out of his hometown Esperanza, Dominican Republic in 2004. His pro career didn't officially begin until 2006, when he hurled just seven innings in five games. He put up a very low ERA of 1.29 in [...]
Preview of the New York Yankees and Their Offseason »
Quick, check your calender. OK it's still 2011. Yes, that was the theme of this offseason for your usual big spending, aggressive New York Yankees. I'm not sure if Hank and Hal Steinbrenner know what year it is, because they sure as hell don't know how to construct a team. If I didn't know any better I would of thought Tommy Boy was running [...]
New York Yankees Drop Spring Training Opener to »
The New York Yankees lost their first spring training game to the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, after a late rally opportunity was wasted. Trailing by what would prove to be the final score, New York had the tying run on third and the winning run on first with only one out in the bottom of the ninth inning. However, Brandon Laird struck out, and [...]
Bartolo Colon Being Given the Ball for First »
Before anybody goes crazy, curses out Joe Girardi or stops watching Yankee games, let me just remind everyone that this is the Grapefruit League. And thank God it is, because Colon's start means absolutely nothing today. In today's spring training opener, manager Joe Girardi has decided to allow the newly-signed reclamation project to start. Does [...]
MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Leaning Towards Jesus »
Via Jack Curry of the YES Network: "As Manager Joe Girardi discussed future on Wednesday, he offered indications that Montero will be Russell Martin’s backup. Girardi wants to study Montero’s catching abilities across full Spring Training games to see if Montero maintains defensive consistency, but he sounded enthused, not [...]