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Johnny Damon: Where Might He Play? »
Yes, another Johnny Damon post. I’m beginning to resent him for so much of the attention he is taking up this off-season. But it’s February 12 and he still hasn’t signed a contract. (For the record, Bobby Abreu signed on February 14 last off-season.) So where might Johnny Damon end up? Well it looks like Detroit. Or Atlanta. [...]
Jesus Montero Working Out At First Base For Yankees »
Buried at the bottom of an Associated Press article about Phil Hughes battling for the final rotation spot was this little piece of information: “Jesus Montero , one of the Yankees’ top prospects, is working out at first base.” Montero’s defensive issues behind the plate are well noted, but so far the Yankees have not [...]
Derek Jeter’s Defensive Improvement Not Mere »
Derek Jeter won the Gold Glove award three years in a row from 2004 through 2006, but was still considered by many to be an inferior defender at shortstop to the point where "Past A Diving Jeter" became a cliched phrase. His UZR in those years was -0.4, -14.3, and -6.8. At a position where defense is imperativeve, those numbers just weren’t [...]
Interview with Peter Golenbock »
Peter Golenbock is an author and journalist who has been tied to the Yankees since he wrote Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949-1964 which was published in 1975. Since then he’s written a handful of Yankees autobiographies, such as Sparky Lyle’s The Bronx Zoo, Billy Martin’s Number 1, Graig Nettles’ Balls, and Ron [...]
Joba’s Chamberlain’s Velocity Higher in »
The other day I went through the PitchFX data for Joba Chamberlain to see what we could find. So I compiled a list of all of his appearances in 2009 separating the data to find his velocity early in the season, later in the season, and then as a reliever. I found that his velocity as a starter stayed consistent throughout the season at 92.47 MPH [...]
Randy Winn’s Left-Handed Contract with the New »
The Yankees officially announced the signing of outfielder Randy Winn yesterday. The deal has a $1.1 million base salary plus incentives instead of the $2 million deal that had been reported since his signing. When the deal was believed to be in the $2 million range, people were upset because another outfielder the Yankees had been targeting, Reed [...]