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Cliff Lee Rumors: Not Taking Offers Until Winter »
Update: According to Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York, this NY Post report is not true, quoting a source that said, “Nothing’s happening there yet,” adding, “It sounds like a lot of BS being put out by the agent.” The source also told Matthews that the Yankees haven’t made an offer to Lee either. Actually, [...]
Andy Pettitte Will Likely Return to New York Yankees »
Andy Pettitte gave the Yankee universe a scare early this winter when he told reporters that he was leaning toward retirement. Another scare came after the Rangers had supposedly reached out toward the native Texan. Now we get our first piece of good news. Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: "According to a friend of Andy Pettitte’s, 'he [...]
New York Yankees Might Bump the Derek Jeter Offer To »
I didn’t want to do this in a few separate updates, so I figured I’d do it like this. Here are the latest updates on the Derek Jeter/Yankees negotiations: As you already know Jeter and his agent met with the Yankees brass for the first time since Nov. 8 yesterday. Jon Heyman reported that there was “renewed [...]
MLB Rumors: If Derek Jeter Leaves, the Yankees Will Go »
Via Buster Olney of ESPN (second link): "Sources: Yanks expect to be back, but they have identified their Plan B if he isn’t—Eduardo Nunez. The 23-year-old SS would be given the opportunity to win the SS job in spring, rather than the Yankees immediately pursuing a veteran like Orlando Cabrera." This is obviously a less than ideal [...]
New York Yankees Rumors: Making Sense of All the Mess »
The Yankees have been linked to lots of players already this offseason. So many that it makes it hard to tell what’s real and what isn’t. I thought I’d throw together this story in order to help our readers make sense of what’s happening. First of all, it should be said that while most of the rumors reported aren’t [...]
Yankees Chapter of the BBA Announces AL Reliever of »
The next Baseball Bloggers Alliance award we are participating in is the Reliever of the Year Award or the Goose Gossage Award. The Goose Gossage Award was named after the former Yankee reliever Goose Gossage because his style helped to defined the role of the modern closer. In his prime with the Yankees, Gossage had a 2.10 ERA, 150 saves, a 183 [...]
A.J. Burnett Does What We All Expected, Rangers Take »
The Yankees had a lead with A.J. Burnett on the mound, but manager Joe Girardi got greedy and left him in too long as the Rangers eventually broke the game open for a 10-3 victory at Yankee Stadium. Here are some highlights: Burnett held the Rangers to two runs over five innings, but gave up a three-run shot to Bengie Molina in the sixth that [...]
A.J. Burnett Vs. Tommy Hunter: By the Numbers »
Like it or not, A.J. Burnett is starting tonight for the Yankees. At least he’s going up against the Rangers least impressive starter in Tommy Hunter. Here is a look at this matchup by the numbers: 2010 Numbers: Hunter: 23 G, 13-4 record, 128 IP, 3.73 ERA, 1.24 WHIP. Burnett: 33 G, 10-15 record, 186.2 IP, 5.26 ERA, 1.51 WHIP. 2010 Numbers [...]
ALCS 2010: Shining a Spotlight on the Yankees »
With A.J. Burnett taking the mound tonight the Yankees will need their offense to show up more than at any point in this series. The problem is, aside from the eighth inning of game one, they have been largely absent. Really the only one who has shown up is Robinson Cano. Cano is leading the team through the ALCS with a .417 batting average and [...]
ALCS Game 4 Discussion: Starting A.J. Burnett Tonight »
Tonight is a very big game for the Yankees. I don’t like to throw around the cliche that it is a must-win game until it actually becomes a must-win, but tonight is pretty close. If the Yankees lose tonight they go down in the series 3-1 and would have to win three games in a row, including two in Texas and one against Cliff Lee to move on [...]