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3 Creative Ideas to Finally Solve New York »
Despite the injuries, the New York Yankees are still one of the best teams in baseball. Their pitching is strong and even with Andy Pettitte and CC Sabathia on the shelf and they will have enough to survive until their two lefties make their returns.Their bullpen is one of the best in baseball, despite the loss of the greatest closer of all time, [...]
Power Ranking Each New York Yankees Player Based on »
We all know the Yankees are a very high-profile team, full of big-name players. We also all know that a lot of those players have some pretty hefty contracts, a lot of which can only be described as "absurd".However, for all the lucrative contracts the Yankees have on the books, they also have a bunch of young players earning much more [...]
MLB Trade Scenarios: Could the New York Yankees Make a »
The 2012 New York Yankees are not a team with many weaknesses.In fact, going into this trade deadline, the Yankees were not even hard-pressed to add another front-line starting pitcher, something that we have seen them at least attempt to do every year in recent memory.With a rotation of CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda, Ivan Nova, Phil Hughes and [...]
MLB Trade Speculation: 4 Underrated Players Yankees »
This trade deadline, everyone is going to be paying attention to the big names, the game-changers that will be on the move. Guys like Zack Greinke, Cole Hamels, Matt Garza and Ryan Dempster, guys that can single-handedly determine the outcome of not only a division race, but a postseason series. But sometimes, it's the moves we don't [...]
Ranking the 5 Best Pitchers in New York »
The 2012 season has thus far been a successful one in New York, where both major league clubs approach the All-Star breaks at or near the top of their respective divisions. While many probably expected to see the Yankees in first place with their combination of quality pitching and an elite offense, I doubt anyone expected the young, [...]
Yankees Trade Rumors: Ranking New York’s Top 3 »
The New York Yankees are the hottest team in baseball. They have won 20 of their last 26 games, including an MLB-best 10-game winning streak along the way, and there have been no signs of them slowing down.The team has been greatly aided by a string of quality performances by the starting rotation. Under the lead of Andy [...]
5 Early Yankees Disappointments Who Are About to Break »
2012 has been an up-and-down season for the New York Yankees thus far. Some players have been surprisingly hot, while some have been uncharacteristically cold. The team as a whole has gone on hot streaks and cold streaks as well, usually coinciding with the offense.Players like Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Nick Swisher and Raul Ibanez have been [...]
New York Yankees: Ranking 8 Most Vital Players to 2012 »
When it comes to the New York Yankees, people usually don't think twice about tossing around the phrase "World Series favorites" on any given year. Somehow, someway, the Yankees almost always seem to vault themselves into the playoffs by season's end, and 2012 will be no different.The Yankees seemed like a sure-fire second-place team in [...]
MLB Trade Scenarios: 10 Teams James Shields Could Get »
The trade market has been a busy one thus far this offseason. With the rather sub-par crop of free agent pitchers this offseason, this doesn't come as much of a surprise. Names already changing uniforms include Derek Lowe, Jonathan Sanchez, Trevor Cahill, Mat Latos, and Gio Gonzalez, but there's at least one more starter out there that [...]
MLB Trade Talk: Will New York Yankees Deal for Dan »
So far it's been a quiet offseason in the Bronx. There hasn't been much activity from the New York Yankees since they re-signed ace CC Sabathia to a sparkling new contract extension. Yankees GM Brian Cashman has poked around a bit, meeting with a few agents and calling some GMs about potential trades, but nothing has yet to come to [...]