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Yankees Trade Rumors: Chase Headley Would Be Perfect »
Sometimes it’s too easy. The New York Yankees need a third basemen until Alex Rodriguez returns in September, and the San Diego Padres are shopping Chase Headley. Guess what position he plays? Third base. ESPN’s Buster Olney linked the two sides on Wednesday: The Yankees will be considering all 3B options, including Chase Headley, [...]
MLB Free Agents 2012: Expect Yankees to Make »
The New York Yankees have been awfully quiet at baseball’s winter meetings and I think I know why. As C.J. Wilson gets overpaid by the Angels and ditto for Mark Buehrle and the Marlins, the Yankees are being patient for once. That’s because the bidding war for Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish is about to begin. Paul White of USA Today is [...]
Ranking the Top 10 Pitchers in Yankees and Red Sox »
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are always comparing themselves to the other. The one team the Yankees worry about is the Sox. So, of course, Yankee fans are freaking out about the Red Sox additions of Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez.As the two premier franchises in the American League, each team has an impressive resume when it [...]
MLB Playoff Predictions: Ranking The Top 25 Players in »
The 2010 MLB postseason has finally arrived.After 162 games of scratching and clawing through the league, only eight teams remain. Each club has gotten here because of the supreme talent on its team.Each team remaining has at least two players that are in the top tier of the league. Expect these 25 players to have the biggest impact in October. [...]
MLB Power Rankings Week 19: Dog Days of Summer Have »
This was not the most exciting week in baseball. Sure we almost had a no-hitter, but that's an every week occurrence in 2010. Sure A-Rod finally hit 600, but all fans can think about is the impact of steroids on the total. No All-Star voting or trade rumors. No 11 consecutive hits or 17-inning games. The waiver wire deadline has provided little to [...]
MLB Power Rankings Week 18: Which Teams Still Have »
The trade deadline has passed and rosters are starting to become finalized as the calendar turns to August. Plenty of waiver-wire transactions will be made, but rosters are mostly set. Teams like the Angels and Dodgers decided that .500 baseball is not an option. Both long-shots made big improvements to their rosters. The Phillies received Roy [...]
Power Rankings Week 16: MLB Trade Rumors »
The July 31st trade deadline is right around the corner and it looks to be a very active couple of days. Teams like the Padres, Rangers, Reds, and White Sox are all contending—but need that extra piece of the puzzle to put them over the top. The Yankees recent injury woes leave them searching for a top flight starter. After missing out on [...]
MLB Payroll Versus Performance: Yankees Walk a »
Recently, I came across a very interesting graph showing the overall increase or decrease of a baseball team's wins compared to money the team spent. Each team's ranking as far as team payroll is contrasted with the overall record up to this point in the 2009 regular season. The New York Yankees spent the most and have the most wins, so they [...]