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Rainiero Coa: New York Yankees Sign Venezuelan »
MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that the Yankees have signed 17-year-old Venezuelan catcher Rainiero Coa. The original report comes from Annelida Yoris Rivas at the Venezuelan paper Nueva Prensa . Here's a little more from MLBTR: A lengthy bio in the decidedly lo-fi Diario el Progreso gives more details: Coa is a recently converted third [...]
New York Yankees: Minor League Report, 5/9 »
==== ==== ==== ==== (Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (17-12) beat Durham (19-12) 9-3: Box Score - Recap Batting: Greg Golson, CF: 1-for-5, 2 RBI (9) Reegie Corona, 2B: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI (10), R, BB, SB (4) Juan Miranda, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI (15), BB, 2 R David Winfree, RF: 3-for-5, HR (4), 2 RBI (18), 2 R Jon weber, [...]
This Week in Yankees History (5/9-5/15) »
This Week in Yankees History May 9th - May 15th May 9th 1903 - The Boston Pilgrims top the visiting New York Highlanders by a score of 12-5, with a little help from Umpire Caruthers, who tosses out Highlanders P Jesse Tannehill and 2B Williams for a ball call at home. 1930 - The New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers [...]
5/8 Yankees Minor League Report »
==== ==== ==== ==== (Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (16-12) beat Durham (19-11) 4-3: Box Score - Recap Batting: Greg Golson, CF: 1-for-5 Reegie Corona, 2B: 1-for-5, R Eduardo Nunez, SS: 0-for-3, BB Juan Miranda, 1B: 0-for-2, 2 BB, R David Winfree, RF: 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, R Chad Huffman, DH: 0-for-3, BB Robby Hammock, 3B: [...]
Regular Season Game 29: New York Yankees @ Boston Red »
(UPDATE 5:43 p.m.) According to those at the game, the rain has died down and it looks like they'll be able to restart the action. (UPDATE 5:10 p.m.) The game is currently being delay in the bottom of the 5th with the Yankees win 6-3. Boston has a man on with two out. CC Sabathia is still on the mound and Victor Martinez was at the plate with a [...]
Andy Upset About Being Skipped »
Andy Pettitte wasn't too pleased when he found out the Yankees decided he would skip his next start. Here are the quotes from Mark Feinsand: I'm really not happy at all," Pettitte said Friday before the Yankees' 10-3 victory over the Red Sox. "I would have loved to have been able to throw, to come in and play catch or something, to see how I [...]
CC Sabathia on Dallas Braden: “He’s a »
When I posted that video of Dallas Braden where he basically threatened to fight A-Rod, I wondered how A-Rod's teammates would feel about his comments. Well, now we know: "He's a clown," CC Sabathia said of Braden. "Guy says he's from the 209, what the is that? That's where I'm from, and I don't know what he's talking about. Two-oh-nine. He needs [...]
Yanks Pound Boston 10-3, But Lose More Players in the »
(Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E N.Y. Yankees « 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 10 11 0 Boston 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 9 0 W: P. Hughes (4-0) L: J. Beckett (1-1) Injuries are mounting, but that hasn't stopped the Yankees. Tonight they made it eight wins in their last nine tries, and five in a row with [...]
5/7 Minor League Report »
==== ==== ==== ==== First some notes: The Yankees signed Justin Christian out of the independent Atlantic League. He was in the Yankees system from 2004-2008. ... Dellin Betances is a week to 10 days away from returning from the DL . He's been recovering from ligament reinforcement surgery. ... Manuel Banuelos is still [...]
Updates on Johnson & Cano »
Nick Johnson left tonight's game in the fifth innin with soreness in his right wrist. During the postgame show on YES they said that he was headed back to New York for an MRI. Marc Carig reports that the wrist has been bothering Johnson for a few weeks, and a trip to the DL is likely.Robinson Cano also left tonight's game after being hit on the [...]