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Nathan Eovaldi, Michael Pineda Ready to Be Young 2015 »
There's been plenty of hand-wringing about the New York Yankees' starting five, including by yours truly, and it's (mostly) justified. Masahiro Tanaka is pitching with a partially torn elbow ligament, and CC Sabathia packed on weight after limping through last season with a knee injury. The Yankees, though, could get a boost from Nathan [...]
Alex Rodriguez’s Hot Spring Start Shows He May »
September 20, 2013—that's the last time Alex Rodriguez hit a home run in a New York Yankees uniform. (Or any uniform, for that matter.) It was a grand slam, which seems somehow fitting. A-Rod doesn't do anything half way. The drought ended, sort of, on Wednesday, when Rodriguez launched one over the left-center field wall against the Boston [...]
Is Yankees’ 2015 Rotation a Total Trainwreck in »
The New York Yankees are pitching toward disaster. Get it? Because "pitching" means "to fall forward or headlong," but also because...never mind. You get it. It's going to be a long, sordid season in the Bronx. Alex Rodriguez is the main event, back from a yearlong performance-enhancing drug suspension and ready to take aim at some iconic home-run [...]
Chase Headley’s Re-Up a Solid Deal for Yankees, »
Chase Headley isn't the big free-agent fish New York Yankees fans have been waiting for. His signing won't splash across the headlines, and he won't single-handedly carry New York back to the top of the American League East. But by inking their incumbent third baseman to a four-year, $52 million pact, per Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Yankees [...]
Max Scherzer Is True Ace Yankees Should Scrap »
A chill in the air, "Deck the Halls" blaring in every department store and the New York Yankees throwing gobs of cash at a top-tier free agent—those are the signs that tell us winter is on its way. This year, though, the Yankees are threatening to break with tradition. On Nov. 3, as the hot stove was just crackling to life, Mark [...]
Yankees Suffering Doubleheader Sweep to Orioles Is »
A day that began with bad news for the Baltimore Orioles ended with even worse news for the New York Yankees. Hours after learning they'll be without slugger Chris Davis—who tested positive for an amphetamine and was suspended 25 games, per MLB Public Relations—the Orioles swept the Yankees on Friday in a pivotal doubleheader. More to [...]
Surging Yankees Keep Fighting Their Way Back into AL »
New York Yankees fans aren't easily impressed. This is the franchise that has won 27 World Series championships, more than twice as many as any other club. The franchise that spends more than anyone east of Chavez Ravine. The franchise of Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth. The pinstripe faithful expect greatness. So a distant second place [...]
Masahiro Tanaka’s Dominant 10th Win Shows »
In the fourth inning of the New York Yankees’ 4-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night, Masahiro Tanaka struck out Endy Chavez with a wicked splitter. With that, Yankees play-by-play man Bob Lorenz noted, Tanaka became just the fifth pitcher since 1900 to strike out 100 batters in his first 13 games. One of the others? Hideo [...]