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Jimmy Rollins, Elvis Andrus or Alexei Ramirez: Who Is »
Entering the 2014-15 Major League Baseball offseason, the New York Yankees are in a position they've been wholly unfamiliar with for more or less 20 years—on two accounts. First, they're coming off a second straight season without reaching the playoffs for the first time since 1992-93. And second, they're looking for a new shortstop, a [...]
How Can New York Yankees Build a True Contender in »
After a second straight season sans playoffs—a scenario that borders on unfathomable in the Bronx—the New York Yankees face yet another winter of important decisions and potential pitfalls. Only this time, there's even more weight and greater risk given the stakes.Having spent nearly half a billion dollars to revamp the roster last [...]
New Contract Extension Is Brian Cashman’s Last »
This could very well be Brian Cashman's last chance. The New York Yankees general manager has been in place since the 1998 season, presiding over a long run of success with the club that decided on Friday to grant him a three-year extension, as Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports. The deal, which runs through 2017, isn't exactly a surprise, given [...]
Does Derek Jeter Belong on the Yankees’ Mount »
Wednesday's 9-5 loss to the AL East champion Baltimore Orioles eliminated the New York Yankees from the postseason, bringing an end to any chance that Derek Jeter's Hall of Fame career would be extended into October. Thursday's 6-5 win—and dramatic walk-off single from the man himself—brought yet another inevitability: the final home [...]
Is It Time for Dellin Betances to Replace David »
Given the way Sunday's loss to the Minnesota Twins unfolded, the outcome was an especially brutal one for the New York Yankees. With the team up 2-1 in the top of the ninth, not only did David Robertson fail to lock up the game, but the closer imploded in such a way that the Yankees haven't been used to witnessing in the ninth inning for the [...]
Early Returns Show Rebuilt Yankees Roster Is Money »
One imagines that, like most adolescents, Brian Cashman was told as a young man not to spend all his money in one place. This past offseason, the New York Yankees general manager applied that advice. Despite being the biggest decision-maker in the Yankees organization (non-Steinbrenner division) and having exorbitant financial [...]
Masahiro Tanaka Is Only Getting Better Against Red »
As Masahiro Tanaka makes his way through his first Major League Baseball season, every time out is a test for the New York Yankees' Japanese phenom. Some tests are bigger than others, which was the case Tuesday night in the rookie right-hander's initial outing against the archrival Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. As he did [...]
Masahiro Tanaka May Already Be Yankees’ New Ace »
Judging any baseball player off of merely two games isn't exactly recommended, especially when those two games also happen to be said player's first ever in Major League Baseball. But in the case of Masahiro Tanaka and the New York Yankees, snap judgments are all but inescapable. So let's try one on for size: After just two big league starts, [...]
How Masahiro Tanaka’s Debut Compares to Past »
Considering how it began, the first major league start by Masahiro Tanaka went about as well as that of any other big-name international signing in recent memory. In his much-hyped, eagerly anticipated debut since signing with the New York Yankees this winter for a whopping $155 million, Tanaka pitched his new club to a 7-3 victory over the [...]
Full Preview and Predictions for Masahiro »
For the New York Yankees, the time has come to find out what they'll be getting for their $175 million investment in Japanese phenom Masahiro Tanaka, who is set to make the first-ever start of his Major League Baseball career on Friday night on the road against the Toronto Blue Jays. For Tanaka, the time has come to start proving he's worth it. [...]