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Yankees: Does Picking Up Swisher Option Signal Another »
Acting swiftly and without any apparent reservations, the Yankees have, in the past week or so, locked up three members of last year's roster, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher and C.C. Sabathia. While there can be no questioning the decision to pick up Cano's incredibly modest $14 million option, and while the team dodged a bullet in the [...]
New York Yankees Brass Delusional Regarding »
Heading into the 2011 season, and during the season itself, the conversation surrounding the Yankees centered almost entirely around an uncertain starting rotation. This talk was justifiable, of course, as the Yankees, in all games not begun by C.C. Sabathia, were typically starting someone who was either too brittle, too inexperienced, [...]
ALDS Game 1.5 Preview: 4 Reasons Yankee Ivan Nova Will »
All season long, Yankee followers have been bombarded by story after story bemoaning the lack of starting depth behind C.C. Sabathia. The reason? Well, the Yankees don't really have that much starting depth behind C.C. Sabathia. With that said, though, they do have a potential wild card in Ivan Nova, the young righty who passed a number of more [...]
MLB Predictions 2011: Yankees vs. Phillies World »
There are some intriguing possibilities to consider as we head towards the 2011 MLB postseason. If the season ended today, as they say, we would have upstarts like the Diamondbacks in the mix, teams coming into their own, such as the Brewers, and we would of course have a number of the usual suspects represented as well, specifically the [...]
New York Yankees Rotation in 2012: Tough Decisions Are »
The Yankees pitching staff in 2011 is, in many ways, like a hastily thrown-together patchwork quilt.A little of everything went into its creation from the beginning of the season through today, and at no point in time could its creators ever feel truly comfortable that the materials and craftsmanship would stand the test of time. It can be [...]
Phil Hughes Falters as New York Yankees Bats Explode »
The New York Yankees hit three grand slams in one game yesterday, a feat never before achieved by any MLB team in the history of the sport. Lost in all the hoopla, however, is the stark reality that the Yankees, despite some recent positive signs, do not have a reliable pitcher in Phil Hughes. While one start does not a season make, when [...]
2014 MLB Predictions: New York Yankees Preseason »
When reviewing the New York Yankees lineup today, it cannot be ignored that the Yankees are approaching a time in the not too distant future where their needs might outstrip their resources. The not too distant future, in true terms, begins in earnest in 2013 and goes into full scale onslaught mode in the year 2014. Between now and then, the [...]
Eduardo Nunez: New York Yankees Prospect Seems Blocked »
New York Yankee utility infielder Eduardo Nunez, a natural shortstop, represents the future. He is a five-tool player at a position that every team in baseball would like to have one but that only a handful actually do. He has demonstrated the capacity to hit in pressure situations and, quite impressive for a player with such little experience, he [...]
Why the New York Yankees Should Trade for L.A. Dodgers »
The New York Yankees are always a hot topic. Love them or hate them, there is typically something interesting going on in Yankeedom, something that is worthy of discussion regardless of where your loyalties may lie. It is the most successful franchise in all of sports in the only categories that ultimately matter, championships and revenue. They [...]
Joe Girardi, New York Yankees Manager: Sometimes He »
It’s easy to point to Tuesday night’s Yankees-Angels game, look at the line in the top of the sixth inning, and presume that it was simply yet another example of A.J. Burnett being his own worst enemy. Typically, games pitched by A.J. Burnett go one of two ways. First, there’s the kind where you know from around the third pitch [...]