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2012 MLB Power Rankings: Preseason »
Even though the 2012 MLB season has technically started, I deemed it appropriate to give my 2012 MLB preseason power rankings on Opening Day stateside. So, here is how all 30 teams ranked in order heading into the 2012 baseball season. Enjoy! RANKING TEAM COMMENTS 1 LA Angels of Anaheim Pujols plus the pitching staff. 2 Philadelphia [...]
New York Yankees: Do You Know Who to Watch This »
With 2012 spring training games about to start, the question to New York Yankee fans is: Who are you most excited to see play this spring? My answer was easy: Pitching prospect Manny Banuelos. It is no secret that Banuelos has been on my radar for some time now, as I first wrote about him back in November of 2010 as being the Yankees' [...]
Michael Pineda Trade: Cashman’s Patience Pays »
The New York Yankees' quiet offseason just got loud, as GM Brian Cashman finally dropped the hot stove hammer by reinforcing the starting rotation, and reaffirming the Yankees' "winning now" mantra. The word came via the Associated Press that Cashman had traded for Seattle Mariners pitching phenom Michael Pineda and also inked a one-year, $10 [...]
2012 New York Yankees Hot Stove: What Hot Stove? »
The silence of this offseason is starting to go from calm to eerie, as the New York Yankees have hardly budged. Other than giving ace CC Sabathia a new contract, almost too efficiently, and inking pitcher Freddy Garcia for another go, nothing has changed. The necessity for another starting pitcher, as well as another lefty for the bullpen, [...]
New York Yankees: Angels Turn to the Dark Side »
I am talking about the new evil empire called the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who dropped a bomb at the MLB Winter Meetings with the signings of Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson.Pujols will be making $250 million over the next 10 years; while Wilson will be paid $77.5 million over the next five years.If the Angels' new pricey [...]
MLB Free Agents 2012: The Truth About Albert Pujols »
Could New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman be pulling a Philly fast one by secretly going after the top free agent on the market, Albert Pujols?The Yankees are one of the few, if not the only, team that could legitimately offer Pujols the money he demands; along with the stage and superstar teammates that will allow him to flourish.Even [...]
New York Yankees: 4 Reasons Yu Will Not Darnish »
The baseball rumor mill has been buzzing about the New York Yankees growing interest in signing Japan’s latest pitching phenom named Yu Darvish.My guess, or hope, is that the truth behind all this talk is more media-driven than coming from the actual Yankees themselves.It is New York so never say never, but in Darvish's [...]
CC Sabathia Contract: Pitching Ace Opts to Stay with »
If you haven’t heard the good news, start spreading it, as CC Sabathia is staying a New York Yankee. All it took was adding another year (with an option of adding a second) and $30 million increase. Sabathia’s new contract, which supersedes the remaining four years and $92 million left on his original contract, is for five years and [...]
New York Yankees Trade Rumors: Is Adding Ubaldo »
George A. King of the New York Post reports that the New York Yankees are still keeping a close eye on Colorado Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez.King confirms that a Yankees scout was in Denver for the second time in a week on Tuesday night, and not to watch the Rockies beat up on the Atlanta Braves. Just to see if [...]
New York Yankees: Coming Home to No Relief »
What started out with two avoidable losses against the New York Yankees are returning to the Bronx with a respectable 6-3 record from their West Coast road trip. Well, things don’t get much easier for the Bombers who’s first task is to host their rival Boston swept the Yankees at the stadium. So far the Red Sox have won five of six on [...]