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MLB Spring Training 2012: Early Concern over Michael »
You never want to say a guy has a lack of velocity after the first start of spring training, but Michael Pineda has been known to throw much harder than what we saw in his debut with the New York Yankees. According to a tweet from Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, scouts were slightly concerned over Pineda's declined velocity from his first start [...]
New York Yankees: 5 Reasons Hiroki Kuroda Is Important »
The addition of Hiroki Kuroda to the New York Yankees' starting rotation for 2012 was a big one for the Bombers. With his experience and past success with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kuroda will be the second in command for the Yanks rotation behind ace CC Sabathia. Kuroda's importance to this team and their success is pretty apparent for the [...]
MLB Spring Training 2012: Michael Pineda Strong in New »
In his first start of spring training and as a member of the New York Yankees, Michael Pineda looked very strong over the two scoreless innings of work he put in against the Philadelphia Phillies today.Other than a lead off, seeing-eye single up the middle by Jimmy Rollins, Pineda was perfect. After Rollins' single, Pineda forced Placido Polanco [...]
New York Yankees: 5 Things Hal Steinbrenner Can Buy »
Well, it's official. Hal Steinbrenner finally announced what New York Yankees fans knew for a while now: the team plans to cut payroll down to $189 million by 2014 in order to avoid a significant increase in the MLB luxury tax.While the Yankees will still be able to field just as good a team with their lesser payroll, Steinbrenner might find that [...]
MLB Spring Training 2012: Ivan Nova Being Overlooked »
It's easy to forget the type of season Ivan Nova had for the New York Yankees in 2011 with all the hype of two new starters, Michael Pineda and Hiroki Kuroda, bolstering the Bombers rotation. But has it gotten to the point where people are overlooking Nova as the Yanks No. 2 starter? By all accounts, there was no rookie, or player for that matter, [...]
New York Yankees: Michael Pineda out of Shape and off »
Michael Pineda might have enough pressure on his hands in his first season with the New York Yankees already, but now the young right-hander is coming to spring training out of shape. It's being reported that he will need to lose 10 pounds during spring training, which I find curious considering he's listed at 260. While it's likely Pineda [...]
New York Yankees: 10 Reasons They Will Win 100 Games »
It isn't easy to improve upon a 97-win season and better yet, who would want to? Only the New York Yankees would, of course. That was the goal at the beginning of the offseason and with a few select moves after a long wait, the Bombers appear to have done just that. With the improvements made, the Yanks could easily win 100 games in the upcoming [...]
New York Yankees: Phil Hughes Will Be No. 5 Starter »
As A.J. Burnett's time in pinstripes is coming to a close, it's abundantly clear that the No. 5 starter spot in the New York Yankees rotation will belong to Phil Hughes for the 2012 season.Burnett, along with Freddy Garcia, were the only competition that Hughes had to deal with going into spring training—those two and a slew of young, [...]
MLB Free Agency: New York Yankees Search to Fill DH »
In the last two days, the New York Yankees have signed veterans Bill Hall and Russell Branyan to minor league deals. Of all the rumors we've heard about the possible candidates to fill the Yanks' DH spot, none have been signed as of yet, which makes me wonder if their solution could be in the minors already.All offseason long, we've heard how the [...]
Jesus Montero: 10 ‘What Would Have Been’ »
Before Jesus Montero was traded to the Seattle Mariners for Michael Pineda, there was a fair amount of hype connected with the New York Yankees' top prospect. Scouts around the league marveled at the skills he had with the bat and the possibilities of what he could do in Yankee Stadium were endless. But all that excitement has been replaced by the [...]