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New York Yankees’ Fifth-Starter Competition: Is »
The Yankees began their 2010 Grapefruit schedule with three pitchers entwined in what the Yankees label a "competition" for the last spot in their rotation. Chad Gaudin, Sergio Mitre, and Alfredo Aceves each pitched two scoreless innings in their first game action of 2010. However, regardless of their performance over the next month, I have [...]
Boston and New York’s Real Difference »
Bleacher Report's own Lewie Pollis recently wrote an article comparing the Wins Above Replacement compiled by Boston and New York and the real difference between them. He split them into three groups—WAR by free agent signing, home-grown players and trade acquisitions. His conclusion was the all too familiar one repeated mindlessly by [...]