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How Are Yankees Staying in Thick of the Playoff Race »
The New York Yankees have had a long, strange trip through the 2014 season. Think back to the All-Star break: Whichever metaphor you prefer—underwater, sinking, stuck in the mud—they had become a representation of the overspending, injured, mediocre ballclub in the 21st century. Having lost 10 of their final 16 heading into the [...]
How the Crippled Yankees Have Pieced Together a »
After the New York Yankees lost Masahiro Tanaka, the fourth of five Opening Day starters to go down in 2014, you may not have expected them in the last week of July to be kissing the ground and thanking the baseball gods for their pitching. The largest irony: The area in which they appear to be the most crippled to the naked eye is the same one [...]
Dellin Betances Talks About Surreal Rise from Local »
Last Thursday, as part of its Real.Big.Summer program, Pepsi brought a four-story-high, world-record claw machine with larger-than-life prizes to Jenkinson's Boardwalk on the Jersey Shore. The event included a special appearance by Yankees All-Star pitcher Dellin Betances. Bleacher Report's Yankees featured columnist Peter F. Richman spoke [...]
Making the Case for New York Yankees to Be Sellers at »
Imagine an alternate world for the New York Yankees. It's the All-Star break in 2014, Derek Jeter's still retiring at season's end and domestic beer still costs $9 at the Stadium. But in this reality, they did not make the postseason in 17 of the last 19 years. Imagine that from 1995-2013 they didn't win five World Series titles, and [...]
New York Yankees’ Trade Deadline Big Board: »
At baseball's halfway point, just 20 percent of the New York Yankees pitching staff remains since Opening Day. Common sense, emotion, statistics and sabermetrics would all tell you the Bombers are doomed with four of their five starters on the disabled list. FanGraphs gives New York just an 11.4 percent chance of making the playoffs. But this [...]
How Yankees’ International Spending Spree Could »
All is not well in Yankee land, which you can tell from the expenditures even if you haven't witnessed the on-field display. When the situation is sticky in the Bronx, the front office often turns to quick, expensive fixes—quite simply because it possesses the resources to do so. Through swift injections of talent, the Yankees typically hope [...]
Can the Yankees Coax Rays into Blockbuster David Price »
If the price is right, one of the game's most dominant left-handed power arms could be on the move well before Major League Baseball's July 31 trade deadline. But what's the right price for a division rival to scoop him up? And what if that rival is the Evil Empire, the New York Yankees? Signs of late, per the Tampa Bay [...]
Will the Yankees Ever Learn from Repeated Megadeal »
The New York Yankees finished third in the AL East last season and missed the postseason for the first time since 2008, prompting the front office to make several big-money moves. Some contracts this winter were reminiscent of the "megadeals" that, prior to 2008, secured Alex Rodriguez for 10 years, and, prior to 2009, locked down CC [...]
New York Yankees 2014 Draft Picks: Scouting Profiles »
On the evening of June 5, the 2014 MLB first-year player draft gets underway. Beginning Thursday morning, Bleacher Report kicks things off right here with draft coverage for the New York Yankees. The Bombers do not have a first-round pick this year, eyeing their first two selections at No. 55 and No. 91. Depth is still depth, and this [...]
New York Yankees: Stock Up, Stock Down for Top 10 »
In the eighth week of the 2014 season, the New York Yankees visited the Cubs and White Sox for six games in which they went 3-3. Around the farm, the Nos. 5 and 8 prospects, Eric Jagielo and Greg Bird, impressed for the High-A Tampa Yankees. The top prospect, Gary Sanchez, went deep for his fifth time in Double-A Trenton. His teammate, [...]