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New York Yankees: Stock Up, Stock Down for Top 10 »
In Week 7 of the 2014 MLB regular season, several New York Yankees preseason top-10 prospects continued or made debuts from extended spring training (No. 10 Ian Clarkin) or injury (No. 9 Jose Ramirez, No. 2 Slade Heathcott). Some players, like Nos. 5 and 7, Eric Jagielo and Aaron Judge, put together solid weeks that reinforced trust in their [...]
New York Yankees: 1st-Quarter Stock Up, Stock Down for »
The New York Yankees (19-17, 2nd AL East) and their minor league affiliates have just wrapped up the first quarter of the 2014 season, and every rung of the organization has reached at least the 35-game mark. A month-and-a-half of baseball has unfortunately—and much too rapidly—begun to resemble the ever-changing personnel in 2013 that [...]
New York Yankees: Stock Up, Stock Down for Top 10 »
Since the start of the 2014 season, we've taken a look at the weekly progress and stocks of the New York Yankees' top-10 prospects. With April baseball nearly completed, this report provides the one-month stock updates of some of the Bombers' young organizational talent before heading into May. Although only six of the 10 prospects have seen [...]
New York Yankees: Stock Up, Stock Down for Top 10 »
A roller-coaster week has just concluded for the New York Yankees. The big league club began by snapping off five straight wins behind dominant pitching and an awakened offense before it lost two in a row by a combined score of 27-6. New York took the final game of the week, however, from the Tampa Bay Rays in extra innings, rallying for four runs [...]
Stock Up, Stock Down for NY Yankees’ Top 10 »
The New York Yankees completed their season-opening six-game road trip Sunday with a 6-4 win to put them at 3-3 heading into Week 2. At the minor league level, three affiliates stand at .500, and the fourth is 1-3 after one week. The big league club is already experiencing the benefits of having acquired high-quality minor leaguers this [...]
Breaking Down NY Yankees Top 10 Prospects to Start the »
The 2014 season is underway as the New York Yankees are two games into an opening series in Houston; they head to Toronto before the home opener Monday, April 7. Joe Girardi recently filled the final two roster spots with career minor leaguers, Dean Anna and Yangervis Solarte, as notable other prospects saw significant playing time this [...]
Complete New York Yankees 2014 Season Preview »
Expectations are everything in the Bronx; they're hard to ignore when the club's history and current spending produce and project them so high. They're more difficult to forgo because last season's 85-77 record left the team short of the postseason and sent them into the biggest reactionary frenzy since the winter that mended and retooled the 2008 [...]
Complete New York Yankees 2014 Season Preview »
Expectations are everything in the Bronx; they're hard to ignore when the club's history and current spending produce and project them so high. They're more difficult to forgo because last season's 85-77 record left the team short of the postseason and sent them into the biggest reactionary frenzy since the winter that mended and retooled the 2008 [...]
Yankees Spring Training Report: Full Update of »
Prior to Sunday, the New York Yankees' prolific offense had begun to give way to a brief slump during spring training action, even leading to the wrong end of a no-hitter by the Miami Marlins. On the other side of the ball, though, the story has continued to center on several strong outings from the pitching staff. Now, just two weeks of spring [...]
NY Yankees: Predicting Ideal Starting Lineups Halfway »
After two-and-a-half weeks in Tampa, Fla., the New York Yankees have just about reached the midway point of 2014 spring training. Thirteen games have already produced a number of good signs for the team's positional players, and considering health is one of those cliche "major question marks" this year, it's a boon that recoveries are smoothly [...]