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Yankees GM Brian Cashman to Fans: Cool Your Jets on »
There are few young players in the New York Yankees organization who are as polarizing among fans as infielder Eduardo Nunez.Some fans love him. Some fans loathe him. There are very few, at least from appearances, which are in the middle on the 25-year-old.The New York Post’s Mike Raimondi wrote Friday morning on his [...]
Predicting the Winners of Each Key New York Yankee »
Coming into spring training, the New York Yankees had four key position battles that were set to play out in Tampa, Fla.Of course, with Curtis Granderson suffering a broken arm during Sunday’s Grapefruit League home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays, that opens up a fourth competition to be Granderson’s [...]
New York Yankees’ Top Story Lines at Start of »
Pitchers and catchers have reported. Full-squad workouts have begun. On Saturday, the New York Yankees will open their Grapefruit League schedule when they face the Atlanta Braves in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Yankees are a franchise that is never short on story lines, regardless of what point in the year it is, but there are several items that [...]
Spring Training 2013: Eduardo Nunez May Lose New York »
There was talk over the winter that infielder Eduardo Nunez would play a bigger role for the New York Yankees this season, that the team had to find a way to get Nunez’s speed and his bat into the lineup. Then along came Travis Hafner. When the Yankees signed the former Cleveland Indians designated hitter to a [...]
Spring Training 2013: Lineup for New York Yankees »
Derek Jeter has been the primary leadoff hitter for the New York Yankees since 2009. But coming off a postseason ankle injury that may have bothered him for half of last season, according to George King of the New York Post, manager Joe Girardi might be looking at other options at the top of the lineup card. King reported Tuesday morning that [...]
15 New York Yankees Fighting for Roster Spots in »
If you’re one of the many players in a major league spring training camp, whether a young player on the 40-man roster or a veteran or kid who scored an invitation to the big club’s camp, the battle to earn one of those coveted opening-day roster spots can be harder with some teams than it is with others. Case in point is the New York [...]
All-Time New York Yankees Starting Lineup »
It’s always a fun exercise: Suspend the rules of time and put together a starting lineup for a team based on that franchise’s best players. The New York Yankees are Major League Baseball’s most accomplished franchise, with 27 World Series titles and 21 players or managers in the Baseball Hall of Fame. So it should be easy to put [...]
New York Yankee Ps, Cs Scouting Reports Heading into »
In a little more than two weeks, pitchers and catchers will report to the New York Yankees’ spring-training complex in Tampa, Fla., with the whole roster scheduled to report by Feb. 17. The Yankees head into 2013 with more questions than in past seasons, with spring battles expected for the fifth starter spot between David [...]
4 Unsigned Players Who Could Be on New York »
There is a serious lack of buzz coming from the Bronx with less than a month before pitchers and catchers report to spring training. But there are still some free agents on the market who could contribute to the New York Yankees’ defense of their American League East division title in 2013. One of those free agents is already signed. [...]
3 Surprising Names Who Could Make a Big Impact on New »
On a veteran-laden roster such as the New York Yankees, it can be difficult to pull out those unexpected gems, the diamonds in the rough, so to speak.Teams can be made or broken by the contributions from unexpected sources, however. How many people were projecting Hiroki Kuroda to be the Yankees' most consistent starting pitcher at this time a [...]