We’ll have to wait another day for Alex Rodriguez‘s 600th home run as he went homerless against the Royals when the Yankees beat them 12-6 in a wet one this afternoon.
Here are some notes:
Phil Hughes 's ERA went above 4.00 for the first time this year, but he won anyways and is now 12-3. Joba Chamberlain surrendered a two-run home run. Alex Rodriguez was the offensive star of the game despite not homering. He left the game early , though, after getting beaned on the forearm. He’s ...
Earlier this week, I took a look at one of the primary concerns for the Yankees as they head into the dog days of summer, the suddenly fragile state of the starting rotation. In the subsequent games since my article, we have been treated to a well-diversified display of the myriad issues facing the Yankees starting pitching. In the week of games since the Tampa Bay series, the rotation has had its share of ups and downs, which is certainly not an uncommon occurrence for any rotation. The timing ...
The Arizona Diamondbacks have announced that they have traded RHP Dan Haren to the Los Angeles Angels in return for RHP Joe Saunders and others.
The deal also involves Patrick Corin, Rafael Rodriguez, and a player to be named later for Haren.
This means the New YorkYankees miss out on the second starting pitcher they have been involved with trade talks over. The first one of course was LHP Cliff Lee who was eventually traded from the Seattle Mariners to the Texas Rangers.
With Haren off of the market it becomes more unlikely ...
Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman ran down a list of 15 teams that are looking to buy before the trade deadline. Here’s what he had to say about the New York Yankees:
The Yankees say their priority is the bench and bullpen, but it seems they can’t resist the star players.
They have made a “big proposal” for Joakim Soria, the closer of the Royals.
They like the Nationals OF/1B Adam Dunn, but not the price attached to him.
With Andy Pettitte out with a groin injury they’ve tried to acquire Dan Haren, but are ...
I’ve posted a few profiles of Yankee prospects last night and this afternoon and despite the fact that they seem kind of random they aren’t.
Right handed pitchers Ivan Nova and Zach McAllister as well as lefty Manny Banuelos have all been attached to a potential Dan Haren to the Yankees trade in various ways. So since we’ve spent a decent amount of time talking about them I figured now is a good time to make sure everyone knows what we are talking about.
If you’ve missed them here are links:
RHP Ivan ...
According to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports , the market for Blue Jays lefty reliever Scott Downs is heating up and the Yankees, along with the Red Sox, are said to be the favorites to land him. The Mets, Reds, and Twins are also said to be involved.
Morosi may be calling the Yankees favorites in this one, but I would suggest not getting too excited about this possibility.
For one thing the Yankees are division rivals of the Blue Jays and I’m sure they would prefer to deal him to ...
Depending on which reports you believe the Yankees were either very close to acquiring Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Dan Haren the other day or they weren’t close at all.
Either way one of the bigger obstacles the Yankees are facing internally is figuring out a way to add the $29 million Haren will be owed over the next two years and still finding a way to budget the $20 million or so per year that it would take to land Cliff Lee this offseason.
This is one of the reasons, according to Joel ...
The Yankees lost 7-4 to the Royals and Alex Rodriguez failed to hit home run no. 600. Sergio Mitre started and allowed 7 runs, 5 earned, but Dustin Moseley went 4.2 scoreless innings to save the bullpen. Mark Teixeira hit a pair of home runs and came to the plate as the tying run in the 9th, but failed to homer a third time.
Here are some notes:
Andy Pettitte is expected back in 4-to-5 weeks, but if you ask him he expects to be back earlier .
Brett Gardner missed ...
Nothing really happened between the Yankees and the Diamondbacks regrading RHP Dan Haren today. That hasn’t stopped the usual suspects from passing along information they’ve heard throughout the day.
Early morning reports
Buster Olney of ESPN tweeted :
To be clear: The Yankees do not value Haren as much as they valued Cliff Lee a couple of weeks ago. They look at Haren as a somewhat risky proposition, because of his performance this year, and they are not willing to take the contract and give up a boatload ...
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is one shy of hitting the 600 home run mark.
He can hit 800 by the end of his career, but he won't hit Cooperstown with the rest of baseball's legends...ever.
This situation best relates with Mark McGwire, but even he wasn't close to the required number of votes to get in the Hall of Fame.
He got 25 percent of votes, but players need 75 percent to get in. McGwire was maybe the most exciting hitter to see when he was in his prime, just ...
