The Bronx Bombers are back folks. Last night, in a loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, the Bombers tied the franchise record for home runs in a season with 242; they reached that feat in their 2004 season.
The Yankees, who are the best team in baseball with a 102-58 record, were picked by many sports analysts to finish third in the division behind the hated Red Sox and the defending American League Champions, the Tampa Bay Rays. My, have the tables turned. The Yankees are now in first and have ...
After missing the postseason last year, the Yankees clinched early this year. As a result, they've been able to get everyone rested and set up the rotation for the playoffs. We know what the starting lineup will be.
We know that the Yankees will choose the long season and start Sabathia, Pettitte, and then Burnett. There are still a few questions to be answered, though.
Should the Yankees do anything with their slumping outfielders?
Johnny Damon will end the season in an awful slump. Over the past 20 games, he has put up ...
There is quite a lot of talk lately about David Robertson and his recent elbow issues.
Will he be on the postseason roster? How is he feeling regarding his prior elbow pain? How will his elbow be if he has to throw two days in a row?
Answers are: Yes, doesn't matter, and doesn't matter.
Why doesn't it matter if Robertson is healthy? Because, if D-Rob is still effective while pitching hurt, then he needs to be part of the postseason roster and to pitch in those situations which demand his presence.
The idea in ...
A .320 batting average, three home runs, five doubles, eight runs batted in, and two stolen bases in 11 games.
Do those numbers look good? They should.
To make it easier, those numbers would project to be 44 home runs, 73 doubles, 118 runs batted in, and 29 stolen bases in 162 games.
Those numbers belonged to Alex Rodriguez during the 2004 post-season. The very same post-season in which the Red Sox pulled off arguably the greatest upset in baseball's long history; coming back to beat the New York Yankees in the ALCS after being down three ...
I'm traditionally very cautious when it comes to joining social networking sites.
I was once, and possibly still am, a member of Friendster, which was basically modern social networking's caveman to Facebook's fully-evolved human.
I like to think being on the ground floor for this stuff makes me a groundbreaking Jackie Robinson-type (minus the whole "brave black man" angle and ability to steal home on Yogi Berra).
Being on Friendster also means I'm old. Well, not old old, but at 29, definitely Internet Old.
Put it this way: There was a time when no ...
Recently, I came across a very interesting graph showing the overall increase or decrease of a baseball team's wins compared to money the team spent.
Each team's ranking as far as team payroll is contrasted with the overall record up to this point in the 2009 regular season.
The New York Yankees spent the most and have the most wins, so they have a straight line.
The only other team that's walking a straight line between salary and wins is the Cincinnati Reds.
The New York Mets have the steepest line in the wrong direction. The team with the second ...
Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Mike took on the same Paul Oberjuerge piece that I did...True Blue L.A...and so did Eric Stephen.Los Angeles Times: T.J. Simers writes that the Dodgers have a dynamic duo in Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp. You know they must be good if they motivated Simers to write a positive article. In fact, that might be the most convincing piece of evidence to date.Baseball Prospectus: Joe Sheehan seems to think that the Dodgers have a top tier bullpen.
The more you watch the likely post-season teams ...
As I watched Tuesday night's game, the biggest positive impact was that AJ Burnett appears to back on the upswing. Over his last 24.2 innings, he has allowed only 18 hits, four ERs, 10 BBs and recorded 27 Ks. His ERA over that stretch is 1.46, and his WHIP is 1.14.
The patently inconsistent pitcher had a terrible August and early September, but now appears to be back on track. I pointed out Burnett's inconsistent nature in a previous article. Always streaky, for Yankees fans they are now getting the "good ...
The recent Yankees draft strategy has been to take guys who are signability cases. While this is definitely the right move for a team with the financial resources, there is a downside to this plan.
While other teams have their top picks playing in short season leagues, the Yankees are still negotiating. By the time the Yankees get all of their top picks signed, the short season leagues are nearly over and the players get nothing more than a cameo appearance.
On September 28th, Baseball America released it's list of the top ...
By Ryan of The Sportmeisters
Even in the recession America is facing today, the biggest financial powerhouses in baseball, the New York Yankees, still found a way to spend near $500 million dollars to three players—pitchers CC Sabathia (seven years, $161 million) and AJ Burnett (five years, $82 million), and 1B Mark Teixeira (eight years, $180 million).
Was it helpful? The Yankees did clinch the AL East and homefield advantage after missing the playoffs last season, but let’s go inside at each of the Big Three’s performance. Putting on my accountant’s hat, ...