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Guest Bloggers: ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball Team

With ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball winding down for another season, their announcing team of Joe Morgan, Jon Miller, and Steve Phillips took some time to analyze the New York baseball scene for Hot Stove New York. (Note: This is a fictional conversation) Joe Morgan: The Yankees are looking pretty good, having the best record in baseball, and they just clinched a spot in the postseason with last night’s win. But you really can’t compare them to the teams of old. I mean, do they have Johnny Bench on their team? [laughs] Derek Jeter does a ...

If the N.Y. Yankees Sign Aroldis Chapman, Pay Last Respects to MLB Free Agency

Dear baseball fans, You should now be on panic mode. The weeks and days are coming closer to a possible overthrowing of the free agency system, and it could all come at the hands of Aroldis Chapman. Not that Chapman has done, or for that matter, will do anything wrong. The 21-year-old Cuban defected a few months ago and is now looking for a way into the greatest baseball league in the universe. But Chapman could easily be the center of an abrupt ending to one of Major League Baseball's most important decisions ...

Why the New York Yankees Should Be Thankful for Brett Gardner

If the New York Yankees do indeed clinch home-field advantage in the American League for the playoffs and avoid a trip to Anaheim, they should be thanking Brett Gardner. For the third time in a week, Gardner has provided the kind of spark for the Yankees that only he can, and this time it might have led to the Yankees' biggest win of the season. With the Yankees desperately trying to hold off their nemesis, the Angels for best record in the American League, it was Gardner who made the plays ...

Yankees-Angels: Alex Rodriguez Comes up Big in Clinching a Playoff Spot

The Yankees have been struggling of late. They just lost two of three to the Seattle Mariners and lost their first game to the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Monday night. The Yankees needed to win just one game to clinch a playoff spot, or they could get some help if the Texas Rangers lost to the Oakland A's, then the Yankees could clinch a spot that way. The Rangers ended up losing to the A's 9-1, so the Yankees clinched a playoff spot before their game ended. But in 2009, the Yankees ...

New York Yankees Top 30 Post 2009 Season Prospects

Since the minor league seasons are over, I figured it was an appropriate time to rank the top Yankees prospects. I plan on giving you an in-depth profile on each and every one of these guys during the offseason. For now, though, you'll have to be okay with just the list. 1. Jesus Montero, C (pictured) Absolute monster, was on track to be the minor league player of the year until he broke his finger. A top 10 prospect in all of baseball.   2. Zach McAllister, SP Pitching prospects don't get more ...

Zack Greinke Afraid of Pitching in New York?

This blog might as well have its own section on Zack Greinke. The latest news surrounding the leading Cy Young candidate (to my dismay) is his statement about his fear of pitching in New York. Greinke signed a four-year extension worth $38 million with the Royals prior to this season. Had he waited until free agency, or even just until the end of this year, he would have been in line for tens of millions more. But security had substantial appeal, especially given that Greinke recognized that Kansas City offered him ...

Old Reliable Regains my Confidence in Yanks

The Yankees were beat last night by the bloody Angels, again. But Andy Pettitte proved he has moved past his left shoulder fatigue that caused him to miss his previous start. Joba Chamberlain’s awful last nine starts coupled with Chad Gaudin taking Sergio Mitre’s spot in the rotation made me even more worried about the Yankees’ rotation heading into the postseason. This is Pettitte’s 12th year in pinstripes, and is proving once again that he’s still got it. During his long career in New York, he is ...

New York Yankees Top 30 Prospects: Five Who Just Missed the Cut

I will be releasing my top 30 prospects list this week, and here are five guys who just missed my cut. Daniel Brewer, DH/LF: Since being the Yankees' eighth round pick in 2008, Brewer has raked at the plate. With around 250 plate appearances in Staten Island, Charleston, and Tampa, he produced wOBAs of .378, .415, and .358 respectively. He was a center fielder in college, but has not found a position at the minor league level. After being drafted, he said second base was most likely his future position, but he ...

New York Yankees: Bad for the Bronx, Bad for Baseball

In the not so distant past the New York Yankees embodied everything good about baseball and America.  Slowly that faded.  Yankee lore officially died on August 19, 2006—ground breaking day of New Yankee Stadium. This is a story about corporate greed, political cronyism, and arrogant negligence to the neighborhood where the ghosts of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, and Thurman Munson occasionally pitch tent and drink beers with ghost fans of those "Bronx Bombers".   The new and the old Yankee Stadiums both stand in New York state's 16th Congressional District.  ...

Jonathan Albaladejo: Should He Be On the Team For the Playoffs?

Right-handed reliever Jonathan Albaladejo gave up a run last night. It was the first earned run he’s allowed since being called up in the beginning of the month. Over that span, he’s thrown 6.2 innings over six appearances with a 1-0 record, a 1.35 ERA, and a .588 OPS-against. Last night’s run ended a decent stretch, but it got me thinking Brian Bruney and Mark Melancon have been terrible. With David Robertson's elbow problems presenting a question mark, should the Yankees consider bringing Jonathan Albaladejo with them for the playoffs? Well, this ...
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