This past offseason, when Cliff Lee turned down the Yankees' offer for the Phillies and Andy Pettitte retired, the Yankees were left with very few options to fill their rotation. Brian Cashman received a lot of heat, as he was forced to make several low-risk, high-reward signings. He had to sign Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon, who many had thought to be done in his career. Colon had looked sharp in a few appearances out of the bullpen so far this season and on Wednesday night, due to Phil Hughes' ...
Last night, some guys north of the border pulled on Superman's cape. In fact, they pulled it off.
In a land where almost everyone was focused on Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Toronto Blue Jays held Batman captive so long he had to tell them where the Bat Cave was.
With the New York Yankees holding what certainly seemed like a comfortable two-run lead going into the ninth inning and with the greatest closer in baseball history coming into the game, a 10th win for the East-leading Yankees seemed certain.
But this time when ...
Prior to the season, Brett Gardner was a popular selection for people looking for a pure speed option.There was talk of him hitting in the leadoff spot, making fantasy owners lust for the potential to score a significant number of runs. Over two weeks into the season, Gardner has been nothing short of a major disappointment. He is hitting just .128 with no homers, two RBI, five runs and three steals over 43 at-bats. If those numbers weren’t ugly on their own, check out these stats ...
When looking into Brett Gardner's problems, one stat really jumps out at you. Gardner, after batting .287 against righties last year, is only batting a .105 against them this year.
But even more telling is what Mark Simon found out in an excellent article on ESPN back in March. Last year, against righties, before he was hit by a pitch on June 21st, Gardner had an awesome .421 OBP. Afterwards, it dipped to .353.
What happened? Well, according to a heat map Simon uses, basically, Gardner stopped hitting the low and away ...
When deciding which rivalry in baseball is the fiercest, there is one that comes first to every baseball fans mind, the rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.With New York and Boston being rivals from the start, it was not until Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees that their rivalry started to intensify. Between the Murderer’s Row in the late 1920’s consisting of Babe Ruth, Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel and Tony Lazzeri, and other Yankee greats throughout the ...
The New York Yankees are the definition of success across sports.With 27 championships, countless baseball records, MVPs and Cy Young winners...the Yankees'list of accomplishments could go on forever, literally.Reading the names of great players who wore the Yankee pinstripes is actually very intimidating.It only naturally lead me to imagine of all the Yankees players, what names would be inked on the ultimate All-Time Greatest Yankees Team roaster.This list became an utterly burdensome task, really fast.So, my thought was that since 2010 was deemed to be "The Year of the Pitcher" ...
When the New York Yankees signed Russell Martin to a one-year contract during the offseason, they were hoping simply for Martin to provide spring training competition to youngsters Francisco Cervelli and Jesus Montero.
After a solid spring, Martin earned the starters job and has hit the ground running so far this season.
The Yankees have played 14 games this season and Martin has been the catcher in all but one of them. In 13 games, he has belted four home runs, knocked in 11 runs, stolen two bases and has hit a ...
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Caught this New York Post story Tuesday morning about New York Yankees setup man Rafael Soriano and his aversion to cold weather, which makes him just like every other baseball player in the history of the sport.
What caught my eye in this story was this line from Brian Costello: "The Yankees cannot afford for this partnership to fail. Soriano is armed with a three-year deal. He can opt out after each of the first two seasons..."
REALLY??? THIS is the deal the Yankees cannot afford to have ...
Many Yankee fans and fantasy owners have been down on Jorge Posada's start to the 2011 season. Posada's start is one of the more baffling and unlucky starts that I have seen. He is currently batting .163 with a .283 OBP and .512 SLG and is currently tied for third in baseball with five home runs.It would be a mistake for these fantasy owners and fans to give up on Posada's season because of the power he has shown in these first few weeks of the season. Posada is fifth ...
The time period of 1920-1960 is what many consider the Golden Age of baseball. Which franchises were the most successful during this time? I've previously covered the period of pre-1920, so now we can see what franchises dropped back in the rankings and which ones have risen to prominence. As before, the rankings are based on a point system I developed to ensure no bias on my part. The higher the total points received, the higher the ranking the franchise received. Here's the breakdown of the point system: - first ...