Archive for March, 2010
Dare I Get Excited About Christian Garcia? »
The Yankees drafted Christian Garcia in 2004 and by the end of that summer the third round pick was already making a name for himself thanks to a mid-90’s fastball and the makings of a nasty curveball. He started out quickly out of the gate, his stuff was raw, but he showed a lot of promise. In 2004 he was able to harness it while putting [...]
Addressing the Josh Beckett To the Yankees in 2011 »
One of the best things about being a Yankees Featured Columnist here on Bleacher Report is being able to bring up and address certain rumors that float around. This will be another story pertaining to one of those rumors currently floating around, which now will be addressed by me, and I'm sure will be addressed amongst the Yankees B/R community [...]
Is 2010 the Year the Yankees’ Ageless Wonders »
I come at this with a bias; this I admit willingly. You see, I am a Tampa Bay Rays fan. I would love nothing more than to see the Evil Empire crumble and fall and watch Hank Steinbrenner go off his meds and give his best "like father, like son." Every year I hope that the "aging" Yankees finally, well, show their age. Every year people [...]
New York Yankees: The Legend of Freddy Sez »
Anyone who has ever been to any single game at Yankee Stadium knows the scene: It’s a musty May night, and the game has been moving along swiftly, maybe a run here and there. Around the fifth inning, about the same time as the Great New York Subway Race and the YMCA, you start to hear a metal pan being hit across the stadium. That pan [...]
Does MLB Parity Exist? »
At first glance, it looks like baseball and competitive balance run on parallel lines. There are the Yankees with their 27 World Championships and the Pittsburgh Pirates who have not had a winning season since 1992. Those two franchises met in the epic 1960 World Series when Bill Mazeroski won it with a Game Seven ninth-inning home run. 1960 [...]
Hit and Run: Josh Beckett a Yankee? Plus Edwar Ramirez »
With Phil Hughes likely the team’s fifth starter and Curtis Granderson firmly in place as the team’s center fielder, the Yankees are just about set for the season. Now we just have to find out who the utility infielder is, exactly how the bullpen is going to be set up, and wait... Until then, here are some news items to hold you [...]
Can Mariano Rivera Remain His Dominant Self in 2010? »
All good things must come to an end— unless you're Mariano Rivera, it seems . Rivera once again enters 2010 as one of baseball’s elite closers, even after turning 40 last November. He’s had an ERA above 1.94 only once in the last seven years, and he’s finished with a WHIP under 1.00 in four of the last five seasons. In the [...]
Rafael DePaula Could Sign with the Yankees Soon »
According to Blake Bentley of MLB Trades Rumors, 17-year-old right-handed pitcher Rafael DePaula is expected to sign with a major league team soon with the Yankees and the Mariners listed as the most likely landing spots for the Dominican pitcher. Rumors have connected to Yankees to DePaula for about a month now , but he threw in front of teams [...]
Will the Real A.J. Burnett Please Show Up? »
The Yankees were in an unfamiliar spot on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. They had lost the first game of the World Series they night before, dropping a 6-1 decision in Game One. Yankee fans everywhere were frightened to see the Bronx Bombers down 0-1 to a team like the Philadelphia Phillies. Even more frightening was the fact that the Yanks [...]
Phil Hughes: New York Yankees Have “All But »
The Yankees have yet to make an official announcement, but according to Joel Sherman of the NY Post, in the next couple of days they will announce that the winner of the fifth spot in the rotation will be Phil Hughes: There are still meetings this week, still final statements that could be offered, still an injury that can change minds and [...]