Archive for May, 2010
Yankees-Orioles: Randy Delivers in New York Winn »
With Curtis Granderson on the 15-day disabled list, Yankees outfielder Randy Winn will receive significant playing time in the outfield. On Monday night, he provided the power stroke with a three-run home run to help lead New York past Baltimore, 4-1, at Yankee Stadium. CC Sabathia (4-1) pitched eight innings of one-run ball to earn the win, while [...]
CC Sabathia, Randy Winn Lead New York Yankees Past »
Final 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 R H E Baltimore 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 N.Y. Yankees « 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 x 4 6 WP: C. Sabathia (4-1) LP: J. Guthrie (0-4) SV: J. Chamberlain (1) CC Sabathia was dominating over eight innings tonight against the O's. He allowed just one run on six hits, walked two and struck out two on his way to his fourth [...]
Game 25: Yankees Dominate Orioles, Derek Jeter and »
Dear Curtis, we’re doing fine without you. Love, your fellow outfielders. In probably the fastest game of the season, the Yankees beat the Orioles 4-1 quite easily, on the day where Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter finally received their Gold Gloves. Matt Wieters gave the O’s a 1-0 lead in the second with a rocket over the wall in right. [...]
Javier Vazquez: New York Yankees To Bench High-Priced »
Well, the expected is now official, as Joe Girardi said before Monday night's game against Baltimore that Javier Vazquez will not pitch in the upcoming weekend series at Fenway Park. Girardi’s exact words were "We’ll give him a couple days to catch his breath," according to The New York Daily News' Mark Feinsand, then apparently [...]
Javier Vasquez To San Francisco? »
Javier Vasquez is struggling in the American League. Period. Someone needs to send this guy to a National League as soon as possible. Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman would trade him for prospects or a consistent arm for the American League. Releasing him would be a big risk, as his salary is $11.5 million. Yankees fans thought this guy could [...]
Fantasy Baseball’s Top 10 Underachieving Hitters »
We have nearly a month of baseball in the books and many hairs have turned gray (if they haven't been pulled out) on fantasy owners of these 10. These 10 are causing you to bite the bullet because they are undroppable, currently untradeable for the value they deserve, and yet simply incredibly bad at the moment. The list does not include [...]
Trading Javier Vazquez to the New York Mets Would Make »
So far in 2010, it's pretty safe to say that Javier Vazquez stinks for the Yankees. He hasn't just been bad. He's been horrific—so horrific that every time he departs from Yankee Stadium, he gets by far the loudest boos of the team. In his first five starts back with the team, he is 1-3 with a 9.78 ERA. His longest outing thus far has been [...]
Derek Jeter Becomes MLB’s New Active Hits Leader »
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter reached another milestone this past weekend and did so quietly. Not much mention was made of baseball's poster boy after he took over the active hits lead. As of today, Jeter has 2,781 hits and has overtaken Ken Griffey Jr. for the active lead. Griffey has 2,776 as I write this. It is quite a feat for Jeter to already [...]
Is Roger Maris Really Injured? »
It started innocently enough, and it wasn't even reported in the newspapers. On Sunday, June 20, 1965, in the second game of a twin bill against the Minnesota Twins, Roger Maris, sliding into home plate, jammed his right hand against the home plate umpire's shin guard. No one, not even Roger, realized the seriousness of the injury. Roger [...]
Yankees-Orioles Preview: A Complete Mismatch as New »
After taking two of three from the White Sox, the Yankees send their top three pitchers to the mound against the worst team in baseball, the Baltimore Orioles. This doesn't seem fair. The O's (7-18) are already 11 games back of first-place Tampa Bay and 9.5 behind the Yanks (16-8), but the Birds are heading in the right direction after a shocking [...]