Archive for June, 2010
Which New York Yankee Has the Highest Trade Value? »
In the hours following Stephen Strasburg's Brendan-Fraser-in-The-Scout -level debut for the Nationals on Tuesday, my buddy Howie posed this question to me (@danhanzus ) via Twitter: Most trade value: Mauer, Hanley, Pujols or Strasburg? I say #Strasburg easy. I said I thought Mauer may be the most valuable of the group, but the size of the [...]
Yanks Take Advantage Of O’s Mistakes, Win 4-2 »
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E N.Y. Yankees « 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 11 0 Baltimore 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 2 WP: C. Sabathia (6-3) LP: C. Tillman (0-2) SV: M. Rivera (14) The Yankees made it ten in a row over the Orioles with their 4-2 win last night at Camden Yards. They didn't play [...]
Why the Yankees Absolutely Need To Trade for Cliff Lee »
The New York Yankees are playing great right now, thanks to their stellar pitching and slugging offense. Yet they are still two games out of first, behind the Rays who own the best record in the Majors heading into tonight, and appear to be the real deal. Now there is no reason for concern right now with the majority of the season yet to be played [...]
New York Yankees Trade Rumors: Yanks Not Interested In »
This morning, I passed along a rumor that the NY Post reported today. According to the Post, the Mariners were scouting Yankee minor leaguers in anticipation of dealing LHP Cliff Lee to the Bronx. I wrote this story reluctantly because the Yankees boast a full five-man rotation. They really don't need another starter. This afternoon, [...]
Cliff Lee Likely Sought by Bombers, Seattle Mariners »
From George A. King III: The Mariners are scouting the Yankees’ organization thoroughly. They had two scouts recently in Charleston (Single-A). Last night they had two scouts watching Trenton play Reading, one of whom was former Yankees minor league coach Bill Masse. They are slated to have at least one scout check on SWB shortly. The [...]
Are Cliff Lee, Lance Berkman Being Eyed by New York »
Don't expect the New York Yankees to publicly admit to wanting both or either of these players. According to MLBTradeRumors.com, George A. King III of the New York Post says the Yankees are likely to be interested in both Mariners starting pitcher Cliff Lee and Astros first baseman Lance Berkman. The Yankees have five quality starters on the team [...]
Phil Hughes The Cy Young Award Winner? »
If you had said before the season started that a New York Yankees pitcher would be having a Cy Young caliber season in June, you would have thought it would be CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, or maybe even Javier Vazquez. You might have even thought it was Mariano Rivera. But on June 9, it’s none of those Yankee pitchers. The pitcher that is having [...]
Yankees Notes: Brett Gardner, Jorge Posada, Cito »
I have to admit that a radio appearance and the debut of Stephen Strasburg took up most of my attention last night, but that didn’t stop the Yankees from beating up on the Orioles. They won 12-7 behind a grand slam from Curtis Granderson and a hard fought performance by Phil Hughes. Here are some notes: Hughes improved to 8-1 with a 2.71 [...]
Trade Rumors: Mariners Anticipate Dealing Cliff Lee To »
According to George King of the NY Post, the Mariners have been busy scouting the Yankees farm system in anticipation of the Yankees trying to trade for LHP Cliff Lee at the deadline this season. A source told King that they are interested in minor league infielder Eduardo Nunez plus one of the Yankees minor league catchers (Triple-A catcher [...]
Yankees Trade Rumors: Scouting Lance Berkman »
According to George King of the NY Post , the Yankees have scouts following the Houston Astros in hopes that they will be interested in trading their first baseman Lance Berkman . The Astros are currently in last place in their division, and Berkman is owed $14.5 million this year plus a $2 million buyout on an option. Making things interesting is [...]