Archive for September, 2011
New York Yankees’ Phil Hughes and Ivan Nova: A »
The best phrase to describe the pair of young pitchers in the Yankees rotation should be polar opposites. Despite both arriving on the Yankees MLB team, they took completely different roads to reach where they are today. Most intriguing is how the trend has continued. One of them is making the most of his shot at the majors, and the other is [...]
New York Yankees: Curtis Granderson’s Chances at »
With roughly one month remaining in the MLB regular season, the AL MVP race is still quite a mess.Jose Bautista has the support of the sabermetric community, the Red Sox have three viable candidates in Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez and even Justin Verlander, a pitcher, is drawing consideration from a number of [...]
Why Mickey Mantle Gets Better with Each Passing Year »
During most his career, Mickey Mantle was ranked among the top two or three players in the game, right up there with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. Over the last few decades, evaluating players statistically has resulted in Mickey Mantle becoming better in 2011 than he was when he was an active player.This is not an attempt to claim that Mays, Aaron [...]
New York Yankees: How Michael Kay is Trying To Emulate »
Is New York Yankees television commentator Michael Kay jealous of John Sterling?The New York Yankees radio announcer—known for many things, not all of them complimentary—is identified with two calls. One of Sterling’s calls usually occurs at least once a game, while the other is heard about 95 to 100 times a season. Whenever a [...]
Yankees Make a Smart Decision Not Bringing Up Manny »
The rumors have been swirling for quite some time that the Yankees were considering bringing up top pitching prospects, Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances, to pitch out of the bullpen in the playoffs. After much thought, the Bombers thought the better of it and will not promote the two young starters.Banuelos and Betances have shown quite a bit of [...]
AJ Burnett: New York Yankees Pitcher Changes Mechanics »
AJ Burnett went into Thursday's start against the Boston Red Sox as the odd man out in the New York Yankees starting rotation. After changing his mechanics three days ago and holding baseball's best offense to two runs in 5.1 innings yesterday, Burnett has bought himself time in September to prove that he can contribute in the playoffs.Burnett [...]
Yankees: Burnett Solid Against Red Sox, Back in »
Yes, that's right, you read that title correctly. With his first good start in months, it's painful to say that A.J. Burnett has slightly cracked open the door to a playoff start. There's no doubt Joe Girardi and the Yankees were intrigued by what they saw from Burnett last night in the Yankees 4-2 win over the Red Sox. What may have been most [...]
MLB Call-Ups: 8 Players Guaranteed to Impress in Their »
Jesus Montero is a New York Yankee. Despite going 0-for-4 in his big-league debut, Montero is finally getting his chance, and Yankees fans have reason to be excited.But how will Montero fare in his first month on the job, as New York cruises toward the playoffs? How quickly can he adjust to big-league pitching and actualize some of his tremendous [...]
Yankees Get Huge Series Win over Red Sox, Gain »
This past week we saw the Yankees win an important series for the first time against the Boston Red Sox this season.Going into the series, the Yankees trailed Boston by 1.5 games and were looking to make up some ground.In the first game, the Yankees took advantage of the pitching matchup with CC Sabathia against John Lackey.Sabathia came into the [...]
New York Yankees Rotation in 2012: Tough Decisions Are »
The Yankees pitching staff in 2011 is, in many ways, like a hastily thrown-together patchwork quilt.A little of everything went into its creation from the beginning of the season through today, and at no point in time could its creators ever feel truly comfortable that the materials and craftsmanship would stand the test of time. It can be [...]