Archive for September, 2012
How Derek Jeter Playing Hurt Could Be Final Nail in »
Given all that's gone on this season, the last thing the New York Yankees wanted to see this month was Derek Jeter hobbling around with an apparently serious injury.That's exactly what they saw in the eighth inning of their eventual 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Wednesday night. Jeter busted down the line on a tailor-made [...]
AL Wild Card Race: Keys for the New York Yankees to »
In recent years, MLB has seen the wild card races repeatedly heat up in September. The St. Louis Cardinals rose from obscurity to win the World Series, and the Boston Red Sox haven't been to the playoffs since 2009, despite coming close the past two seasons. This year is no different. According to Deadspin, the American League wild-card race [...]
5 New York Yankees Who Will Explode in September »
New York Yankee fans have been patiently waiting for one of their veteran stars to break out and deliver the kind of September that makes October playoff baseball a reality.Exactly 20 games remain in the 2012 regular season—12% of the full slate of 162 games— so while the Yankees poor play over the last eight weeks makes it feel [...]
Gaping Holes the New York Yankees Chose to Ignore at »
The New York Yankees have seen their once comfortable 10-game lead in the American League East quickly evaporate and now find themselves in an all-out sprint to the postseason. Some of the bigger problems for the Bombers have reared their ugly heads down the stretch of the 2012 season, leaving many to wonder if the Yankees had done enough to set [...]
What Are the Yankees Doing Wrong in Developing »
After publishing an article last week about the New York Yankees’ lack of an impact prospect to call up in September, it got me thinking about the organization’s struggles in developing prospects—especially pitching prospects. Heading into the 2012 season, the team’s top pitching prospects were left-hander Manny Banuelos [...]
Nick Swisher of New York Yankees Finding Fenway Park a »
Right fielder turned fill-in first baseman Nick Swisher is showing signs of breaking out of a September slump that saw him go 0-for-Baltimore-and-Tampa Bay to begin the current 10-game road trip through the American League East.Swisher was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles Wednesday night as the New York Yankees kept pace with the Baltimore Orioles [...]
New York Yankees: Andy Pettitte “Feels »
The New York Yankees already got one starter back this week with the return of Ivan Nova to the rotation.By next week, they could be getting a huge uplift to their rotation if Andy Pettitte is ready to return to the team.According to Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York, Pettitte feels like he could be ready to come back after throwing 55 pitches in [...]
New York Yankees Are Feeling the Effect of Losing »
The image of Mariano Rivera shagging fly balls in Kansas City must come to New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi in nightmares constantly. On May 3 of this season, Rivera put his marvelous career on the line when he tore his ACL during batting practice at Kauffman Stadium.Since then, Girardi has had to endure waters uncharted for the Yankees, at [...]
5 Reasons AL Playoff Teams Would Prefer Facing the »
After controlling the division all season, the Yankees have slipped up a bit in the AL East as the Orioles have pulled even with them atop the division and the Rays currently sit just two games back.While the Yankees have the horses to be a legitimate title contender come October, the Orioles are looking more and more like an equally dangerous [...]
MLB Free Agency: Will Yankees Take Big Josh Hamilton »
While this year's crop of free agents doesn't quite have the marquee-style names that adorned last year's free-agent list, there are some players of intrigue that will draw considerable interest—most notably Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton.Hamilton is currently leading the majors in both home runs and RBI, and he is on track to play [...]