Archive for November, 2012
New York Yankees Backup IF Search: Placido Polanco or »
According to the NY Post's Ken Davidoff, the Yankees are looking for upgrades at their utility infielder bench position over Jason Nix.Nix played 74 games in 2012 spread across 2B, SS, 3B and LF. He put up a mediocre .234/.306/.384 slash line and produced only a 0.2 WAR.Another Yankee who saw significant time in the Yankees infield was Eric [...]
New York Yankees: 5 Prospects Who Will Play Major »
Every year, the Yankees outspend almost every other team in baseball in payroll and are known for their extravagant free-agent purchases. Players like Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia have agreed to long-term contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. With the Yankees filling the field with All-Star players (last year their [...]
New York Yankees: 5 Options for the Bombers If Hiroki »
The Yankees have a serious issue that they need to figure out relatively soon.Hiroki Kuroda recently turned down a one-year, $13.3 million qualifying offer from the Yankees for 2013 and will test the free-agent waters this winter.We all know the Yankees want Kuroda back for 2013, especially after how brilliant he was last season.The problem is [...]
Should the New York Yankees Take a Risk on Grady »
Hal Steinbrenner apparently wasn't kidding.Back in March, the New York Yankees' principal owner told the New York Times that he wants the team's payroll cut by $20 million to get below MLB's $189 million luxury tax threshold for 2014.As ESPN's Buster Olney explained in a recent column, general manager Brian Cashman is simpatico with that [...]
Alex Rodriguez a Candidate to Be Jason Bay-ed by the »
The New York Mets, cash strapped as they are, figured out a way earlier this week to dump outfielder Jason Bay and the $21 million they still owed him through 2014. Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com wrote early Friday that the New York Yankees could use that move by the Mets as inspiration as they move forward with third baseman Alex Rodriguez. [...]
New York Yankees: With Bombers Passing on »
I think the Yankees' right field situation has become a little clearer.Fellow Bleacher Report writer Phil Watson reported on Thursday that the Yankees will not pursue Torii Hunter in free agency or Justin Upton in a trade, as per Joel Sherman of the New York Post.Sherman said that the team is really determined to get to the $189 million mark for [...]
Yankees Rumors: 5 Options for the Yankees’ »
Going into offseason, the Yankees' bullpen is sure to be one of Brian Cashman's major focuses. David Robertson, Joba Chamberlain and Boone Logan will be back but the rest is far from certain.Mariano Rivera will return to the Yankees after tearing his ACL in May and missing most of the season, but he will be 43 and coming off major surgery. Whether [...]
GM Meetings: Yankees Reportedly out of Mix for Torii »
The New York Yankees are reportedly not in the running for free-agent outfielder Torii Hunter. Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote on his “Hardball” blog this morning that the New York Yankees would not be willing to offer Hunter even a two-year deal in the neighborhood of $20 million. This comes according to a source that Sherman [...]
5 Ways Alex Rodriguez Can Dip in the Fountain of Youth »
There is no question that New York Yankees slugger, for the time being, Alex Rodriguez is going through one of the roughest patches in his highly publicized and superstar career. The three-time American League MVP currently sits fifth on the all-time home run list (647), just 13 long shots behind the great center fielder Willie Mays. However, the [...]
Is Mark Montgomery the Heir to Mariano Rivera’s »
As I traveled out to Arizona last weekend to scout the Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars Game, there was admittedly only a few pitchers I was genuinely excited to see. One name toward the top of my very short list was New York Yankees’ right-hander Mark Montgomery, a player who I’ve grown increasingly fond of over the last year. [...]